diff --git a/pkg/api/latest/latest.go b/pkg/api/latest/latest.go
index 64303b1b29b..69c0108796d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/latest/latest.go
+++ b/pkg/api/latest/latest.go
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ func InterfacesFor(version string) (*meta.VersionInterfaces, error) {
 	case "v1beta1":
 		return &meta.VersionInterfaces{
 			Codec:            v1beta1.Codec,
+			ObjectConvertor:  api.Scheme,
 			MetadataAccessor: accessor,
 		}, nil
 	case "v1beta2":
 		return &meta.VersionInterfaces{
 			Codec:            v1beta2.Codec,
+			ObjectConvertor:  api.Scheme,
 			MetadataAccessor: accessor,
 		}, nil
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/api/meta/interfaces.go b/pkg/api/meta/interfaces.go
index f3494abfecd..9674a015365 100644
--- a/pkg/api/meta/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/api/meta/interfaces.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 // VersionInterfaces contains the interfaces one should use for dealing with types of a particular version.
 type VersionInterfaces struct {
 	runtime.Codec
+	runtime.ObjectConvertor
 	MetadataAccessor
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ type RESTMapping struct {
 	Kind       string
 
 	runtime.Codec
+	runtime.ObjectConvertor
 	MetadataAccessor
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/meta/restmapper.go b/pkg/api/meta/restmapper.go
index 92d1278555a..5a041452138 100644
--- a/pkg/api/meta/restmapper.go
+++ b/pkg/api/meta/restmapper.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type DefaultRESTMapper struct {
 	interfacesFunc VersionInterfacesFunc
 }
 
-// VersionInterfacesFunc returns the appropriate codec and metadata accessor for a
+// VersionInterfacesFunc returns the appropriate codec, typer, and metadata accessor for a
 // given api version, or false if no such api version exists.
 type VersionInterfacesFunc func(apiVersion string) (*VersionInterfaces, bool)
 
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ func (m *DefaultRESTMapper) RESTMapping(version, kind string) (*RESTMapping, err
 		Kind:       kind,
 
 		Codec:            interfaces.Codec,
+		ObjectConvertor:  interfaces.ObjectConvertor,
 		MetadataAccessor: interfaces.MetadataAccessor,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/meta/restmapper_test.go b/pkg/api/meta/restmapper_test.go
index 3935101face..09db97332e4 100644
--- a/pkg/api/meta/restmapper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/meta/restmapper_test.go
@@ -36,11 +36,18 @@ func (fakeCodec) DecodeInto([]byte, runtime.Object) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type fakeConvertor struct{}
+
+func (fakeConvertor) ConvertToVersion(in runtime.Object, _ string) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	return in, nil
+}
+
 var validCodec = fakeCodec{}
 var validAccessor = resourceAccessor{}
+var validConvertor = fakeConvertor{}
 
 func fakeInterfaces(version string) (*VersionInterfaces, bool) {
-	return &VersionInterfaces{Codec: validCodec, MetadataAccessor: validAccessor}, true
+	return &VersionInterfaces{Codec: validCodec, ObjectConvertor: validConvertor, MetadataAccessor: validAccessor}, true
 }
 
 func unmatchedVersionInterfaces(version string) (*VersionInterfaces, bool) {
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ func TestRESTMapperRESTMapping(t *testing.T) {
 		if mapping.APIVersion != version {
 			t.Errorf("%d: unexpected version: %#v", i, mapping)
 		}
-		if mapping.Codec == nil || mapping.MetadataAccessor == nil {
+		if mapping.Codec == nil || mapping.MetadataAccessor == nil || mapping.ObjectConvertor == nil {
 			t.Errorf("%d: missing codec and accessor: %#v", i, mapping)
 		}
 	}