diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
index 906cd1a73..c9ec087ca 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ import (
 type ReschedulerConfiguration struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta
 
+	// KubeConfigFile is path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master
+	// location information.
+	KubeConfigFile string
+
 	// PolicyConfigFile is the filepath to the rescheduler policy configuration.
 	PolicyConfigFile string
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index 82a1ccc03..1ed3bd1bc 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ import (
 type ReschedulerConfiguration struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 
+	// KubeConfigFile is path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master
+	// location information.
+	KubeConfigFile string `json:"kubeConfigFile"`
+
 	// PolicyConfigFile is the filepath to the rescheduler policy configuration.
 	PolicyConfigFile string `json:"policyConfigFile"`
 }