diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go
index be8a8325def..b56140de5fc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go
@@ -95,4 +95,5 @@ func addToGroupVersion(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 // the logic for conversion private.
 func init() {
 	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addToGroupVersion)
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(metav1.RegisterConversions)
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go
index dd31c0f12ed..a7b8aa34f9e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ import (
 // GroupName is the group name for this API.
 const GroupName = "meta.k8s.io"
 
+var (
+	// localSchemeBuilder is used to make compiler happy for autogenerated
+	// conversions. However, it's not used.
+	schemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &schemeBuilder
+)
+
 // SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1"}