diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go b/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
index 2f2ced3372c..92d49ca9709 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ func (r *RequestInfoResolver) GetRequestInfo(req *http.Request) (RequestInfo, er
 		switch req.Method {
 		case "POST":
 			requestInfo.Verb = "create"
-		case "GET":
+		case "GET", "HEAD":
 			requestInfo.Verb = "get"
 		case "PUT":
 			requestInfo.Verb = "update"
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go
index 112692c6bf9..3cc3d9149ce 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go
@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ func TestGetAPIRequestInfo(t *testing.T) {
 
 		{"GET", "/api/v1/namespaces/other/pods", "list", "api", "", "v1", "other", "pods", "", "", []string{"pods"}},
 		{"GET", "/api/v1/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "api", "", "v1", "other", "pods", "", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"HEAD", "/api/v1/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "api", "", "v1", "other", "pods", "", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
 		{"GET", "/api/v1/pods", "list", "api", "", "v1", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"HEAD", "/api/v1/pods", "list", "api", "", "v1", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "", "", []string{"pods"}},
 		{"GET", "/api/v1/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "api", "", "v1", "other", "pods", "", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
 		{"GET", "/api/v1/namespaces/other/pods", "list", "api", "", "v1", "other", "pods", "", "", []string{"pods"}},