diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate.go
index 8f8a50fe3e7..7f4225a5b93 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate.go
@@ -273,6 +273,13 @@ func acceptMediaTypeOptions(params map[string]string, accepts *AcceptedMediaType
 	return options, true
 }
 
+type candidateMediaType struct {
+	accepted *AcceptedMediaType
+	clauses  goautoneg.Accept
+}
+
+type candidateMediaTypeSlice []candidateMediaType
+
 // NegotiateMediaTypeOptions returns the most appropriate content type given the accept header and
 // a list of alternatives along with the accepted media type parameters.
 func NegotiateMediaTypeOptions(header string, accepted []AcceptedMediaType, endpoint EndpointRestrictions) (MediaTypeOptions, bool) {
@@ -282,6 +289,7 @@ func NegotiateMediaTypeOptions(header string, accepted []AcceptedMediaType, endp
 		}, true
 	}
 
+	var candidates candidateMediaTypeSlice
 	clauses := goautoneg.ParseAccept(header)
 	for _, clause := range clauses {
 		for i := range accepted {
@@ -290,12 +298,17 @@ func NegotiateMediaTypeOptions(header string, accepted []AcceptedMediaType, endp
 			case clause.Type == accepts.Type && clause.SubType == accepts.SubType,
 				clause.Type == accepts.Type && clause.SubType == "*",
 				clause.Type == "*" && clause.SubType == "*":
-				// TODO: should we prefer the first type with no unrecognized options?  Do we need to ignore unrecognized
-				// parameters.
-				return acceptMediaTypeOptions(clause.Params, accepts, endpoint)
+				candidates = append(candidates, candidateMediaType{accepted: accepts, clauses: clause})
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	for _, v := range candidates {
+		if retVal, ret := acceptMediaTypeOptions(v.clauses.Params, v.accepted, endpoint); ret {
+			return retVal, true
+		}
+	}
+
 	return MediaTypeOptions{}, false
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate_test.go
index 8a747ff73dc..1d11d0a3048 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/negotiation/negotiate_test.go
@@ -181,7 +181,26 @@ func TestNegotiate(t *testing.T) {
 			serializer:  fakeCodec,
 			params:      map[string]string{"pretty": "1"},
 		},
-
+		{
+			req: &http.Request{
+				Header: http.Header{
+					"Accept": []string{"application/json;as=BOGUS;v=v1alpha1;g=meta.k8s.io, application/json"},
+				},
+			},
+			contentType: "application/json",
+			ns:          &fakeNegotiater{serializer: fakeCodec, types: []string{"application/json"}},
+			serializer:  fakeCodec,
+		},
+		{
+			req: &http.Request{
+				Header: http.Header{
+					"Accept": []string{"application/BOGUS, application/json"},
+				},
+			},
+			contentType: "application/json",
+			ns:          &fakeNegotiater{serializer: fakeCodec, types: []string{"application/json"}},
+			serializer:  fakeCodec,
+		},
 		// "application" is not a valid media type, so the server will reject the response during
 		// negotiation (the server, in error, has specified an invalid media type)
 		{