diff --git a/clientbase/object_client.go b/clientbase/object_client.go
index e68f14d05..4e1f8efbc 100644
--- a/clientbase/object_client.go
+++ b/clientbase/object_client.go
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ func (u *UnstructuredObjectFactory) List() runtime.Object {
 	return &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
 }
 
+type GenericClient interface {
+	UnstructuredClient() GenericClient
+	GroupVersionKind() schema.GroupVersionKind
+	Create(o runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error)
+	GetNamespaced(namespace, name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error)
+	Get(name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error)
+	Update(name string, o runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error)
+	DeleteNamespaced(namespace, name string, opts *metav1.DeleteOptions) error
+	Delete(name string, opts *metav1.DeleteOptions) error
+	List(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error)
+	Watch(opts metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error)
+	DeleteCollection(deleteOptions *metav1.DeleteOptions, listOptions metav1.ListOptions) error
+	Patch(name string, o runtime.Object, data []byte, subresources ...string) (runtime.Object, error)
+	ObjectFactory() ObjectFactory
+}
+
 type ObjectClient struct {
 	restClient rest.Interface
 	resource   *metav1.APIResource
@@ -49,7 +65,7 @@ func NewObjectClient(namespace string, restClient rest.Interface, apiResource *m
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *ObjectClient) UnstructuredClient() *ObjectClient {
+func (p *ObjectClient) UnstructuredClient() GenericClient {
 	return &ObjectClient{
 		restClient: p.restClient,
 		resource:   p.resource,
@@ -230,6 +246,10 @@ func (p *ObjectClient) Patch(name string, o runtime.Object, data []byte, subreso
 	return result, err
 }
 
+func (p *ObjectClient) ObjectFactory() ObjectFactory {
+	return p.Factory
+}
+
 type dynamicDecoder struct {
 	factory ObjectFactory
 	dec     *json.Decoder
diff --git a/controller/generic_controller.go b/controller/generic_controller.go
index 265db5170..cf059dee3 100644
--- a/controller/generic_controller.go
+++ b/controller/generic_controller.go
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/norman/clientbase"
 	"github.com/rancher/norman/types"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 )
@@ -31,6 +34,12 @@ type GenericController interface {
 	Start(ctx context.Context, threadiness int) error
 }
 
+type ControllerBackend interface {
+	List(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error)
+	Watch(opts metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error)
+	ObjectFactory() clientbase.ObjectFactory
+}
+
 type handlerDef struct {
 	name    string
 	handler HandlerFunc
@@ -46,13 +55,13 @@ type genericController struct {
 	synced   bool
 }
 
-func NewGenericController(name string, objectClient *clientbase.ObjectClient) GenericController {
+func NewGenericController(name string, genericClient ControllerBackend) GenericController {
 	informer := cache.NewSharedIndexInformer(
 		&cache.ListWatch{
-			ListFunc:  objectClient.List,
-			WatchFunc: objectClient.Watch,
+			ListFunc:  genericClient.List,
+			WatchFunc: genericClient.Watch,
 		},
-		objectClient.Factory.Object(), resyncPeriod, cache.Indexers{})
+		genericClient.ObjectFactory().Object(), resyncPeriod, cache.Indexers{})
 
 	rl := workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
 		workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(500*time.Millisecond, 1000*time.Second),
diff --git a/types/reflection.go b/types/reflection.go
index c2e8bb9ad..d8661d011 100644
--- a/types/reflection.go
+++ b/types/reflection.go
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ func (s *Schemas) readFields(schema *Schema, t reflect.Type) error {
 		if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
 			schemaField.Nullable = true
 			fieldType = fieldType.Elem()
+		} else if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Bool {
+			schemaField.Nullable = false
+			schemaField.Default = false
 		}
 
 		if err := applyTag(&field, &schemaField); err != nil {