diff --git a/pkg/schema/converter/openapi.go b/pkg/schema/converter/openapi.go
index 1960f55..6c25554 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/converter/openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/converter/openapi.go
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ func modelToSchema(modelName string, k *proto.Kind) *types.APISchema {
 		}
 	}
 
+	for k, v := range s.ResourceFields {
+		if types.ReservedFields[k] {
+			s.ResourceFields["_"+k] = v
+			delete(s.ResourceFields, k)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &s
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/schema/converter/openapiv3.go b/pkg/schema/converter/openapiv3.go
index cd49f9d..d5b15a8 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/converter/openapiv3.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/converter/openapiv3.go
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ func modelV3ToSchema(name string, k *v1beta1.JSONSchemaProps, schemasMap map[str
 		schemasMap[s.ID] = &s
 	}
 
+	for k, v := range s.ResourceFields {
+		if types.ReservedFields[k] {
+			s.ResourceFields["_"+k] = v
+			delete(s.ResourceFields, k)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &s
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/schemaserver/types/types.go b/pkg/schemaserver/types/types.go
index 98b8e84..f46bfb9 100644
--- a/pkg/schemaserver/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/schemaserver/types/types.go
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ type NamedResourceCollection struct {
 	Data []NamedResource `json:"data,omitempty"`
 }
 
+var ReservedFields = map[string]bool{
+	"id":      true,
+	"type":    true,
+	"links":   true,
+	"actions": true,
+}
+
 type APISchema struct {
 	*schemas.Schema
 
diff --git a/pkg/server/store/proxy/proxy_store.go b/pkg/server/store/proxy/proxy_store.go
index 9fb1300..a4e83c4 100644
--- a/pkg/server/store/proxy/proxy_store.go
+++ b/pkg/server/store/proxy/proxy_store.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package proxy
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ func toAPI(schema *types.APISchema, obj runtime.Object) types.APIObject {
 		return types.APIObject{}
 	}
 
+	if unstr, ok := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured); ok {
+		obj = moveToUnderscore(unstr)
+	}
+
 	gvr := attributes.GVR(schema)
 
 	t := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", gvr.Group, gvr.Version, gvr.Resource)
@@ -94,6 +99,37 @@ func (s *Store) byID(apiOp *types.APIRequest, schema *types.APISchema, id string
 	return k8sClient.Get(id, opts)
 }
 
+func moveFromUnderscore(obj map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for k := range types.ReservedFields {
+		v, ok := obj["_"+k]
+		delete(obj, "_"+k)
+		delete(obj, k)
+		if ok {
+			obj[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return obj
+}
+
+func moveToUnderscore(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) *unstructured.Unstructured {
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for k := range types.ReservedFields {
+		v, ok := obj.Object[k]
+		if ok {
+			delete(obj.Object, k)
+			obj.Object["_"+k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	return obj
+}
+
 func (s *Store) List(apiOp *types.APIRequest, schema *types.APISchema) (types.APIObjectList, error) {
 	k8sClient, err := s.clientGetter.Client(apiOp, schema, apiOp.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -270,6 +306,18 @@ func (s *Store) Update(apiOp *types.APIRequest, schema *types.APISchema, params
 			return types.APIObject{}, err
 		}
 
+		if pType == apitypes.StrategicMergePatchType {
+			data := map[string]interface{}{}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, &data); err != nil {
+				return types.APIObject{}, err
+			}
+			data = moveFromUnderscore(data)
+			bytes, err = json.Marshal(data)
+			if err != nil {
+				return types.APIObject{}, err
+			}
+		}
+
 		resp, err := k8sClient.Patch(id, pType, bytes, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return types.APIObject{}, err
@@ -288,7 +336,7 @@ func (s *Store) Update(apiOp *types.APIRequest, schema *types.APISchema, params
 		return types.APIObject{}, err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := k8sClient.Update(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: input}, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+	resp, err := k8sClient.Update(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: moveFromUnderscore(input)}, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return types.APIObject{}, err
 	}