diff --git a/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/IKubernetesClient.cs b/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/IKubernetesClient.cs
index 24400d4b..93c9680f 100644
--- a/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/IKubernetesClient.cs
+++ b/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/IKubernetesClient.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ namespace KubeOps.KubernetesClient;
 /// </summary>
 public interface IKubernetesClient : IDisposable
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents the "original" kubernetes client from the
+    /// "KubernetesClient" package.
+    /// </summary>
+    IKubernetes ApiClient { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Return the base URI of the currently used KubernetesClient.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.cs b/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.cs
index 18ddf946..ce8c3880 100644
--- a/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.cs
+++ b/src/KubeOps.KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public KubernetesClient(KubernetesClientConfiguration clientConfig, IKubernetes
         _client = client;
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public IKubernetes ApiClient => _client;
+
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public Uri BaseUri => _client.BaseUri;
 
@@ -324,6 +327,7 @@ public async Task DeleteAsync<TEntity>(
                 case not null:
                     await client.DeleteNamespacedAsync<V1Status>(@namespace, name, cancellationToken);
                     break;
+
                 default:
                     await client.DeleteAsync<V1Status>(name, cancellationToken);
                     break;