diff --git a/pkg/api/helper/helpers.go b/pkg/api/helper/helpers.go
index 962b8aafb5..fc0f70a876 100644
--- a/pkg/api/helper/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/helper/helpers.go
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ var Semantic = conversion.EqualitiesOrDie(
 		// Uninitialized quantities are equivalent to 0 quantities.
 		return a.Cmp(b) == 0
 	},
+	func(a, b metav1.MicroTime) bool {
+		return a.UTC() == b.UTC()
+	},
 	func(a, b metav1.Time) bool {
 		return a.UTC() == b.UTC()
 	},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality/semantic.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality/semantic.go
index 3ebd8c719d..f02fa8e434 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality/semantic.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality/semantic.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ var Semantic = conversion.EqualitiesOrDie(
 		// Uninitialized quantities are equivalent to 0 quantities.
 		return a.Cmp(b) == 0
 	},
+	func(a, b metav1.MicroTime) bool {
+		return a.UTC() == b.UTC()
+	},
 	func(a, b metav1.Time) bool {
 		return a.UTC() == b.UTC()
 	},