diff --git a/contrib/python-k8s-client.diff b/contrib/python-k8s-client.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8db6a815a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/python-k8s-client.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/debian/tron/opt/venvs/tron/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py
++++ b/debian/tron/opt/venvs/tron/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py
+@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
+                                                    'get_real_child_model'):
+             return data
+
+-        kwargs = {}
++        kwargs = {"local_vars_configuration": self.configuration}
+         if (data is not None and
+                 klass.openapi_types is not None and
+                 isinstance(data, (list, dict))):
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f8e2e807f..95bdbb231 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ override_dh_virtualenv:
                 --preinstall setuptools==46.1.3 \
                 --pip-tool pip-custom-platform \
                 --extra-pip-arg "-vvv"
+	@echo patching k8s client lib
+	patch debian/tron/opt/venvs/tron/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py contrib/python-k8s-client.diff
 
 override_dh_installinit:
 	dh_installinit --noscripts