diff --git a/hack/lib/init.sh b/hack/lib/init.sh
index 8b77b29cf44..e8f81d32630 100755
--- a/hack/lib/init.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/init.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ storage.k8s.io/v1beta1 \
 storage.k8s.io/v1 \
 storage.k8s.io/v1alpha1 \
 flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1alpha1 \
+internal.apiserver.k8s.io/v1alpha1 \
 }"
 
 # not all group versions are exposed by the server.  This list contains those
diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 34e189bff21..5c90902d710 100755
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ kube::util::group-version-to-pkg-path() {
     meta/v1beta1)
       echo "vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1"
       ;;
+    internal.apiserver.k8s.io/v1alpha1)
+      echo "vendor/k8s.io/api/apiserverinternal/v1alpha1"
+      ;;
     *.k8s.io)
       echo "pkg/apis/${group_version%.*k8s.io}"
       ;;
diff --git a/pkg/controlplane/import_known_versions.go b/pkg/controlplane/import_known_versions.go
index 0c4976fa398..564e26b6779 100644
--- a/pkg/controlplane/import_known_versions.go
+++ b/pkg/controlplane/import_known_versions.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	// These imports are the API groups the API server will support.
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/admission/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/install"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apiserverinternal/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authentication/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/install"