diff --git a/apiserver/apiserver.go b/apiserver/apiserver.go
index 91f2519a..012898af 100644
--- a/apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func newStorageFactory() genericapiserver.StorageFactory {
 	config := storagebackend.Config{
 		Prefix:     genericoptions.DefaultEtcdPathPrefix,
 		ServerList: []string{"http://127.0.0.1:2379"},
+		Copier:     api.Scheme,
 	}
 	storageFactory := genericapiserver.NewDefaultStorageFactory(config, "application/json", api.Codecs, genericapiserver.NewDefaultResourceEncodingConfig(), genericapiserver.NewResourceConfig())
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ type ServerRunOptions struct {
 func NewServerRunOptions() *ServerRunOptions {
 	s := ServerRunOptions{
 		GenericServerRunOptions: genericoptions.NewServerRunOptions(),
-		Etcd:            genericoptions.NewEtcdOptions(),
+		Etcd:            genericoptions.NewEtcdOptions(api.Scheme),
 		SecureServing:   genericoptions.NewSecureServingOptions(),
 		InsecureServing: genericoptions.NewInsecureServingOptions(),
 		Authentication:  kubeoptions.NewBuiltInAuthenticationOptions().WithAll(),