diff --git a/pkg/runtime/interfaces.go b/pkg/runtime/interfaces.go
index 9abf7f8a6a..517802e769 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/interfaces.go
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ type ResourceVersioner interface {
 	ResourceVersion(obj Object) (uint64, error)
 }
 
+// SelfLinker provides methods for setting and retrieving the SelfLink field of an API object.
+type SelfLinker interface {
+	SetSelfLink(obj Object, selfLink string) error
+	SelfLink(obj Object) (string, error)
+
+	// Knowing ID is sometimes necssary to use a SelfLinker.
+	ID(obj Object) (string, error)
+}
+
 // All api types must support the Object interface. It's deliberately tiny so that this is not an onerous
 // burden. Implement it with a pointer reciever; this will allow us to use the go compiler to check the
 // one thing about our objects that it's capable of checking for us.
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/jsonbase.go b/pkg/runtime/jsonbase.go
index f6f7c77fe7..4bd78a8288 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/jsonbase.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/jsonbase.go
@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 )
 
-// NewJSONBaseResourceVersioner returns a resourceVersioner that can set or
+// NewJSONBaseResourceVersioner returns a ResourceVersioner that can set or
 // retrieve ResourceVersion on objects derived from JSONBase.
 func NewJSONBaseResourceVersioner() ResourceVersioner {
-	return &jsonBaseResourceVersioner{}
+	return jsonBaseModifier{}
 }
 
-type jsonBaseResourceVersioner struct{}
+// jsonBaseModifier implements ResourceVersioner and SelfLinker.
+type jsonBaseModifier struct{}
 
-func (v jsonBaseResourceVersioner) ResourceVersion(obj Object) (uint64, error) {
+func (v jsonBaseModifier) ResourceVersion(obj Object) (uint64, error) {
 	json, err := FindJSONBase(obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func (v jsonBaseResourceVersioner) ResourceVersion(obj Object) (uint64, error) {
 	return json.ResourceVersion(), nil
 }
 
-func (v jsonBaseResourceVersioner) SetResourceVersion(obj Object, version uint64) error {
+func (v jsonBaseModifier) SetResourceVersion(obj Object, version uint64) error {
 	json, err := FindJSONBase(obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -46,6 +47,36 @@ func (v jsonBaseResourceVersioner) SetResourceVersion(obj Object, version uint64
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (v jsonBaseModifier) ID(obj Object) (string, error) {
+	json, err := FindJSONBase(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return json.ID(), nil
+}
+
+func (v jsonBaseModifier) SelfLink(obj Object) (string, error) {
+	json, err := FindJSONBase(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return json.SelfLink(), nil
+}
+
+func (v jsonBaseModifier) SetSelfLink(obj Object, selfLink string) error {
+	json, err := FindJSONBase(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	json.SetSelfLink(selfLink)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// NewJSONBaseSelfLinker returns a SelfLinker that works on all JSONBase SelfLink fields.
+func NewJSONBaseSelfLinker() SelfLinker {
+	return jsonBaseModifier{}
+}
+
 // JSONBaseInterface lets you work with a JSONBase from any of the versioned or
 // internal APIObjects.
 type JSONBaseInterface interface {
@@ -57,6 +88,8 @@ type JSONBaseInterface interface {
 	SetKind(kind string)
 	ResourceVersion() uint64
 	SetResourceVersion(version uint64)
+	SelfLink() string
+	SetSelfLink(selfLink string)
 }
 
 type genericJSONBase struct {
@@ -64,6 +97,7 @@ type genericJSONBase struct {
 	apiVersion      *string
 	kind            *string
 	resourceVersion *uint64
+	selfLink        *string
 }
 
 func (g genericJSONBase) ID() string {
@@ -98,6 +132,14 @@ func (g genericJSONBase) SetResourceVersion(version uint64) {
 	*g.resourceVersion = version
 }
 
+func (g genericJSONBase) SelfLink() string {
+	return *g.selfLink
+}
+
+func (g genericJSONBase) SetSelfLink(selfLink string) {
+	*g.selfLink = selfLink
+}
+
 // fieldPtr puts the address of fieldName, which must be a member of v,
 // into dest, which must be an address of a variable to which this field's
 // address can be assigned.
@@ -140,5 +182,8 @@ func newGenericJSONBase(v reflect.Value) (genericJSONBase, error) {
 	if err := fieldPtr(v, "ResourceVersion", &g.resourceVersion); err != nil {
 		return g, err
 	}
+	if err := fieldPtr(v, "SelfLink", &g.selfLink); err != nil {
+		return g, err
+	}
 	return g, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/jsonbase_test.go b/pkg/runtime/jsonbase_test.go
index 0e0165aacb..0115dfee24 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/jsonbase_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/jsonbase_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func TestGenericJSONBase(t *testing.T) {
 		APIVersion:      "a",
 		Kind:            "b",
 		ResourceVersion: 1,
+		SelfLink:        "some/place/only/we/know",
 	}
 	g, err := newGenericJSONBase(reflect.ValueOf(&j).Elem())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -56,11 +57,15 @@ func TestGenericJSONBase(t *testing.T) {
 	if e, a := uint64(1), jbi.ResourceVersion(); e != a {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", e, a)
 	}
+	if e, a := "some/place/only/we/know", jbi.SelfLink(); e != a {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", e, a)
+	}
 
 	jbi.SetID("bar")
 	jbi.SetAPIVersion("c")
 	jbi.SetKind("d")
 	jbi.SetResourceVersion(2)
+	jbi.SetSelfLink("google.com")
 
 	// Prove that jbi changes the original object.
 	if e, a := "bar", j.ID; e != a {
@@ -75,6 +80,9 @@ func TestGenericJSONBase(t *testing.T) {
 	if e, a := uint64(2), j.ResourceVersion; e != a {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", e, a)
 	}
+	if e, a := "google.com", j.SelfLink; e != a {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", e, a)
+	}
 }
 
 type MyAPIObject struct {
@@ -141,3 +149,48 @@ func TestResourceVersionerOfAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJSONBaseSelfLinker(t *testing.T) {
+	table := map[string]struct {
+		obj     Object
+		expect  string
+		try     string
+		succeed bool
+	}{
+		"normal": {
+			obj:     &MyAPIObject{JSONBase: JSONBase{SelfLink: "foobar"}},
+			expect:  "foobar",
+			try:     "newbar",
+			succeed: true,
+		},
+		"fail": {
+			obj:     &MyIncorrectlyMarkedAsAPIObject{},
+			succeed: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	linker := NewJSONBaseSelfLinker()
+	for name, item := range table {
+		got, err := linker.SelfLink(item.obj)
+		if e, a := item.succeed, err == nil; e != a {
+			t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, got %v", name, e, a)
+		}
+		if e, a := item.expect, got; item.succeed && e != a {
+			t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, got %v", name, e, a)
+		}
+
+		err = linker.SetSelfLink(item.obj, item.try)
+		if e, a := item.succeed, err == nil; e != a {
+			t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, got %v", name, e, a)
+		}
+		if item.succeed {
+			got, err := linker.SelfLink(item.obj)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("%v: expected no err, got %v", name, err)
+			}
+			if e, a := item.try, got; e != a {
+				t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, got %v", name, e, a)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}