diff --git a/pkg/scheme/scheme.go b/pkg/scheme/scheme.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package scheme
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+)
+
+// Scheme is the default instance of runtime.Scheme to which types in the Kubernetes API are already registered.
+var Scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+
+func init() {
+	// Register external types for Scheme
+	v1.AddToGroupVersion(Scheme, schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"})
+	scheme.AddToScheme(Scheme)
+}