diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 7a66405a6e..f42b0c9096 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -20060,6 +20060,41 @@
     ]
    },
    "/apis/apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1/customresourcedefinitions/{name}/status": {
+    "get": {
+     "description": "read status of the specified CustomResourceDefinition",
+     "consumes": [
+      "*/*"
+     ],
+     "produces": [
+      "application/json",
+      "application/yaml",
+      "application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf"
+     ],
+     "schemes": [
+      "https"
+     ],
+     "tags": [
+      "apiextensions_v1beta1"
+     ],
+     "operationId": "readApiextensionsV1beta1CustomResourceDefinitionStatus",
+     "responses": {
+      "200": {
+       "description": "OK",
+       "schema": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.apiextensions-apiserver.pkg.apis.apiextensions.v1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition"
+       }
+      },
+      "401": {
+       "description": "Unauthorized"
+      }
+     },
+     "x-kubernetes-action": "get",
+     "x-kubernetes-group-version-kind": {
+      "group": "apiextensions.k8s.io",
+      "kind": "CustomResourceDefinition",
+      "version": "v1beta1"
+     }
+    },
     "put": {
      "description": "replace status of the specified CustomResourceDefinition",
      "consumes": [
@@ -20111,6 +20146,53 @@
       "version": "v1beta1"
      }
     },
+    "patch": {
+     "description": "partially update status of the specified CustomResourceDefinition",
+     "consumes": [
+      "application/json-patch+json",
+      "application/merge-patch+json",
+      "application/strategic-merge-patch+json"
+     ],
+     "produces": [
+      "application/json",
+      "application/yaml",
+      "application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf"
+     ],
+     "schemes": [
+      "https"
+     ],
+     "tags": [
+      "apiextensions_v1beta1"
+     ],
+     "operationId": "patchApiextensionsV1beta1CustomResourceDefinitionStatus",
+     "parameters": [
+      {
+       "name": "body",
+       "in": "body",
+       "required": true,
+       "schema": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.Patch"
+       }
+      }
+     ],
+     "responses": {
+      "200": {
+       "description": "OK",
+       "schema": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.apiextensions-apiserver.pkg.apis.apiextensions.v1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition"
+       }
+      },
+      "401": {
+       "description": "Unauthorized"
+      }
+     },
+     "x-kubernetes-action": "patch",
+     "x-kubernetes-group-version-kind": {
+      "group": "apiextensions.k8s.io",
+      "kind": "CustomResourceDefinition",
+      "version": "v1beta1"
+     }
+    },
     "parameters": [
      {
       "uniqueItems": true,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresource/etcd.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresource/etcd.go
index f0cb5fda8f..e82ff07e56 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresource/etcd.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresource/etcd.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ type StatusREST struct {
 	store *genericregistry.Store
 }
 
+var _ = rest.Patcher(&StatusREST{})
+
 func (r *StatusREST) New() runtime.Object {
 	return &unstructured.Unstructured{}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresourcedefinition/etcd.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresourcedefinition/etcd.go
index e46b42217c..8d272ad773 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresourcedefinition/etcd.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/registry/customresourcedefinition/etcd.go
@@ -160,12 +160,17 @@ type StatusREST struct {
 	store *genericregistry.Store
 }
 
-var _ = rest.Updater(&StatusREST{})
+var _ = rest.Patcher(&StatusREST{})
 
 func (r *StatusREST) New() runtime.Object {
 	return &apiextensions.CustomResourceDefinition{}
 }
 
+// Get retrieves the object from the storage. It is required to support Patch.
+func (r *StatusREST) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	return r.store.Get(ctx, name, options)
+}
+
 // Update alters the status subset of an object.
 func (r *StatusREST) Update(ctx context.Context, name string, objInfo rest.UpdatedObjectInfo, createValidation rest.ValidateObjectFunc, updateValidation rest.ValidateObjectUpdateFunc) (runtime.Object, bool, error) {
 	return r.store.Update(ctx, name, objInfo, createValidation, updateValidation)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/basic_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/basic_test.go
index 3b21ad339d..4ed097f032 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/basic_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/basic_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
@@ -799,3 +800,38 @@ func TestNameConflict(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStatusGetAndPatch(t *testing.T) {
+	stopCh, apiExtensionClient, dynamicClient, err := testserver.StartDefaultServerWithClients()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer close(stopCh)
+
+	noxuDefinition := testserver.NewNoxuCustomResourceDefinition(apiextensionsv1beta1.NamespaceScoped)
+	err = testserver.CreateNewCustomResourceDefinition(noxuDefinition, apiExtensionClient, dynamicClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// make sure we don't get 405 Method Not Allowed from Getting CRD/status subresource
+	result := &apiextensionsv1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition{}
+	err = apiExtensionClient.ApiextensionsV1beta1().RESTClient().Get().
+		Resource("customresourcedefinitions").
+		Name(noxuDefinition.Name).
+		SubResource("status").
+		Do().
+		Into(result)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// make sure we don't get 405 Method Not Allowed from Patching CRD/status subresource
+	_, err = apiExtensionClient.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions().
+		Patch(noxuDefinition.Name, types.StrategicMergePatchType,
+			[]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"labels":{"test-label":"dummy"}}`)),
+			"status")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}