diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/client.go b/probe/kubernetes/client.go
index 69fd1aa75..4f2af1d01 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/client.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/client.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	apiappsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta1"
 	apibatchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
+	apibatchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	apibatchv2alpha1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v2alpha1"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiextensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
@@ -133,6 +134,11 @@ func NewClient(config ClientConfig) (Client, error) {
 		client:       c,
 	}
 
+	result.cronJobStore, err = result.setupCronjobStore()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	podStore := NewEventStore(result.triggerPodWatches, cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc)
 	result.podStore = result.setupStore(c.CoreV1().RESTClient(), "pods", &apiv1.Pod{}, podStore)
 	result.serviceStore = result.setupStore(c.CoreV1().RESTClient(), "services", &apiv1.Service{}, nil)
@@ -141,7 +147,6 @@ func NewClient(config ClientConfig) (Client, error) {
 	result.deploymentStore = result.setupStore(c.ExtensionsV1beta1().RESTClient(), "deployments", &apiextensionsv1beta1.Deployment{}, nil)
 	result.daemonSetStore = result.setupStore(c.ExtensionsV1beta1().RESTClient(), "daemonsets", &apiextensionsv1beta1.DaemonSet{}, nil)
 	result.jobStore = result.setupStore(c.BatchV1().RESTClient(), "jobs", &apibatchv1.Job{}, nil)
-	result.cronJobStore = result.setupStore(c.BatchV2alpha1().RESTClient(), "cronjobs", &apibatchv2alpha1.CronJob{}, nil)
 	result.statefulSetStore = result.setupStore(c.AppsV1beta1().RESTClient(), "statefulsets", &apiappsv1beta1.StatefulSet{}, nil)
 
 	return result, nil
@@ -175,6 +180,20 @@ func (c *client) setupStore(kclient rest.Interface, resource string, itemType in
 	return store
 }
 
+func (c *client) setupCronjobStore() (cache.Store, error) {
+	const resource = "cronjobs"
+	ok, err := c.isResourceSupported(c.client.BatchV1beta1().RESTClient().APIVersion(), resource)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if ok {
+		// kubernetes >= 1.8
+		return c.setupStore(c.client.BatchV1beta1().RESTClient(), resource, &apibatchv1beta1.CronJob{}, nil), nil
+	}
+	// kubernetes < 1.8
+	return c.setupStore(c.client.BatchV2alpha1().RESTClient(), resource, &apibatchv2alpha1.CronJob{}, nil), nil
+}
+
 // runReflectorUntil runs cache.Reflector#ListAndWatch in an endless loop, after checking that the resource is supported by kubernetes.
 // Errors are logged and retried with exponential backoff.
 func (c *client) runReflectorUntil(r *cache.Reflector, groupVersion schema.GroupVersion, resource string) {
@@ -287,8 +306,7 @@ func (c *client) WalkCronJobs(f func(CronJob) error) error {
 		jobs[j.UID] = j
 	}
 	for _, m := range c.cronJobStore.List() {
-		cj := m.(*apibatchv2alpha1.CronJob)
-		if err := f(NewCronJob(cj, jobs)); err != nil {
+		if err := f(NewCronJob(m, jobs)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/cronjob.go b/probe/kubernetes/cronjob.go
index b0e58a548..5b8177b5e 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/cronjob.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/cronjob.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
+	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	batchv2alpha1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v2alpha1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
@@ -29,14 +30,25 @@ type CronJob interface {
 }
 
 type cronJob struct {
-	*batchv2alpha1.CronJob
+	*batchv1beta1.CronJob
 	Meta
 	jobs []*batchv1.Job
 }
 
 // NewCronJob creates a new cron job. jobs should be all jobs, which will be filtered
 // for those matching this cron job.
-func NewCronJob(cj *batchv2alpha1.CronJob, jobs map[types.UID]*batchv1.Job) CronJob {
+func NewCronJob(cji interface{}, jobs map[types.UID]*batchv1.Job) CronJob {
+	switch cj := cji.(type) {
+	case *batchv2alpha1.CronJob:
+		return newCronJob(upgradeCronJob(cj), jobs)
+	case *batchv1beta1.CronJob:
+		return newCronJob(cj, jobs)
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("interface conversion: interface{} is %T, not *batchv2alpha1.CronJob or *batchv1beta1.CronJob", cj))
+	}
+}
+
+func newCronJob(cj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, jobs map[types.UID]*batchv1.Job) CronJob {
 	myJobs := []*batchv1.Job{}
 	for _, o := range cj.Status.Active {
 		if j, ok := jobs[o.UID]; ok {
@@ -74,3 +86,29 @@ func (cj *cronJob) GetNode() report.Node {
 	}
 	return cj.MetaNode(report.MakeCronJobNodeID(cj.UID())).WithLatests(latest)
 }
+
+func upgradeCronJob(legacy *batchv2alpha1.CronJob) *batchv1beta1.CronJob {
+	jobTemplate := batchv1beta1.JobTemplateSpec{
+		ObjectMeta: legacy.Spec.JobTemplate.ObjectMeta,
+		Spec:       legacy.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec,
+	}
+	spec := batchv1beta1.CronJobSpec{
+		Schedule:                   legacy.Spec.Schedule,
+		StartingDeadlineSeconds:    legacy.Spec.StartingDeadlineSeconds,
+		ConcurrencyPolicy:          batchv1beta1.ConcurrencyPolicy(legacy.Spec.ConcurrencyPolicy),
+		Suspend:                    legacy.Spec.Suspend,
+		JobTemplate:                jobTemplate,
+		SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit: legacy.Spec.SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit,
+		FailedJobsHistoryLimit:     legacy.Spec.FailedJobsHistoryLimit,
+	}
+	status := batchv1beta1.CronJobStatus{
+		Active:           legacy.Status.Active,
+		LastScheduleTime: legacy.Status.LastScheduleTime,
+	}
+	return &batchv1beta1.CronJob{
+		TypeMeta:   legacy.TypeMeta,
+		ObjectMeta: legacy.ObjectMeta,
+		Spec:       spec,
+		Status:     status,
+	}
+}