diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/resource_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/resource_types.go
index 83178536273..c8741f6c086 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/resource_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/resource_types.go
@@ -163,6 +163,18 @@ type PipelineResource struct {
 
 	// Spec holds the desired state of the PipelineResource from the client
 	Spec PipelineResourceSpec `json:"spec,omitempty"`
+
+	// Status is deprecated.
+	// It usually is used to communicate the observed state of the PipelineResource from
+	// the controller, but was unused as there is no controller for PipelineResource.
+	// +optional
+	Status *PipelineResourceStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// PipelineResourceStatus does not contain anything because PipelineResources on their own
+// do not have a status
+// Deprecated
+type PipelineResourceStatus struct {
 }
 
 // PipelineResourceBinding connects a reference to an instance of a PipelineResource
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 04b6b5530db..f8ec9fe62d9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -602,6 +602,11 @@ func (in *PipelineResource) DeepCopyInto(out *PipelineResource) {
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
 	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
+	if in.Status != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Status, &out.Status
+		*out = new(PipelineResourceStatus)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -741,6 +746,22 @@ func (in *PipelineResourceSpec) DeepCopy() *PipelineResourceSpec {
 	return out
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *PipelineResourceStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *PipelineResourceStatus) {
+	*out = *in
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PipelineResourceStatus.
+func (in *PipelineResourceStatus) DeepCopy() *PipelineResourceStatus {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(PipelineResourceStatus)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *PipelineRun) DeepCopyInto(out *PipelineRun) {
 	*out = *in