diff --git a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/BUILD b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/BUILD
index ce2780d854a..f1fa23bec26 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/BUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/registry/flowcontrol/flowschema/storage:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/flowcontrol/prioritylevelconfiguration/storage:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/storage:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/flowcontrol/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -31,3 +37,15 @@ filegroup(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["storage_flowcontrol_test.go"],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    deps = [
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol.go b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol.go
index 1565ef8b132..15fd7758c3a 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol.go
@@ -17,20 +17,34 @@ limitations under the License.
 package rest
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
 	flowcontrolv1alpha1 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	flowcontrolbootstrap "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	serverstorage "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/storage"
+	flowcontrolclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/flowcontrol/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/klog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/flowcontrol"
 	flowschemastore "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/flowschema/storage"
 	prioritylevelconfigurationstore "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/prioritylevelconfiguration/storage"
 )
 
-// RESTStorageProvider implements
+var _ genericapiserver.PostStartHookProvider = RESTStorageProvider{}
+
+// RESTStorageProvider is a provider of REST storage
 type RESTStorageProvider struct{}
 
+// PostStartHookName is the name of the post-start-hook provided by flow-control storage
+const PostStartHookName = "apiserver/bootstrap-system-flowcontrol-configuration"
+
 // NewRESTStorage creates a new rest storage for flow-control api models.
 func (p RESTStorageProvider) NewRESTStorage(apiResourceConfigSource serverstorage.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter generic.RESTOptionsGetter) (genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo, bool, error) {
 	apiGroupInfo := genericapiserver.NewDefaultAPIGroupInfo(flowcontrol.GroupName, legacyscheme.Scheme, legacyscheme.ParameterCodec, legacyscheme.Codecs)
@@ -71,3 +85,129 @@ func (p RESTStorageProvider) v1alpha1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource serverstora
 func (p RESTStorageProvider) GroupName() string {
 	return flowcontrol.GroupName
 }
+
+func (p RESTStorageProvider) PostStartHook() (string, genericapiserver.PostStartHookFunc, error) {
+	return PostStartHookName, func(hookContext genericapiserver.PostStartHookContext) error {
+		flowcontrolClientSet := flowcontrolclient.NewForConfigOrDie(hookContext.LoopbackClientConfig)
+		go func() {
+			const retryCreatingSuggestedSettingsInterval = time.Second
+			_ = wait.PollImmediateUntil(
+				retryCreatingSuggestedSettingsInterval,
+				func() (bool, error) {
+					shouldEnsureSuggested, err := shouldEnsureAllPredefined(flowcontrolClientSet)
+					if err != nil {
+						klog.Errorf("failed getting exempt flow-schema, will retry later: %v", err)
+						return false, nil
+					}
+					if shouldEnsureSuggested {
+						err := ensure(
+							flowcontrolClientSet,
+							flowcontrolbootstrap.SuggestedFlowSchemas,
+							flowcontrolbootstrap.SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurations)
+						if err != nil {
+							klog.Errorf("failed ensuring suggested settings, will retry later: %v", err)
+							return false, nil
+						}
+					}
+					return true, nil
+				},
+				hookContext.StopCh)
+			const retryCreatingMandatorySettingsInterval = time.Minute
+			_ = wait.PollImmediateUntil(
+				retryCreatingMandatorySettingsInterval,
+				func() (bool, error) {
+					if err := upgrade(
+						flowcontrolClientSet,
+						flowcontrolbootstrap.MandatoryFlowSchemas,
+						// Note: the "exempt" priority-level is supposed tobe the last item in the pre-defined
+						// list, so that a crash in the midst of the first kube-apiserver startup does not prevent
+						// the full initial set of objects from being created.
+						flowcontrolbootstrap.MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurations,
+					); err != nil {
+						klog.Errorf("failed creating default flowcontrol settings: %v", err)
+						return false, nil
+					}
+					return false, nil // always retry
+				},
+				hookContext.StopCh)
+		}()
+		return nil
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
+// Returns false if there's a "exempt" priority-level existing in the cluster, otherwise returns a true
+// if the "exempt" priority-level is not found.
