diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go
index 5e08292251d..6d84caee188 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func (g *genClientForType) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type, w i
 				"UpdateOptions": c.Universe.Type(types.Name{Package: "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1", Name: "UpdateOptions"}),
 				"ApplyOptions":  c.Universe.Type(types.Name{Package: "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1", Name: "ApplyOptions"}),
 				"PatchType":     c.Universe.Type(types.Name{Package: "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types", Name: "PatchType"}),
+				"PatchOptions":  c.Universe.Type(types.Name{Package: "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1", Name: "PatchOptions"}),
 				"jsonMarshal":   c.Universe.Type(types.Name{Package: "encoding/json", Name: "Marshal"}),
 				"context":       c.Universe.Type(types.Name{Package: "context", Name: "Context"}),
 			},