diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go
index b94d308f2..4db3ca616 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ const GroupVersion = "v1alpha1"
 // SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: GroupVersion}
 
+// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
+func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
+}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
+
 func init() {
 	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
 	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation