diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 671c1a5db7b..2f61e7b3b43 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ fi
 ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG="${ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG:-}"
 if [[ -z "${ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG}" ]]; then
     ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG=$(cat << EOM | base64 | tr -d '\r\n'
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a0aae8e560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 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 config
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+var (
+	// SchemeBuilder points to a list of functions added to Scheme.
+	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	// AddToScheme adds this group to a scheme.
+	AddToScheme = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+// GroupName is the group name use in this package.
+const GroupName = "apiserver.config.k8s.io"
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects.
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}
+
+// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind.
+func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
+}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource.
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
+
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	// TODO this will get cleaned up with the scheme types are fixed
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&EncryptionConfiguration{},
+	)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/types.go
index f6424ec4e8d..822806d7e5d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/types.go
@@ -56,3 +56,71 @@ type DebuggingConfiguration struct {
 	// enableProfiling is true.
 	EnableContentionProfiling bool
 }
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+// EncryptionConfiguration stores the complete configuration for encryption providers.
+type EncryptionConfiguration struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta
+	// resources is a list containing resources, and their corresponding encryption providers.
+	Resources []ResourceConfiguration
+}
+
+// ResourceConfiguration stores per resource configuration.
+type ResourceConfiguration struct {
+	// resources is a list of kubernetes resources which have to be encrypted.
+	Resources []string
+	// providers is a list of transformers to be used for reading and writing the resources to disk.
+	// eg: aesgcm, aescbc, secretbox, identity.
+	Providers []ProviderConfiguration
+}
+
+// ProviderConfiguration stores the provided configuration for an encryption provider.
+type ProviderConfiguration struct {
+	// aesgcm is the configuration for the AES-GCM transformer.
+	AESGCM *AESConfiguration
+	// aescbc is the configuration for the AES-CBC transformer.
+	AESCBC *AESConfiguration
+	// secretbox is the configuration for the Secretbox based transformer.
+	Secretbox *SecretboxConfiguration
+	// identity is the (empty) configuration for the identity transformer.
+	Identity *IdentityConfiguration
+	// kms contains the name, cache size and path to configuration file for a KMS based envelope transformer.
+	KMS *KMSConfiguration
+}
+
+// AESConfiguration contains the API configuration for an AES transformer.
+type AESConfiguration struct {
+	// keys is a list of keys to be used for creating the AES transformer.
+	// Each key has to be 32 bytes long for AES-CBC and 16, 24 or 32 bytes for AES-GCM.
+	Keys []Key
+}
+
+// SecretboxConfiguration contains the API configuration for an Secretbox transformer.
+type SecretboxConfiguration struct {
+	// keys is a list of keys to be used for creating the Secretbox transformer.
+	// Each key has to be 32 bytes long.
+	Keys []Key
+}
+
+// Key contains name and secret of the provided key for a transformer.
+type Key struct {
+	// name is the name of the key to be used while storing data to disk.
+	Name string
+	// secret is the actual key, encoded in base64.
+	Secret string
+}
+
+// IdentityConfiguration is an empty struct to allow identity transformer in provider configuration.
+type IdentityConfiguration struct{}
+
+// KMSConfiguration contains the name, cache size and path to configuration file for a KMS based envelope transformer.
+type KMSConfiguration struct {
+	// name is the name of the KMS plugin to be used.
+	Name string
+	// cacheSize is the maximum number of secrets which are cached in memory. The default value is 1000.
+	// +optional
+	CacheSize int32
+	// endpoint is the gRPC server listening address, for example "unix:///var/run/kms-provider.sock".
+	Endpoint string
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1a18ccab57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 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.
+*/
+
+// +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
+// +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
+// +groupName=apiserver.config.k8s.io
+
+// Package v1 is the v1 version of the API.
+package v1
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e3ecfff2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 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 v1
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+// GroupName is the group name use in this package.
+const GroupName = "apiserver.config.k8s.io"
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects.
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1"}
+
+var (
+	// SchemeBuilder points to a list of functions added to Scheme.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	// AddToScheme adds this group to a scheme.
+	AddToScheme = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
+}
+
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&EncryptionConfiguration{},
+	)
+	// also register into the v1 group as EncryptionConfig (due to a docs bug)
+	scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName(schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: "v1", Kind: "EncryptionConfig"}, &EncryptionConfiguration{})
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/types.go
similarity index 58%
rename from staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/types.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/types.go
index 67dfa6c9fce..e2c123d1dc2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1/types.go
@@ -14,50 +14,51 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package encryptionconfig
+package v1
 
-// EncryptionConfig stores the complete configuration for encryption providers.
-type EncryptionConfig struct {
-	// kind is the type of configuration file.
-	Kind string `json:"kind"`
-	// apiVersion is the API version this file has to be parsed as.
-	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion"`
+import metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+// EncryptionConfiguration stores the complete configuration for encryption providers.
+type EncryptionConfiguration struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta
 	// resources is a list containing resources, and their corresponding encryption providers.
-	Resources []ResourceConfig `json:"resources"`
+	Resources []ResourceConfiguration `json:"resources"`
 }
 
-// ResourceConfig stores per resource configuration.
-type ResourceConfig struct {
+// ResourceConfiguration stores per resource configuration.
+type ResourceConfiguration struct {
 	// resources is a list of kubernetes resources which have to be encrypted.
 	Resources []string `json:"resources"`
 	// providers is a list of transformers to be used for reading and writing the resources to disk.
 	// eg: aesgcm, aescbc, secretbox, identity.
-	Providers []ProviderConfig `json:"providers"`
+	Providers []ProviderConfiguration `json:"providers"`
 }
 
-// ProviderConfig stores the provided configuration for an encryption provider.
-type ProviderConfig struct {
+// ProviderConfiguration stores the provided configuration for an encryption provider.
+type ProviderConfiguration struct {
 	// aesgcm is the configuration for the AES-GCM transformer.
-	AESGCM *AESConfig `json:"aesgcm,omitempty"`
+	AESGCM *AESConfiguration `json:"aesgcm,omitempty"`
 	// aescbc is the configuration for the AES-CBC transformer.
-	AESCBC *AESConfig `json:"aescbc,omitempty"`
+	AESCBC *AESConfiguration `json:"aescbc,omitempty"`
 	// secretbox is the configuration for the Secretbox based transformer.
-	Secretbox *SecretboxConfig `json:"secretbox,omitempty"`
+	Secretbox *SecretboxConfiguration `json:"secretbox,omitempty"`
 	// identity is the (empty) configuration for the identity transformer.
-	Identity *IdentityConfig `json:"identity,omitempty"`
+	Identity *IdentityConfiguration `json:"identity,omitempty"`
 	// kms contains the name, cache size and path to configuration file for a KMS based envelope transformer.
-	KMS *KMSConfig `json:"kms,omitempty"`
+	KMS *KMSConfiguration `json:"kms,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// AESConfig contains the API configuration for an AES transformer.
-type AESConfig struct {
+// AESConfiguration contains the API configuration for an AES transformer.
+type AESConfiguration struct {
 	// keys is a list of keys to be used for creating the AES transformer.
 	// Each key has to be 32 bytes long for AES-CBC and 16, 24 or 32 bytes for AES-GCM.
 	Keys []Key `json:"keys"`
 }
 
-// SecretboxConfig contains the API configuration for an Secretbox transformer.
-type SecretboxConfig struct {
+// SecretboxConfiguration contains the API configuration for an Secretbox transformer.
+type SecretboxConfiguration struct {
 	// keys is a list of keys to be used for creating the Secretbox transformer.
 	// Each key has to be 32 bytes long.
 	Keys []Key `json:"keys"`
@@ -71,16 +72,16 @@ type Key struct {
 	Secret string `json:"secret"`
 }
 
-// IdentityConfig is an empty struct to allow identity transformer in provider configuration.
-type IdentityConfig struct{}
+// IdentityConfiguration is an empty struct to allow identity transformer in provider configuration.
+type IdentityConfiguration struct{}
 
-// KMSConfig contains the name, cache size and path to configuration file for a KMS based envelope transformer.
-type KMSConfig struct {
+// KMSConfiguration contains the name, cache size and path to configuration file for a KMS based envelope transformer.
+type KMSConfiguration struct {
 	// name is the name of the KMS plugin to be used.
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 	// cacheSize is the maximum number of secrets which are cached in memory. The default value is 1000.
 	// +optional
-	CacheSize int `json:"cachesize,omitempty"`
-	// the gRPC server listening address, for example "unix:///var/run/kms-provider.sock".
+	CacheSize int32 `json:"cachesize,omitempty"`
+	// endpoint is the gRPC server listening address, for example "unix:///var/run/kms-provider.sock".
 	Endpoint string `json:"endpoint"`
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go
index a8c7d0a8223..d86a3e10181 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	yaml "sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	apiserverconfig "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config"
+	apiserverconfigv1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value"
 	aestransformer "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/aes"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/envelope"
@@ -66,20 +68,11 @@ func ParseEncryptionConfiguration(f io.Reader) (map[schema.GroupResource]value.T
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read contents: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	var config EncryptionConfig
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(configFileContents, &config)
+	config, err := loadConfig(configFileContents)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while parsing file: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if config.Kind == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration file, missing Kind")
-	}
-	if config.Kind != "EncryptionConfig" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration kind %q provided", config.Kind)
-	}
-	// TODO config.APIVersion is unchecked
-
 	resourceToPrefixTransformer := map[schema.GroupResource][]value.PrefixTransformer{}
 
 	// For each entry in the configuration
@@ -102,13 +95,32 @@ func ParseEncryptionConfiguration(f io.Reader) (map[schema.GroupResource]value.T
 		result[gr] = value.NewMutableTransformer(value.NewPrefixTransformers(fmt.Errorf("no matching prefix found"), transList...))
 	}
 	return result, nil
+
+}
+
+// loadConfig decodes data as a EncryptionConfiguration object.
+func loadConfig(data []byte) (*apiserverconfig.EncryptionConfiguration, error) {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	codecs := serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
+	apiserverconfig.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	apiserverconfigv1.AddToScheme(scheme)
+
+	configObj, gvk, err := codecs.UniversalDecoder().Decode(data, nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	config, ok := configObj.(*apiserverconfig.EncryptionConfiguration)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("got unexpected config type: %v", gvk)
+	}
+	return config, nil
 }
 
 // The factory to create kms service. This is to make writing test easier.
 var envelopeServiceFactory = envelope.NewGRPCService
 
-// GetPrefixTransformers constructs and returns the appropriate prefix transformers for the passed resource using its configuration
-func GetPrefixTransformers(config *ResourceConfig) ([]value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
+// GetPrefixTransformers constructs and returns the appropriate prefix transformers for the passed resource using its configuration.
+func GetPrefixTransformers(config *apiserverconfig.ResourceConfiguration) ([]value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
 	var result []value.PrefixTransformer
 	for _, provider := range config.Providers {
 		found := false
@@ -188,7 +200,7 @@ type BlockTransformerFunc func(cipher.Block) value.Transformer
 
 // GetAESPrefixTransformer returns a prefix transformer from the provided configuration.
 // Returns an AES transformer based on the provided prefix and block transformer.
-func GetAESPrefixTransformer(config *AESConfig, fn BlockTransformerFunc, prefix string) (value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
+func GetAESPrefixTransformer(config *apiserverconfig.AESConfiguration, fn BlockTransformerFunc, prefix string) (value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
 	var result value.PrefixTransformer
 
 	if len(config.Keys) == 0 {
@@ -236,7 +248,7 @@ func GetAESPrefixTransformer(config *AESConfig, fn BlockTransformerFunc, prefix
 }
 
 // GetSecretboxPrefixTransformer returns a prefix transformer from the provided configuration
-func GetSecretboxPrefixTransformer(config *SecretboxConfig) (value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
+func GetSecretboxPrefixTransformer(config *apiserverconfig.SecretboxConfiguration) (value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
 	var result value.PrefixTransformer
 
 	if len(config.Keys) == 0 {
@@ -288,8 +300,8 @@ func GetSecretboxPrefixTransformer(config *SecretboxConfig) (value.PrefixTransfo
 
