diff --git a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/caching/view/model/ManifestBasedModel.java b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/caching/view/model/ManifestBasedModel.java
index cd410ba4111..1148a17b2f7 100644
--- a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/caching/view/model/ManifestBasedModel.java
+++ b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/caching/view/model/ManifestBasedModel.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.KubernetesCloudProvider;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.v2.caching.Keys;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.v2.description.manifest.KubernetesKind;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.v2.description.manifest.KubernetesManifest;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.names.NamerRegistry;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.moniker.Moniker;
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ public Long getCreatedTime() {
     return null;
   }
 
+  public KubernetesKind getKind() {
+    return getManifest().getKind();
+  }
+
   abstract protected KubernetesManifest getManifest();
   abstract protected Keys.InfrastructureCacheKey getKey();
 }