diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register/register.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2021 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 register
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	json "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// JSON format is optional klog format
+	logs.LogRegistry.Register(logs.JSONLogFormat, json.JSONLogger)
+}