diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 56a483bd97..cd7c86e004 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0-20191219154910-1528d4eea6dd
 	sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.0.0-20200629173832-441581b74521
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.5-0.20200701183017-c7bc9d20663b
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6f818d2ff0..5c64f29e61 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190524140312-2c0ae7006135/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190614205625-5aca471b1d59/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190617190820-da514acc4774/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190621195816-6e04913cbbac/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190920225731-5eefd052ad72 h1:bw9doJza/SFBEweII/rHQh338oozWyiFsBRHtrflcws=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190920225731-5eefd052ad72/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898 h1:/atklqdjdhuosWIl6AIbOeHJjicWYPqR9bpxqxYG2pA=
@@ -580,6 +581,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.7/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20191120175047-4206685974f2/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200121175148-a6ecf24a6d71 h1:Xe2gvTZUJpsvOWUnvmL/tmhVBZUmHSvLbMjRj6NUUKo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200121175148-a6ecf24a6d71/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
@@ -652,14 +655,16 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible h1:JUufWFNlI44MdtnjUqVnvh29rR37PQFzPbL
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:MkjgH3RdOWrievjo6c9T245dYlB5QeXV4WCbnt/PEpU=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.0.0-20200629173832-441581b74521 h1:5Ph1WKZMOa1/0R4WUtRatC/jwE8YKa/YkRSqHapFCG8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.0.0-20200629173832-441581b74521/go.mod h1:0gcINVqp3BKKS/cDUuU5GLxVz0Y4UoW6MBBuEhrTgYU=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.3.0 h1:MXbJgQXeO45DAdttKjQKUgO7WJ3B8+BopDcMZw/qKbw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.3.0/go.mod h1:3fEoJyrBJLE1Nag7glwmpqd+uH0JzMTrpumYxmhbj/8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.1.4/go.mod h1:461i94nj0h0ylJ6w83jLkR4SqqVhn1iY6fjD0JSTQeE=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.1.13/go.mod h1:72/rLkSi+L/pHM1oCjwrf3ClU+tH5kZQvvdLSqIHwWU=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.2 h1:0AorBQuNiz/JwYBOULcjQTltif/vrPRjsEhGkE1FZig=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.2/go.mod h1:Z9y2rjGUGzVhgdYtDphESD9Hz+JZKOofKYObQYtMyVI=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.0/go.mod h1:LjuK+fiy63C7cz/6I0OqxIth8nZzytzzDOgpjBHCtG8=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.5-0.20200701183017-c7bc9d20663b h1:qEKXmy9Z4YfEEEgQQhMSCMJsyXLgZex6QpdlBsFRg10=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.3.5-0.20200701183017-c7bc9d20663b/go.mod h1:XJL84E6sOFeNrQ7CADiemc1B0EjIxHo3OhW4o1aJYNw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190817042607-6149e4549fca/go.mod h1:IIgPezJWb76P0hotTxzDbWsMYB8APh18qZnxkomBpxA=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v1.0.1-0.20191108220359-b1b620dd3f06/go.mod h1:/ULNhyfzRopfcjskuui0cTITekDduZ7ycKN3oUT9R18=
-sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.2 h1:vK0+tvjF0BZ/RYFeZ1E6BYBwHJJXhjuZ3TdsEKH+UQM=
 sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.2/go.mod h1:ToQrwSC3s8Xf/lADdZp3Mktcql9CG0UAmdJG9th5i0w=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0 h1:4A07+ZFc2wgJwo8YNlQpr1rVlgUDlxXHhPJciaPY5gs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
diff --git a/run/run.go b/run/run.go
index c029d603c3..8ae80e1f8d 100644
--- a/run/run.go
+++ b/run/run.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/util/factory"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/commandutil"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/openapi"
 )
 
 var pgr []string
@@ -80,7 +81,17 @@ func GetMain() *cobra.Command {
 		ext.GetOpenAPIFile = func(args []string) (s string, err error) {
 			return filepath.Join(args[0], kptfile.KptFileName), nil
 		}
-		return kptopenapi.ConfigureOpenAPI(f, cmdutil.K8sSchemaSource, cmdutil.K8sSchemaPath)
+		err := kptopenapi.ConfigureOpenAPI(f, cmdutil.K8sSchemaSource, cmdutil.K8sSchemaPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// add openAPI definitions from Kptfile to configured openAPI
+		if addErr := openapi.AddSchemaFromFile(filepath.Join(args[0], kptfile.KptFileName)); addErr != nil {
+			// do not throw error if schema doesn't exist or not readable from Kptfile
+			return nil
+		}
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&installComp, "install-completion", false,