diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go
index 87d96ef2822..82543abaa61 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ func convertToDiscoveryAPIGroup(apiServices []*apiregistrationapi.APIService) *m
 	var discoveryGroup *metav1.APIGroup
 
 	for _, apiService := range apiServicesByGroup {
-		if !apiregistrationapi.IsAPIServiceConditionTrue(apiService, apiregistrationapi.Available) {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		// the first APIService which is valid becomes the default
 		if discoveryGroup == nil {
 			discoveryGroup = &metav1.APIGroup{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis_test.go
index 31dc80702f9..86d7c12b379 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis_test.go
@@ -236,6 +236,47 @@ func TestAPIs(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "unavailable service",
+			apiservices: []*apiregistration.APIService{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "v1.foo"},
+					Spec: apiregistration.APIServiceSpec{
+						Service: &apiregistration.ServiceReference{
+							Namespace: "ns",
+							Name:      "api",
+						},
+						Group:                "foo",
+						Version:              "v1",
+						GroupPriorityMinimum: 11,
+					},
+					Status: apiregistration.APIServiceStatus{
+						Conditions: []apiregistration.APIServiceCondition{
+							{Type: apiregistration.Available, Status: apiregistration.ConditionFalse},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &metav1.APIGroupList{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "APIGroupList", APIVersion: "v1"},
+				Groups: []metav1.APIGroup{
+					discoveryGroup,
+					{
+						Name: "foo",
+						Versions: []metav1.GroupVersionForDiscovery{
+							{
+								GroupVersion: "foo/v1",
+								Version:      "v1",
+							},
+						},
+						PreferredVersion: metav1.GroupVersionForDiscovery{
+							GroupVersion: "foo/v1",
+							Version:      "v1",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
diff --git a/test/integration/examples/BUILD b/test/integration/examples/BUILD
index 1fa02f78178..820d9a02d97 100644
--- a/test/integration/examples/BUILD
+++ b/test/integration/examples/BUILD
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/master/reconcilers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/integration/examples/apiserver_test.go b/test/integration/examples/apiserver_test.go
index 8b0d00a9633..cee26eae776 100644
--- a/test/integration/examples/apiserver_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/examples/apiserver_test.go
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	genericapiserveroptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
+	discovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
@@ -334,9 +337,8 @@ func TestAggregatedAPIServer(t *testing.T) {
 	// this is ugly, but sleep just a little bit so that the watch is probably observed.  Since nothing will actually be added to discovery
 	// (the service is missing), we don't have an external signal.
 	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	if _, err := aggregatorDiscoveryClient.Discovery().ServerResources(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	_, err = aggregatorDiscoveryClient.Discovery().ServerResources()
+	assertWardleUnavailableDiscoveryError(t, err)
 
 	_, err = aggregatorClient.ApiregistrationV1beta1().APIServices().Create(&apiregistrationv1beta1.APIService{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "v1."},
@@ -357,13 +359,32 @@ func TestAggregatedAPIServer(t *testing.T) {
 	// (the service is missing), we don't have an external signal.
 	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 	_, err = aggregatorDiscoveryClient.Discovery().ServerResources()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	assertWardleUnavailableDiscoveryError(t, err)
 
 	// TODO figure out how to turn on enough of services and dns to run more
 }
 
+func assertWardleUnavailableDiscoveryError(t *testing.T, err error) {
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Discovery call expected to return failed unavailable service")
+	}
+	if !discovery.IsGroupDiscoveryFailedError(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %T, %v", err, err)
+	}
+	discoveryErr := err.(*discovery.ErrGroupDiscoveryFailed)
+	if len(discoveryErr.Groups) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected failed groups: %v", err)
+	}
+	groupVersion := schema.GroupVersion{Group: "wardle.k8s.io", Version: "v1alpha1"}
+	groupVersionErr, ok := discoveryErr.Groups[groupVersion]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected failed group version: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !apierrors.IsServiceUnavailable(groupVersionErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected failed group version error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func createKubeConfig(clientCfg *rest.Config) *clientcmdapi.Config {
 	clusterNick := "cluster"
 	userNick := "user"