diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/request.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/request.go
index 66fc7b367ae..cb0e8a12bd5 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/request.go
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ var fieldMappings = versionToResourceToFieldMapping{
 			ObjectNameField:              ObjectNameField,
 			EventReason:                  EventReason,
 			EventSource:                  EventSource,
+			EventType:                    EventType,
 			EventInvolvedKind:            EventInvolvedKind,
 			EventInvolvedNamespace:       EventInvolvedNamespace,
 			EventInvolvedName:            EventInvolvedName,