diff --git a/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go b/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go
index 8c8c7b804c..42582858f7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ func (c *completedStorageFactoryConfig) New() (*serverstorage.DefaultStorageFact
 	storageFactory.AddCohabitatingResources(apps.Resource("daemonsets"), extensions.Resource("daemonsets"))
 	storageFactory.AddCohabitatingResources(apps.Resource("replicasets"), extensions.Resource("replicasets"))
 	storageFactory.AddCohabitatingResources(api.Resource("events"), events.Resource("events"))
+	storageFactory.AddCohabitatingResources(api.Resource("replicationcontrollers"), extensions.Resource("replicationcontrollers")) // to make scale subresources equivalent
 	storageFactory.AddCohabitatingResources(policy.Resource("podsecuritypolicies"), extensions.Resource("podsecuritypolicies"))
 	storageFactory.AddCohabitatingResources(networking.Resource("ingresses"), extensions.Resource("ingresses"))