diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/resource.rb b/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/resource.rb
index 5db14a0541..423f1f4ad5 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/resource.rb
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/resource.rb
@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ def delete_pods
         end
       end
 
-      def request(method, *args)
+      def request(verb, *args)
         SamsonKubernetes.retry_on_connection_errors do
           begin
-            client.send("#{method}_#{@template.fetch(:kind).underscore}", *args)
+            method = "#{verb}_#{Kubeclient::ClientMixin.underscore_entity(@template.fetch(:kind))}"
+            client.send(method, *args)
           rescue Kubeclient::HttpError
             message = $!.message.to_s
             if message.include?(" is invalid:") || message.include?(" no kind ")
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/resource_test.rb b/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/resource_test.rb
index 1c9928f54c..2d94e996d0 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/resource_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/resource_test.rb
@@ -784,6 +784,17 @@ def deployment_stub(replica_count)
           end
         end
       end
+
+      it "works with kind APIService" do
+        template[:kind] = "APIService"
+        template[:apiVersion] = "apiregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1"
+        url = "http://foobar.server/apis/apiregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/pod1/apiservices/some-project"
+        assert_request(:get, url, to_return: {body: old.to_json}) do
+          assert_request(:put, url, to_return: {body: "{}"}) do
+            resource.deploy
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/test/test_helper.rb b/plugins/kubernetes/test/test_helper.rb
index 880a27ff6a..2de4751bec 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -150,10 +150,16 @@ def read_kubernetes_sample_file(file_name)
         {"name" => "poddisruptionbudgets", "namespaced" => true, "kind" => "PodDisruptionBudget"}
       ]
     },
+    "apiregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1" => {
+      "kind" => "APIResourceList",
+      "resources" => [
+        {"name" => "apiservices", "namespaced" => true, "kind" => "APIService"}
+      ]
+    }
   }.freeze
 
   before do
-    stub_request(:get, %r{http://foobar.server/(api/v1|apis/([a-z]+/[a-z\d]+))$}).to_return do |request|
+    stub_request(:get, %r{http://foobar.server/(api/v1|apis/([a-z.\d]+/[a-z\d]+))$}).to_return do |request|
       version = request.uri.path.split('/', 3).last
       body = KUBERNETES_VERSION_REPLIES[version] || raise("Missing version stub for #{version}")
       {body: body.to_json}