diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/BUILD
index aed96f7fe35..6226496a6ce 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/BUILD
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ go_test(
         "//vendor/github.com/go-openapi/spec:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/require:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder.go
index d13e0437c26..b77128cb13f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder.go
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ func (b *builder) buildRoute(root, path, httpMethod, actionVerb, operationVerb s
 
 // buildKubeNative builds input schema with Kubernetes' native object meta, type meta and
 // extensions
-func (b *builder) buildKubeNative(schema *structuralschema.Structural, v2 bool) (ret *spec.Schema) {
+func (b *builder) buildKubeNative(schema *structuralschema.Structural, v2 bool, crdPreserveUnknownFields bool) (ret *spec.Schema) {
 	// only add properties if we have a schema. Otherwise, kubectl would (wrongly) assume additionalProperties=false
 	// and forbid anything outside of apiVersion, kind and metadata. We have to fix kubectl to stop doing this, e.g. by
 	// adding additionalProperties=true support to explicitly allow additional fields.
 	// TODO: fix kubectl to understand additionalProperties=true
-	if schema == nil || (v2 && schema.XPreserveUnknownFields) {
+	if schema == nil || (v2 && (schema.XPreserveUnknownFields || crdPreserveUnknownFields)) {
 		ret = &spec.Schema{
 			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{Type: []string{"object"}},
 		}
@@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ func newBuilder(crd *apiextensions.CustomResourceDefinition, version string, sch
 	}
 
 	// Pre-build schema with Kubernetes native properties
-	b.schema = b.buildKubeNative(schema, v2)
+	preserveUnknownFields := crd.Spec.PreserveUnknownFields != nil && *crd.Spec.PreserveUnknownFields
+	b.schema = b.buildKubeNative(schema, v2, preserveUnknownFields)
 	b.listSchema = b.buildListSchema()
 
 	return b
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
index 2f067112be9..65d1b15aa3e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
 func TestNewBuilder(t *testing.T) {
@@ -554,50 +555,65 @@ func schemaDiff(a, b *spec.Schema) string {
 
 func TestBuildSwagger(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		name         string
-		schema       string
-		wantedSchema string
-		opts         Options
+		name                  string
+		schema                string
+		preserveUnknownFields *bool
+		wantedSchema          string
+		opts                  Options
 	}{
 		{
 			"nil",
 			"",
+			nil,
 			`{"type":"object","x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
 		{
 			"with properties",
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"spec":{"type":"object"},"status":{"type":"object"}}}`,
+			nil,
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"apiVersion":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta"},"spec":{"type":"object"},"status":{"type":"object"}},"x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
 		{
 			"with invalid-typed properties",
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"spec":{"type":"bug"},"status":{"type":"object"}}}`,
+			nil,
+			`{"type":"object","x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
+			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
+		},
+		{
+			"with spec.preseveUnknownFields=true",
+			`{"type":"object","properties":{"foo":{"type":"string"}}}`,
+			utilpointer.BoolPtr(true),
 			`{"type":"object","x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
 		{
 			"with stripped defaults",
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"foo":{"type":"string","default":"bar"}}}`,
+			nil,
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"apiVersion":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta"},"foo":{"type":"string"}},"x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
 		{
 			"with stripped defaults",
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"foo":{"type":"string","default":"bar"}}}`,
+			nil,
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"apiVersion":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta"},"foo":{"type":"string"}},"x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
 		{
 			"v2",
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"foo":{"type":"string","oneOf":[{"pattern":"a"},{"pattern":"b"}]}}}`,
+			nil,
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"apiVersion":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta"},"foo":{"type":"string"}},"x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: true, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
 		{
 			"v3",
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"foo":{"type":"string","oneOf":[{"pattern":"a"},{"pattern":"b"}]}}}`,
+			nil,
 			`{"type":"object","properties":{"apiVersion":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta"},"foo":{"type":"string","oneOf":[{"pattern":"a"},{"pattern":"b"}]}},"x-kubernetes-group-version-kind":[{"group":"bar.k8s.io","kind":"Foo","version":"v1"}]}`,
 			Options{V2: false, StripDefaults: true},
 		},
@@ -628,8 +644,9 @@ func TestBuildSwagger(t *testing.T) {
 						Kind:     "Foo",
 						ListKind: "FooList",
 					},
-					Scope:      apiextensions.NamespaceScoped,
-					Validation: validation,
+					Scope:                 apiextensions.NamespaceScoped,
+					Validation:            validation,
+					PreserveUnknownFields: tt.preserveUnknownFields,
 				},
 			}, "v1", tt.opts)
 			if err != nil {