diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events.go
index f2cc941ca56..4cc12fbfa92 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events.go
@@ -386,11 +386,18 @@ func decodeResourceTypeName(mapper meta.RESTMapper, s string) (gvk schema.GroupV
 	}
 	resource, name := seg[0], seg[1]
 
-	var gvr schema.GroupVersionResource
-	gvr, err = mapper.ResourceFor(schema.GroupVersionResource{Resource: resource})
-	if err != nil {
-		return
+	fullySpecifiedGVR, groupResource := schema.ParseResourceArg(strings.ToLower(resource))
+	gvr := schema.GroupVersionResource{}
+	if fullySpecifiedGVR != nil {
+		gvr, _ = mapper.ResourceFor(*fullySpecifiedGVR)
 	}
+	if gvr.Empty() {
+		gvr, err = mapper.ResourceFor(groupResource.WithVersion(""))
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	gvk, err = mapper.KindFor(gvr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/test/cmd/events.sh b/test/cmd/events.sh
index 0dc9200c55d..1ada5dae2de 100755
--- a/test/cmd/events.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/events.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ run_kubectl_events_tests() {
     output_message=$(kubectl events -n test-events --for=Cronjob/pi "${kube_flags[@]:?}" 2>&1)
     kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" "Warning" "InvalidSchedule" "Cronjob/pi"
 
+    # Post-Condition: events returns event for fully qualified Cronjob.v1.batch/pi when --for flag is used
+    output_message=$(kubectl events -n test-events --for Cronjob.v1.batch/pi "${kube_flags[@]:?}" 2>&1)
+    kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" "Warning" "InvalidSchedule" "Cronjob/pi"
+
+    # Post-Condition: events returns event for fully qualified without version Cronjob.batch/pi when --for flag is used
+    output_message=$(kubectl events -n test-events --for=Cronjob.batch/pi "${kube_flags[@]:?}" 2>&1)
+    kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" "Warning" "InvalidSchedule" "Cronjob/pi"
+
     # Post-Condition: events returns event for Cronjob/pi when watch is enabled
     output_message=$(kubectl events -n test-events --for=Cronjob/pi --watch --request-timeout=1 "${kube_flags[@]:?}" 2>&1)
     kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" "Warning" "InvalidSchedule" "Cronjob/pi"