diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/pkg/apis/samplecontroller/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/pkg/apis/samplecontroller/v1alpha1/register.go
index babd488d9e9..df5695eb092 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/pkg/apis/samplecontroller/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/pkg/apis/samplecontroller/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
@@ -47,5 +48,6 @@ func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 		&Foo{},
 		&FooList{},
 	)
+	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, SchemeGroupVersion)
 	return nil
 }