diff --git a/pkg/k8s/tools/k8s-code-gen.sh b/pkg/k8s/tools/k8s-code-gen.sh
index 06b44650e32..c10a32dc4aa 100755
--- a/pkg/k8s/tools/k8s-code-gen.sh
+++ b/pkg/k8s/tools/k8s-code-gen.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CODEGEN_PKG=$K8S_PKG/vendor/k8s.io/code-generator
 
 source "${CODEGEN_PKG}/kube_codegen.sh"
 
-PLURAL_EXCEPTIONS="TracingPolicyNamespaced:TracingPoliciesNamespaced,PodInfo:PodInfo"
+PLURAL_EXCEPTIONS=${1:-"TracingPolicyNamespaced:TracingPoliciesNamespaced,PodInfo:PodInfo"}
 
 kube::codegen::gen_client \
     --with-watch \