diff --git a/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go b/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go
index ca1a3d35b3..7ebc946886 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/default_storage_factory_builder.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
-// specialDefaultResourcePrefixes are prefixes compiled into Kubernetes.
-var specialDefaultResourcePrefixes = map[schema.GroupResource]string{
+// SpecialDefaultResourcePrefixes are prefixes compiled into Kubernetes.
+var SpecialDefaultResourcePrefixes = map[schema.GroupResource]string{
 	{Group: "", Resource: "replicationControllers"}:        "controllers",
 	{Group: "", Resource: "replicationcontrollers"}:        "controllers",
 	{Group: "", Resource: "endpoints"}:                     "services/endpoints",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewStorageFactory(storageConfig storagebackend.Config, defaultMediaType str
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return serverstorage.NewDefaultStorageFactory(storageConfig, defaultMediaType, serializer, resourceEncodingConfig, apiResourceConfig, specialDefaultResourcePrefixes), nil
+	return serverstorage.NewDefaultStorageFactory(storageConfig, defaultMediaType, serializer, resourceEncodingConfig, apiResourceConfig, SpecialDefaultResourcePrefixes), nil
 }
 
 // Merges the given defaultResourceConfig with specifc GroupvVersionResource overrides.