diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/factory.go b/pkg/cmd/util/factory.go
index cd806d62..e6414f3e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/factory.go
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ type Factory interface {
 
 	// Returns a schema that can validate objects stored on disk.
 	Validator(validationDirective string) (validation.Schema, error)
-	// OpenAPISchema returns the parsed openapi schema definition
-	OpenAPISchema() (openapi.Resources, error)
+
+	// Used for retrieving openapi v2 resources.
+	openapi.OpenAPIResourcesGetter
+
 	// OpenAPIV3Schema returns a client for fetching parsed schemas for
 	// any group version
 	OpenAPIV3Client() (openapiclient.Client, error)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go b/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go
index 3943fc30..4b47d5a3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go
@@ -154,13 +154,8 @@ func (f *factoryImpl) Validator(validationDirective string) (validation.Schema,
 		return validation.NullSchema{}, nil
 	}
 
-	resources, err := f.OpenAPISchema()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	schema := validation.ConjunctiveSchema{
-		validation.NewSchemaValidation(resources),
+		validation.NewSchemaValidation(f),
 		validation.NoDoubleKeySchema{},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/openapi/openapi.go b/pkg/util/openapi/openapi.go
index de2fffad..74955da3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/openapi/openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/util/openapi/openapi.go
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
+// OpenAPIResourcesGetter represents a function to return
+// OpenAPI V2 resource specifications. Used for lazy-loading
+// these resource specifications.
+type OpenAPIResourcesGetter interface {
+	OpenAPISchema() (Resources, error)
+}
+
 // Resources interface describe a resources provider, that can give you
 // resource based on group-version-kind.
 type Resources interface {
diff --git a/pkg/validation/validation.go b/pkg/validation/validation.go
index 3ba3213d..47c74e5b 100644
--- a/pkg/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/validation/validation.go
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ import (
 
 // schemaValidation validates the object against an OpenAPI schema.
 type schemaValidation struct {
-	resources openapi.Resources
+	resourcesGetter openapi.OpenAPIResourcesGetter
 }
 
 // NewSchemaValidation creates a new Schema that can be used
 // to validate objects.
-func NewSchemaValidation(resources openapi.Resources) Schema {
+func NewSchemaValidation(resourcesGetter openapi.OpenAPIResourcesGetter) Schema {
 	return &schemaValidation{
-		resources: resources,
+		resourcesGetter: resourcesGetter,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ func (v *schemaValidation) ValidateBytes(data []byte) error {
 	if (gvk == schema.GroupVersionKind{Version: "v1", Kind: "List"}) {
 		return utilerrors.NewAggregate(v.validateList(obj))
 	}
-
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(v.validateResource(obj, gvk))
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +80,12 @@ func (v *schemaValidation) validateList(object interface{}) []error {
 }
 
 func (v *schemaValidation) validateResource(obj interface{}, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) []error {
-	resource := v.resources.LookupResource(gvk)
+	// This lazy-loads the OpenAPI V2 specifications, caching the specs.
+	resources, err := v.resourcesGetter.OpenAPISchema()
+	if err != nil {
+		return []error{err}
+	}
+	resource := resources.LookupResource(gvk)
 	if resource == nil {
 		// resource is not present, let's just skip validation.
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/validation/validation_test.go
index 0247a821..d0cc8eb6 100644
--- a/pkg/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -32,14 +32,22 @@ import (
 
 var fakeSchema = testing.Fake{Path: filepath.Join("..", "..", "testdata", "openapi", "swagger.json")}
 
+// fakeResourcesGetter implements the OpenAPIResourcesGetter interface, returning the
+// openapi resources from the swagger.json (above).
+type fakeResourcesGetter struct{}
+
+func (r *fakeResourcesGetter) OpenAPISchema() (openapi.Resources, error) {
+	doc, err := fakeSchema.OpenAPISchema()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return openapi.NewOpenAPIData(doc)
+}
+
 var _ = Describe("resource validation using OpenAPI Schema", func() {
 	var validator Schema
 	BeforeEach(func() {
-		s, err := fakeSchema.OpenAPISchema()
-		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-		resources, err := openapi.NewOpenAPIData(s)
-		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-		validator = NewSchemaValidation(resources)
+		validator = NewSchemaValidation(&fakeResourcesGetter{})
 		Expect(validator).ToNot(BeNil())
 	})