diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index a5a51c61400..f0693294250 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (c *Client) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
 
 // ServerAPIVersions retrieves and parses the list of API versions the server supports.
 func (c *Client) ServerAPIVersions() (*api.APIVersions, error) {
-	body, err := c.Get().AbsPath("/api").Do().Raw()
+	body, err := c.Get().UnversionedPath("").Do().Raw()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/client/request.go b/pkg/client/request.go
index 7c57f033de9..a5467dac6f4 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request.go
@@ -210,6 +210,23 @@ func (r *Request) NamespaceIfScoped(namespace string, scoped bool) *Request {
 	return r
 }
 
+// UnversionedPath strips the apiVersion from the baseURL before appending segments.
+func (r *Request) UnversionedPath(segments ...string) *Request {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return r
+	}
+	upath := path.Clean(r.baseURL.Path)
+	//TODO(jdef) this is a pretty hackish version test
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path.Base(upath), "v") {
+		upath = path.Dir(upath)
+		if upath == "." {
+			upath = "/"
+		}
+	}
+	r.path = path.Join(append([]string{upath}, segments...)...)
+	return r
+}
+
 // AbsPath overwrites an existing path with the segments provided. Trailing slashes are preserved
 // when a single segment is passed.
 func (r *Request) AbsPath(segments ...string) *Request {
diff --git a/pkg/client/request_test.go b/pkg/client/request_test.go
index ea7f104a434..4b476ec8091 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request_test.go
@@ -1005,6 +1005,50 @@ func TestVerbs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnversionedPath(t *testing.T) {
+	tt := []struct {
+		host         string
+		prefix       string
+		unversioned  string
+		expectedPath string
+	}{
+		{"", "", "", "/api"},
+		{"", "", "versions", "/api/versions"},
+		{"", "/", "", "/"},
+		{"", "/versions", "", "/versions"},
+		{"", "/api", "", "/api"},
+		{"", "/api/vfake", "", "/api/vfake"},
+		{"", "/api/vfake", "v1beta100", "/api/vfake/v1beta100"},
+		{"", "/api", "/versions", "/api/versions"},
+		{"", "/api", "versions", "/api/versions"},
+		{"", "/a/api", "", "/a/api"},
+		{"", "/a/api", "/versions", "/a/api/versions"},
+		{"", "/a/api", "/versions/d/e", "/a/api/versions/d/e"},
+		{"", "/a/api/vfake", "/versions/d/e", "/a/api/vfake/versions/d/e"},
+	}
+	for i, tc := range tt {
+		c := NewOrDie(&Config{Host: tc.host, Prefix: tc.prefix})
+		r := c.Post().Prefix("/alpha").UnversionedPath(tc.unversioned)
+		if r.path != tc.expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("test case %d failed: unexpected path: %s, expected %s", i+1, r.path, tc.expectedPath)
+		}
+	}
+	for i, tc := range tt {
+		c := NewOrDie(&Config{Host: tc.host, Prefix: tc.prefix, Version: "v1"})
+		r := c.Post().Prefix("/alpha").UnversionedPath(tc.unversioned)
+		if r.path != tc.expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("test case %d failed: unexpected path: %s, expected %s", i+1, r.path, tc.expectedPath)
+		}
+	}
+	for i, tc := range tt {
+		c := NewOrDie(&Config{Host: tc.host, Prefix: tc.prefix, Version: "v1beta3"})
+		r := c.Post().Prefix("/alpha").UnversionedPath(tc.unversioned)
+		if r.path != tc.expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("test case %d failed: unexpected path: %s, expected %s", i+1, r.path, tc.expectedPath)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAbsPath(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedPath := "/bar/foo"
 	c := NewOrDie(&Config{})