diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors.go
index cbf5d0263c6..f36aa4ec22a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package meta
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ func (e *AmbiguousResourceError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v matches multiple resources or kinds", e.PartialResource)
 }
 
+func (*AmbiguousResourceError) Is(target error) bool {
+	_, ok := target.(*AmbiguousResourceError)
+	return ok
+}
+
 // AmbiguousKindError is returned if the RESTMapper finds multiple matches for a kind
 type AmbiguousKindError struct {
 	PartialKind schema.GroupVersionKind
@@ -63,16 +69,16 @@ func (e *AmbiguousKindError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v matches multiple resources or kinds", e.PartialKind)
 }
 
+func (*AmbiguousKindError) Is(target error) bool {
+	_, ok := target.(*AmbiguousKindError)
+	return ok
+}
+
 func IsAmbiguousError(err error) bool {
 	if err == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	switch err.(type) {
-	case *AmbiguousResourceError, *AmbiguousKindError:
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
+	return errors.Is(err, &AmbiguousResourceError{}) || errors.Is(err, &AmbiguousKindError{})
 }
 
 // NoResourceMatchError is returned if the RESTMapper can't find any match for a resource
@@ -84,6 +90,11 @@ func (e *NoResourceMatchError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("no matches for %v", e.PartialResource)
 }
 
+func (*NoResourceMatchError) Is(target error) bool {
+	_, ok := target.(*NoResourceMatchError)
+	return ok
+}
+
 // NoKindMatchError is returned if the RESTMapper can't find any match for a kind
 type NoKindMatchError struct {
 	// GroupKind is the API group and kind that was searched
@@ -108,14 +119,14 @@ func (e *NoKindMatchError) Error() string {
 	}
 }
 
+func (*NoKindMatchError) Is(target error) bool {
+	_, ok := target.(*NoKindMatchError)
+	return ok
+}
+
 func IsNoMatchError(err error) bool {
 	if err == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	switch err.(type) {
-	case *NoResourceMatchError, *NoKindMatchError:
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
+	return errors.Is(err, &NoResourceMatchError{}) || errors.Is(err, &NoKindMatchError{})
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56e5d030b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/errors_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package meta
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+func TestErrorMatching(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		// input should contain an error that is _not_ empty, otherwise the naive reflectlite.DeepEqual matching of
+		// the errors lib will always succeed, but for all of these we want to verify that the matching is based on
+		// type.
+		input       error
+		new         func() error
+		matcherFunc func(error) bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "AmbiguousResourceError",
+			input:       &AmbiguousResourceError{MatchingResources: []schema.GroupVersionResource{{}}},
+			new:         func() error { return &AmbiguousResourceError{} },
+			matcherFunc: IsAmbiguousError,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "AmbiguousKindError",
+			input:       &AmbiguousKindError{MatchingResources: []schema.GroupVersionResource{{}}},
+			new:         func() error { return &AmbiguousKindError{} },
+			matcherFunc: IsAmbiguousError,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "NoResourceMatchError",
+			input:       &NoResourceMatchError{PartialResource: schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "foo"}},
+			new:         func() error { return &NoResourceMatchError{} },
+			matcherFunc: IsNoMatchError,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "NoKindMatchError",
+			input:       &NoKindMatchError{SearchedVersions: []string{"foo"}},
+			new:         func() error { return &NoKindMatchError{} },
+			matcherFunc: IsNoMatchError,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if !errors.Is(tc.input, tc.new()) {
+				t.Error("error doesn't match itself directly")
+			}
+			if !errors.Is(fmt.Errorf("wrapepd: %w", tc.input), tc.new()) {
+				t.Error("error doesn't match itself when wrapped")
+			}
+			if !tc.matcherFunc(tc.input) {
+				t.Errorf("error doesn't get matched by matcherfunc")
+			}
+			if errors.Is(tc.input, errors.New("foo")) {
+				t.Error("error incorrectly matches other error")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}