 // getEnvelopePrefixTransformer returns a prefix transformer from the provided config.
 // envelopeService is used as the root of trust.
-func getEnvelopePrefixTransformer(config *KMSConfig, envelopeService envelope.Service, prefix string) (value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
-	envelopeTransformer, err := envelope.NewEnvelopeTransformer(envelopeService, config.CacheSize, aestransformer.NewCBCTransformer)
+func getEnvelopePrefixTransformer(config *apiserverconfig.KMSConfiguration, envelopeService envelope.Service, prefix string) (value.PrefixTransformer, error) {
+	envelopeTransformer, err := envelope.NewEnvelopeTransformer(envelopeService, int(config.CacheSize), aestransformer.NewCBCTransformer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return value.PrefixTransformer{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go
index 8cd6027e904..6ba28763749 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ package encryptionconfig
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
+	apiserverconfig "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/envelope"
 )
@@ -33,9 +36,40 @@ const (
 
 	sampleContextText = "0123456789"
 
+	legacyV1Config = `
+  kind: EncryptionConfig
+  apiVersion: v1
+  resources:
+    - resources:
+      - secrets
+      - namespaces
+      providers:
+      - identity: {}
+      - aesgcm:
+          keys:
+          - name: key1
+            secret: c2VjcmV0IGlzIHNlY3VyZQ==
+          - name: key2
+            secret: dGhpcyBpcyBwYXNzd29yZA==
+      - kms:
+          name: testprovider
+          endpoint: unix:///tmp/testprovider.sock
+          cachesize: 10
+      - aescbc:
+          keys:
+          - name: key1
+            secret: c2VjcmV0IGlzIHNlY3VyZQ==
+          - name: key2
+            secret: dGhpcyBpcyBwYXNzd29yZA==
+      - secretbox:
+          keys:
+          - name: key1
+            secret: YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXoxMjM0NTY=
+  `
+
 	correctConfigWithIdentityFirst = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -65,8 +99,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	correctConfigWithAesGcmFirst = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -95,8 +129,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	correctConfigWithAesCbcFirst = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -125,8 +159,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	correctConfigWithSecretboxFirst = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -155,8 +189,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	correctConfigWithKMSFirst = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -185,8 +219,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	incorrectConfigNoSecretForKey = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - namespaces
@@ -198,8 +232,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	incorrectConfigInvalidKey = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - namespaces
@@ -214,8 +248,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	incorrectConfigNoEndpointForKMS = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -244,6 +278,48 @@ func newMockEnvelopeService(endpoint string, timeout time.Duration) (envelope.Se
 	return &testEnvelopeService{}, nil
 }
 
+func TestLegacyConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	legacyConfigObject, err := loadConfig([]byte(legacyV1Config))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error while parsing configuration file: %s.\nThe file was:\n%s", err, legacyV1Config)
+	}
+
+	expected := &apiserverconfig.EncryptionConfiguration{
+		Resources: []apiserverconfig.ResourceConfiguration{
+			{
+				Resources: []string{"secrets", "namespaces"},
+				Providers: []apiserverconfig.ProviderConfiguration{
+					{Identity: &apiserverconfig.IdentityConfiguration{}},
+					{AESGCM: &apiserverconfig.AESConfiguration{
+						Keys: []apiserverconfig.Key{
+							{Name: "key1", Secret: "c2VjcmV0IGlzIHNlY3VyZQ=="},
+							{Name: "key2", Secret: "dGhpcyBpcyBwYXNzd29yZA=="},
+						},
+					}},
+					{KMS: &apiserverconfig.KMSConfiguration{
+						Name:      "testprovider",
+						Endpoint:  "unix:///tmp/testprovider.sock",
+						CacheSize: 10,
+					}},
+					{AESCBC: &apiserverconfig.AESConfiguration{
+						Keys: []apiserverconfig.Key{
+							{Name: "key1", Secret: "c2VjcmV0IGlzIHNlY3VyZQ=="},
+							{Name: "key2", Secret: "dGhpcyBpcyBwYXNzd29yZA=="},
+						},
+					}},
+					{Secretbox: &apiserverconfig.SecretboxConfiguration{
+						Keys: []apiserverconfig.Key{
+							{Name: "key1", Secret: "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXoxMjM0NTY="},
+						},
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(legacyConfigObject, expected) {
+		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectReflectDiff(expected, legacyConfigObject))
+	}
+}
 func TestEncryptionProviderConfigCorrect(t *testing.T) {
 	// Set factory for mock envelope service
 	factory := envelopeServiceFactory
diff --git a/test/integration/master/kms_transformation_test.go b/test/integration/master/kms_transformation_test.go
index df7a70bd314..1b39b436efa 100644
--- a/test/integration/master/kms_transformation_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/master/kms_transformation_test.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const (
 	dekKeySizeLen = 2
 
