diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index 8e06ff0f6f700..860f3d91e7157 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -138,18 +138,25 @@ func RunGet(f *Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		// the outermost object will be converted to the output-version
 		version := util.OutputVersion(cmd, defaultVersion)
-		if len(version) == 0 {
-			// TODO: add a new ResourceBuilder mode for Object() that attempts to ensure the objects
-			// are in the appropriate version if one exists (and if not, use the best effort).
-			// TODO: ensure api-version is set with the default preferred api version by the client
-			// builder on initialization
-			version = latest.Version
-		}
-		printer = kubectl.NewVersionedPrinter(printer, api.Scheme, version)
 
-		obj, err := b.Flatten().Do().Object()
+		r := b.Flatten().Do()
+		obj, err := r.Object()
 		checkErr(err)
 
+		// try conversion to all the possible versions
+		// TODO: simplify by adding a ResourceBuilder mode
+		versions := []string{version, latest.Version}
+		infos, _ := r.Infos()
+		for _, info := range infos {
+			versions = append(versions, info.Mapping.APIVersion)
+		}
+
+		// TODO: add a new ResourceBuilder mode for Object() that attempts to ensure the objects
+		// are in the appropriate version if one exists (and if not, use the best effort).
+		// TODO: ensure api-version is set with the default preferred api version by the client
+		// builder on initialization
+		printer := kubectl.NewVersionedPrinter(printer, api.Scheme, versions...)
+
 		err = printer.PrintObj(obj, out)
 		checkErr(err)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index ee2a385acd2b5..340c444ced025 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/units"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
@@ -98,11 +99,11 @@ func (fn ResourcePrinterFunc) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 type VersionedPrinter struct {
 	printer   ResourcePrinter
 	convertor runtime.ObjectConvertor
-	version   string
+	version   []string
 }
 
 // NewVersionedPrinter wraps a printer to convert objects to a known API version prior to printing.
-func NewVersionedPrinter(printer ResourcePrinter, convertor runtime.ObjectConvertor, version string) ResourcePrinter {
+func NewVersionedPrinter(printer ResourcePrinter, convertor runtime.ObjectConvertor, version ...string) ResourcePrinter {
 	return &VersionedPrinter{
 		printer:   printer,
 		convertor: convertor,
@@ -115,11 +116,20 @@ func (p *VersionedPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	if len(p.version) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no version specified, object cannot be converted")
 	}
-	converted, err := p.convertor.ConvertToVersion(obj, p.version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	for _, version := range p.version {
+		if len(version) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		converted, err := p.convertor.ConvertToVersion(obj, version)
+		if conversion.IsNotRegisteredError(err) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return p.printer.PrintObj(converted, w)
 	}
-	return p.printer.PrintObj(converted, w)
+	return fmt.Errorf("the object cannot be converted to any of the versions: %v", p.version)
 }
 
 // JSONPrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which outputs an object as JSON.