diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scale.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scale.go
index 2be894328c..7273d0acd8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scale.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scale.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var (
 func NewCmdScale(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &resource.FilenameOptions{}
 
-	validArgs := []string{"deployment", "replicaset", "replicationcontroller", "job"}
+	validArgs := []string{"deployment", "replicaset", "replicationcontroller", "job", "statefulset"}
 	argAliases := kubectl.ResourceAliases(validArgs)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{