 	kmsConfigYAML = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
diff --git a/test/integration/master/secrets_transformation_test.go b/test/integration/master/secrets_transformation_test.go
index a8d408435d5..98d19ad7a5b 100644
--- a/test/integration/master/secrets_transformation_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/master/secrets_transformation_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig"
+	apiserverconfigv1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value"
 	aestransformer "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/aes"
 )
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ const (
 	aesCBCPrefix = "k8s:enc:aescbc:v1:key1:"
 
 	aesGCMConfigYAML = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	aesCBCConfigYAML = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ resources:
 `
 
 	identityConfigYAML = `
-kind: EncryptionConfig
-apiVersion: v1
+kind: EncryptionConfiguration
+apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1
 resources:
   - resources:
     - secrets
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ resources:
 // TestSecretsShouldBeEnveloped is an integration test between KubeAPI and etcd that checks:
 // 1. Secrets are encrypted on write
 // 2. Secrets are decrypted on read
-// when EncryptionConfig is passed to KubeAPI server.
+// when EncryptionConfiguration is passed to KubeAPI server.
 func TestSecretsShouldBeTransformed(t *testing.T) {
 	var testCases = []struct {
 		transformerConfigContent string
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func runBenchmark(b *testing.B, transformerConfig string) {
 }
 
 func unSealWithGCMTransformer(cipherText []byte, ctx value.Context,
-	transformerConfig encryptionconfig.ProviderConfig) ([]byte, error) {
+	transformerConfig apiserverconfigv1.ProviderConfiguration) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	block, err := newAESCipher(transformerConfig.AESGCM.Keys[0].Secret)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func unSealWithGCMTransformer(cipherText []byte, ctx value.Context,
 }
 
 func unSealWithCBCTransformer(cipherText []byte, ctx value.Context,
-	transformerConfig encryptionconfig.ProviderConfig) ([]byte, error) {
+	transformerConfig apiserverconfigv1.ProviderConfiguration) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	block, err := newAESCipher(transformerConfig.AESCBC.Keys[0].Secret)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/integration/master/transformation_testcase.go b/test/integration/master/transformation_testcase.go
index a23e7413af8..b5f4eb63179 100644
--- a/test/integration/master/transformation_testcase.go
+++ b/test/integration/master/transformation_testcase.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig"
+	apiserverconfigv1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/storagebackend"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const (
 	metricsPrefix            = "apiserver_storage_"
 )
 
-type unSealSecret func(cipherText []byte, ctx value.Context, config encryptionconfig.ProviderConfig) ([]byte, error)
+type unSealSecret func(cipherText []byte, ctx value.Context, config apiserverconfigv1.ProviderConfiguration) ([]byte, error)
 
 type transformTest struct {
 	logger            kubeapiservertesting.Logger
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ func (e *transformTest) createEncryptionConfig() (string, error) {
 	return tempDir, nil
 }
 
-func (e *transformTest) getEncryptionConfig() (*encryptionconfig.ProviderConfig, error) {
-	var config encryptionconfig.EncryptionConfig
+func (e *transformTest) getEncryptionConfig() (*apiserverconfigv1.ProviderConfiguration, error) {
+	var config apiserverconfigv1.EncryptionConfiguration
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(e.transformerConfig), &config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to extract transformer key: %v", err)