+func shouldEnsureAllPredefined(flowcontrolClientSet flowcontrolclient.FlowcontrolV1alpha1Interface) (bool, error) {
+	if _, err := flowcontrolClientSet.PriorityLevelConfigurations().Get(flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationNameExempt, metav1.GetOptions{}); err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func ensure(flowcontrolClientSet flowcontrolclient.FlowcontrolV1alpha1Interface, flowSchemas []*flowcontrolv1alpha1.FlowSchema, priorityLevels []*flowcontrolv1alpha1.PriorityLevelConfiguration) error {
+	for _, flowSchema := range flowSchemas {
+		_, err := flowcontrolClientSet.FlowSchemas().Create(flowSchema)
+		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("system preset FlowSchema %s already exists, skipping creating", flowSchema.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot create FlowSchema %s due to %v", flowSchema.Name, err)
+		}
+		klog.V(3).Infof("created system preset FlowSchema %s", flowSchema.Name)
+	}
+	for _, priorityLevelConfiguration := range priorityLevels {
+		_, err := flowcontrolClientSet.PriorityLevelConfigurations().Create(priorityLevelConfiguration)
+		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("system preset PriorityLevelConfiguration %s already exists, skipping creating", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot create PriorityLevelConfiguration %s due to %v", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name, err)
+		}
+		klog.V(3).Infof("created system preset PriorityLevelConfiguration %s", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func upgrade(flowcontrolClientSet flowcontrolclient.FlowcontrolV1alpha1Interface, flowSchemas []*flowcontrolv1alpha1.FlowSchema, priorityLevels []*flowcontrolv1alpha1.PriorityLevelConfiguration) error {
+	for _, flowSchema := range flowSchemas {
+		_, err := flowcontrolClientSet.FlowSchemas().Get(flowSchema.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed getting FlowSchema %s due to %v, will retry later", flowSchema.Name, err)
+		}
+		// TODO(yue9944882): extract existing version from label and compare
+		// TODO(yue9944882): create w/ version string attached
+		_, err = flowcontrolClientSet.FlowSchemas().Create(flowSchema)
+		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("system preset FlowSchema %s already exists, skipping creating", flowSchema.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot create FlowSchema %s due to %v", flowSchema.Name, err)
+		}
+		klog.V(3).Infof("created system preset FlowSchema %s", flowSchema.Name)
+	}
+	for _, priorityLevelConfiguration := range priorityLevels {
+		_, err := flowcontrolClientSet.FlowSchemas().Get(priorityLevelConfiguration.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed getting PriorityLevelConfiguration %s due to %v, will retry later", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name, err)
+		}
+		// TODO(yue9944882): extract existing version from label and compare
+		// TODO(yue9944882): create w/ version string attached
+		_, err = flowcontrolClientSet.PriorityLevelConfigurations().Create(priorityLevelConfiguration)
+		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("system preset PriorityLevelConfiguration %s already exists, skipping creating", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot create PriorityLevelConfiguration %s due to %v", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name, err)
+		}
+		klog.V(3).Infof("created system preset PriorityLevelConfiguration %s", priorityLevelConfiguration.Name)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol_test.go b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..015dc1a9041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/rest/storage_flowcontrol_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rest
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	flowcontrol "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+)
+
+func TestShouldEnsurePredefinedSettings(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                  string
+		existingPriorityLevel *flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfiguration
+		expected              bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                  "should ensure if exempt priority-level is absent",
+			existingPriorityLevel: nil,
+			expected:              true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                  "should not ensure if exempt priority-level is present",
+			existingPriorityLevel: bootstrap.MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurationExempt,
+			expected:              false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
+			if testCase.existingPriorityLevel != nil {
+				c.FlowcontrolV1alpha1().PriorityLevelConfigurations().Create(testCase.existingPriorityLevel)
+			}
+			should, err := shouldEnsureAllPredefined(c.FlowcontrolV1alpha1())
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, should)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/BUILD
index 72460f0ed2a..894b53fa584 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example2:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticatorfactory:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c092ec41c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["default.go"],
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/coordination/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3be49dd5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,435 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package bootstrap
+
+import (
+	coordinationv1 "k8s.io/api/coordination/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	flowcontrol "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
+)
+
+// The objects that define an apiserver's initial behavior
+var (
+	MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurations = []*flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfiguration{
+		MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurationExempt,
+		MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurationCatchAll,
+	}
+	MandatoryFlowSchemas = []*flowcontrol.FlowSchema{
+		MandatoryFlowSchemaExempt,
+		MandatoryFlowSchemaCatchAll,
+	}
+)
+
+// The objects that define an apiserver's initial behavior
+var (
+	SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurations = []*flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfiguration{
+		// "system" priority-level is for the system components that affects self-maintenance of the
+		// cluster and the availability of those running pods in the cluster, including kubelet and
+		// kube-proxy.
+		SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationSystem,
+		// "leader-election" is dedicated for controllers' leader-election, which majorly affects the
+		// availability of any controller runs in the cluster.
+		SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationLeaderElection,
+		// "workload-high" is used by those workloads with higher priority but their failure won't directly
+		// impact the existing running pods in the cluster, which includes kube-scheduler, and those well-known
+		// built-in workloads such as "deployments", "replicasets" and other low-level custom workload which
+		// is important for the cluster.
+		SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationWorkloadHigh,
+		// "workload-low" is used by those workloads with lower priority which availability only has a
+		// minor impact on the cluster.
