diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 18663575f..117d7c9c8 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/client-go",
-			"Rev": "473926661c44"
+			"Rev": "cf84c08bad11"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/component-base",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ef363398..c856e16b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200207025841-85a41f27a10c
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200207025655-52a338251bb2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200207030105-473926661c44
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200207110052-cf84c08bad11
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200207030544-616550b070ba
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200121204235-bf4fb3bd569c
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ replace (
 	golang.org/x/tools => golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190821162956-65e3620a7ae7 // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200207025841-85a41f27a10c
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200207025655-52a338251bb2
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200207030105-473926661c44
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200207110052-cf84c08bad11
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200207030544-616550b070ba
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1510ff964..79b86be48 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200207025841-85a41f27a10c/go.mod h1:SA5EjO7X3UBpRgCFnqrgyCg0rXvBmN8QpNZ4Bvmv9js=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200207025655-52a338251bb2/go.mod h1:4JiEu5qfVX4iOPJG4zxNOGJ0HamEJ5OmJHxtHMChmZo=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200207030105-473926661c44/go.mod h1:ourVHU91vVd0R4YiJhW1FNlt3K+HtokZ5ImtcAbqVh4=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200207110052-cf84c08bad11/go.mod h1:ourVHU91vVd0R4YiJhW1FNlt3K+HtokZ5ImtcAbqVh4=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200207030544-616550b070ba/go.mod h1:xqOLjWJL1P+sXGSeMoLVvN0UM/adtUwVUp/mwh5H518=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/installer.go b/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
index 9bf2467cc..37579820a 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
@@ -291,12 +291,17 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 
 	var versionedDeleteOptions runtime.Object
 	var versionedDeleterObject interface{}
+	deleteReturnsDeletedObject := false
 	if isGracefulDeleter {
 		versionedDeleteOptions, err = a.group.Creater.New(optionsExternalVersion.WithKind("DeleteOptions"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		versionedDeleterObject = indirectArbitraryPointer(versionedDeleteOptions)
+
+		if mayReturnFullObjectDeleter, ok := storage.(rest.MayReturnFullObjectDeleter); ok {
+			deleteReturnsDeletedObject = mayReturnFullObjectDeleter.DeleteReturnsDeletedObject()
+		}
 	}
 
 	versionedStatusPtr, err := a.group.Creater.New(optionsExternalVersion.WithKind("Status"))
@@ -769,15 +774,19 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 			if isSubresource {
 				doc = "delete " + subresource + " of" + article + kind
 			}
+			deleteReturnType := versionedStatus
+			if deleteReturnsDeletedObject {
+				deleteReturnType = producedObject
+			}
 			handler := metrics.InstrumentRouteFunc(action.Verb, group, version, resource, subresource, requestScope, metrics.APIServerComponent, restfulDeleteResource(gracefulDeleter, isGracefulDeleter, reqScope, admit))
 			route := ws.DELETE(action.Path).To(handler).
 				Doc(doc).
 				Param(ws.QueryParameter("pretty", "If 'true', then the output is pretty printed.")).
 				Operation("delete"+namespaced+kind+strings.Title(subresource)+operationSuffix).
 				Produces(append(storageMeta.ProducesMIMETypes(action.Verb), mediaTypes...)...).
-				Writes(versionedStatus).
-				Returns(http.StatusOK, "OK", versionedStatus).
-				Returns(http.StatusAccepted, "Accepted", versionedStatus)
+				Writes(deleteReturnType).
+				Returns(http.StatusOK, "OK", deleteReturnType).
+				Returns(http.StatusAccepted, "Accepted", deleteReturnType)
 			if isGracefulDeleter {
 				route.Reads(versionedDeleterObject)
 				route.ParameterNamed("body").Required(false)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go b/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
index dc287d1ed..8701d4542 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
@@ -975,6 +975,11 @@ func (e *Store) Delete(ctx context.Context, name string, deleteValidation rest.V
 	return out, true, err
 }
 
+// DeleteReturnsDeletedObject implements the rest.MayReturnFullObjectDeleter interface
+func (e *Store) DeleteReturnsDeletedObject() bool {
+	return e.ReturnDeletedObject
+}
+
 // DeleteCollection removes all items returned by List with a given ListOptions from storage.
 //
 // DeleteCollection is currently NOT atomic. It can happen that only subset of objects
diff --git a/pkg/registry/rest/rest.go b/pkg/registry/rest/rest.go
index 9ea6f9897..8f9c981dd 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/rest/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/rest/rest.go
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ type GracefulDeleter interface {
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, name string, deleteValidation ValidateObjectFunc, options *metav1.DeleteOptions) (runtime.Object, bool, error)
 }
 
+// MayReturnFullObjectDeleter may return deleted object (instead of a simple status) on deletion.
+type MayReturnFullObjectDeleter interface {
+	DeleteReturnsDeletedObject() bool
+}
+
 // CollectionDeleter is an object that can delete a collection
 // of RESTful resources.
 type CollectionDeleter interface {