diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion.go
index cd651bcd56d..c36fc655668 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func AddConversionFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 		Convert_unversioned_LabelSelector_to_map,
 
 		Convert_Slice_string_To_Slice_int32,
+
+		Convert_Slice_string_To_v1_DeletionPropagation,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -304,3 +306,13 @@ func Convert_Slice_string_To_Slice_int32(in *[]string, out *[]int32, s conversio
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Convert_Slice_string_To_v1_DeletionPropagation allows converting a URL query parameter propagationPolicy
+func Convert_Slice_string_To_v1_DeletionPropagation(input *[]string, out *DeletionPropagation, s conversion.Scope) error {
+	if len(*input) > 0 {
+		*out = DeletionPropagation((*input)[0])
+	} else {
+		*out = ""
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion_test.go
index bc591584ef5..4ff57fd8dc7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/conversion_test.go
@@ -47,3 +47,38 @@ func TestMapToLabelSelectorRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConvertSliceStringToDeletionPropagation(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		Input  []string
+		Output v1.DeletionPropagation
+	}{
+		{
+			Input:  nil,
+			Output: "",
+		},
+		{
+			Input:  []string{},
+			Output: "",
+		},
+		{
+			Input:  []string{"foo"},
+			Output: "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			Input:  []string{"bar", "foo"},
+			Output: "bar",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		var dp v1.DeletionPropagation
+		if err := v1.Convert_Slice_string_To_v1_DeletionPropagation(&tc.Input, &dp, nil); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Convert_Slice_string_To_v1_DeletionPropagation(%#v): %v", tc.Input, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(dp, tc.Output) {
+			t.Errorf("slice string to DeletionPropagation conversion failed: got %v; want %v", dp, tc.Output)
+		}
+	}
+}