+		SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationWorkloadLow,
+	}
+	SuggestedFlowSchemas = []*flowcontrol.FlowSchema{
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaSystemNodes,               // references "system" priority-level
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaSystemLeaderElection,      // references "leader-election" priority-level
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaWorkloadLeaderElection,    // references "leader-election" priority-level
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeControllerManager,     // references "workload-high" priority-level
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeScheduler,             // references "workload-high" priority-level
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeSystemServiceAccounts, // references "workload-high" priority-level
+	}
+)
+
+// Mandatory PriorityLevelConfiguration objects
+var (
+	MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurationExempt = newPriorityLevelConfiguration(
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationNameExempt,
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
+			Type: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelEnablementExempt,
+		},
+	)
+	MandatoryPriorityLevelConfigurationCatchAll = newPriorityLevelConfiguration(
+		"catch-all",
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
+			Type: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelEnablementLimited,
+			Limited: &flowcontrol.LimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration{
+				AssuredConcurrencyShares: 100,
+				LimitResponse: flowcontrol.LimitResponse{
+					Type: flowcontrol.LimitResponseTypeQueue,
+					Queuing: &flowcontrol.QueuingConfiguration{
+						Queues:           128,
+						HandSize:         6,
+						QueueLengthLimit: 100,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+)
+
+// Mandatory FlowSchema objects
+var (
+	// exempt priority-level
+	MandatoryFlowSchemaExempt = newFlowSchema(
+		"exempt",
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationNameExempt,
+		0,  // matchingPrecedence
+		"", // distinguisherMethodType
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: groups(user.SystemPrivilegedGroup),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{
+				resourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+					true,
+				),
+			},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll},
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	// catch-all priority-level
+	MandatoryFlowSchemaCatchAll = newFlowSchema(
+		"catch-all",
+		"catch-all",
+		10000, // matchingPrecedence
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByUserType, // distinguisherMethodType
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: groups(user.AllUnauthenticated, user.AllAuthenticated),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{
+				resourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+					true,
+				),
+			},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll},
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+)
+
+// Suggested PriorityLevelConfiguration objects
+var (
+	// system priority-level
+	SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationSystem = newPriorityLevelConfiguration(
+		"system",
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
+			Type: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelEnablementLimited,
+			Limited: &flowcontrol.LimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration{
+				AssuredConcurrencyShares: 30,
+				LimitResponse: flowcontrol.LimitResponse{
+					Type: flowcontrol.LimitResponseTypeQueue,
+					Queuing: &flowcontrol.QueuingConfiguration{
+						Queues:           64,
+						HandSize:         6,
+						QueueLengthLimit: 1000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	// leader-election priority-level
+	SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationLeaderElection = newPriorityLevelConfiguration(
+		"leader-election",
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
+			Type: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelEnablementLimited,
+			Limited: &flowcontrol.LimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration{
+				AssuredConcurrencyShares: 10,
+				LimitResponse: flowcontrol.LimitResponse{
+					Type: flowcontrol.LimitResponseTypeQueue,
+					Queuing: &flowcontrol.QueuingConfiguration{
+						Queues:           16,
+						HandSize:         4,
+						QueueLengthLimit: 100,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	// workload-high priority-level
+	SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationWorkloadHigh = newPriorityLevelConfiguration(
+		"workload-high",
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
+			Type: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelEnablementLimited,
+			Limited: &flowcontrol.LimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration{
+				AssuredConcurrencyShares: 40,
+				LimitResponse: flowcontrol.LimitResponse{
+					Type: flowcontrol.LimitResponseTypeQueue,
+					Queuing: &flowcontrol.QueuingConfiguration{
+						Queues:           128,
+						HandSize:         6,
+						QueueLengthLimit: 100,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	// workload-low priority-level
+	SuggestedPriorityLevelConfigurationWorkloadLow = newPriorityLevelConfiguration(
+		"workload-low",
+		flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
+			Type: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelEnablementLimited,
+			Limited: &flowcontrol.LimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration{
+				AssuredConcurrencyShares: 20,
+				LimitResponse: flowcontrol.LimitResponse{
+					Type: flowcontrol.LimitResponseTypeQueue,
+					Queuing: &flowcontrol.QueuingConfiguration{
+						Queues:           128,
+						HandSize:         6,
+						QueueLengthLimit: 100,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+)
+
+// Suggested FlowSchema objects
+var (
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaSystemNodes = newFlowSchema(
+		"system-nodes", "system", 1500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByUserType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: groups(user.NodesGroup), // the nodes group
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{resourceRule(
+				[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+				true)},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll}),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaSystemLeaderElection = newFlowSchema(
+		"system-leader-election", "leader-election", 2500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByUserType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: append(
