diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/change_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/change_test.go
index 554a1c80691..831db12bae8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/change_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/change_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 )
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ func TestChangeCRD(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// Set up 100 loops creating and reading custom resources
+	// Set up 100 loops creating and reading and watching custom resources
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(i int) {
@@ -112,6 +114,31 @@ func TestChangeCRD(t *testing.T) {
 				time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
 			}
 		}(i)
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(i int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-stopChan:
+					return
+				default:
+					w, err := noxuNamespacedResourceClient.Watch(metav1.ListOptions{})
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("unexpected error establishing watch: %v", err)
+					}
+					for event := range w.ResultChan() {
+						switch event.Type {
+						case watch.Added, watch.Modified, watch.Deleted:
+							// all expected
+						default:
+							t.Errorf("unexpected watch event: %#v", event)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+			}
+		}(i)
 	}
 
 	// Let all the established get request loops soak
@@ -121,5 +148,15 @@ func TestChangeCRD(t *testing.T) {
 	close(stopChan)
 
 	// Let loops drain
-	wg.Wait()
+	drained := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(drained)
+		wg.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-drained:
+	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
+		t.Error("timed out waiting for clients to complete")
+	}
 }