diff --git a/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go b/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go
index fe5b1f5699e..bff2f71594a 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go
+++ b/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ func NewMasterConfig() *master.Config {
 			Authorizer:              apiserver.NewAlwaysAllowAuthorizer(),
 			AdmissionControl:        admit.NewAlwaysAdmit(),
 			Serializer:              api.Codecs,
+			EnableWatchCache:        true,
 		},
 		KubeletClient: kubeletclient.FakeKubeletClient{},
 	}