+				users(user.KubeControllerManager, user.KubeScheduler),
+				kubeSystemServiceAccount(flowcontrol.NameAll)...),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{
+				resourceRule(
+					[]string{"get", "create", "update"},
+					[]string{corev1.GroupName},
+					[]string{"endpoints", "configmaps"},
+					[]string{"kube-system"},
+					false),
+				resourceRule(
+					[]string{"get", "create", "update"},
+					[]string{coordinationv1.GroupName},
+					[]string{"leases"},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+					false),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaWorkloadLeaderElection = newFlowSchema(
+		"workload-leader-election", "leader-election", 2500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByUserType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: kubeSystemServiceAccount(flowcontrol.NameAll),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{
+				resourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{corev1.GroupName},
+					[]string{"endpoints", "configmaps"},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+					false),
+				resourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{coordinationv1.GroupName},
+					[]string{"leases"},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+					false),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeControllerManager = newFlowSchema(
+		"kube-controller-manager", "workload-high", 3500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByNamespaceType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: users(user.KubeControllerManager),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{resourceRule(
+				[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+				true)},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll}),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeScheduler = newFlowSchema(
+		"kube-scheduler", "workload-high", 3500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByNamespaceType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: users(user.KubeScheduler),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{resourceRule(
+				[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+				true)},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll}),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeSystemServiceAccounts = newFlowSchema(
+		"kube-system-service-accounts", "workload-high", 3500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByNamespaceType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: kubeSystemServiceAccount(flowcontrol.NameAll),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{resourceRule(
+				[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+				true)},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll}),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaServiceAccounts = newFlowSchema(
+		"service-accounts", "workload-low", 7500,
+		flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodByUserType,
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: groups(serviceaccount.AllServiceAccountsGroup),
+			ResourceRules: []flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{resourceRule(
+				[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.APIGroupAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.ResourceAll},
+				[]string{flowcontrol.NamespaceEvery},
+				true)},
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{flowcontrol.VerbAll},
+					[]string{flowcontrol.NonResourceAll}),
+			},
+		},
+	)
+)
+
+func newPriorityLevelConfiguration(name string, spec flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec) *flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfiguration {
+	return &flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfiguration{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name},
+		Spec:       spec}
+}
+
+func newFlowSchema(name, plName string, matchingPrecedence int32, dmType flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethodType, rules ...flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects) *flowcontrol.FlowSchema {
+	var dm *flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethod
+	if dmType != "" {
+		dm = &flowcontrol.FlowDistinguisherMethod{Type: dmType}
+	}
+	return &flowcontrol.FlowSchema{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name},
+		Spec: flowcontrol.FlowSchemaSpec{
+			PriorityLevelConfiguration: flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationReference{
+				Name: plName,
+			},
+			MatchingPrecedence:  matchingPrecedence,
+			DistinguisherMethod: dm,
+			Rules:               rules},
+	}
+
+}
+
+func groups(names ...string) []flowcontrol.Subject {
+	ans := make([]flowcontrol.Subject, len(names))
+	for idx, name := range names {
+		ans[idx] = flowcontrol.Subject{
+			Kind: flowcontrol.SubjectKindGroup,
+			Group: &flowcontrol.GroupSubject{
+				Name: name,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return ans
+}
+
+func users(names ...string) []flowcontrol.Subject {
+	ans := make([]flowcontrol.Subject, len(names))
+	for idx, name := range names {
+		ans[idx] = flowcontrol.Subject{
+			Kind: flowcontrol.SubjectKindUser,
+			User: &flowcontrol.UserSubject{
+				Name: name,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return ans
+}
+
+func kubeSystemServiceAccount(names ...string) []flowcontrol.Subject {
+	subjects := []flowcontrol.Subject{}
+	for _, name := range names {
+		subjects = append(subjects, flowcontrol.Subject{
+			Kind: flowcontrol.SubjectKindServiceAccount,
+			ServiceAccount: &flowcontrol.ServiceAccountSubject{
+				Name:      name,
+				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem,
+			},
+		})
+	}
+	return subjects
+}
+
+func resourceRule(verbs []string, groups []string, resources []string, namespaces []string, clusterScoped bool) flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule {
+	return flowcontrol.ResourcePolicyRule{
+		Verbs:        verbs,
+		APIGroups:    groups,
+		Resources:    resources,
+		Namespaces:   namespaces,
+		ClusterScope: clusterScoped,
+	}
+}
+
+func nonResourceRule(verbs []string, nonResourceURLs []string) flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule {
+	return flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{Verbs: verbs, NonResourceURLs: nonResourceURLs}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 9ca0f7a2bfc..212ce93807c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1286,6 +1286,7 @@ k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/validation
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1
+k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/event
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy