diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/installer.go b/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
index 23fca8259..215ecf715 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 				Operation("patch"+namespaced+kind+strings.Title(subresource)+operationSuffix).
 				Produces(append(storageMeta.ProducesMIMETypes(action.Verb), mediaTypes...)...).
 				Returns(http.StatusOK, "OK", producedObject).
+				// Patch can return 201 when a server side apply is requested
+				Returns(http.StatusCreated, "Created", producedObject).
 				Reads(metav1.Patch{}).
 				Writes(producedObject)
 			if err := AddObjectParams(ws, route, versionedPatchOptions); err != nil {