diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 717e34cc35..3a14cf1253 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
   revision = "c106140daf37a5d2b7a513726091a5eb8107e8b9"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:b08a45828b09ce543aea649464635291107f53fd21465c0ab00a867b4418fa15"
+  digest = "1:5919b80013fe2204af836990cf255fc100d7d7cb077ec524c7518ff272e9a633"
   name = "k8s.io/client-go"
   packages = [
     "discovery",
@@ -1343,12 +1343,14 @@
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch",
     "k8s.io/client-go/discovery",
+    "k8s.io/client-go/dynamic",
     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes",
     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme",
     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1",
diff --git a/pkg/source/source.go b/pkg/source/source.go
index 559239f139..0bd1f912bd 100644
--- a/pkg/source/source.go
+++ b/pkg/source/source.go
@@ -20,17 +20,21 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/inject"
+	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source/internal"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 )
 
+var log = logf.KBLog.WithName("source")
+
 const (
 	// defaultBufferSize is the default number of event notifications that can be buffered.
 	defaultBufferSize = 1024
@@ -80,6 +84,10 @@ func (ks *Kind) Start(handler handler.EventHandler, queue workqueue.RateLimiting
 	// Lookup the Informer from the Cache and add an EventHandler which populates the Queue
 	i, err := ks.cache.GetInformer(ks.Type)
 	if err != nil {
+		if kindMatchErr, ok := err.(*meta.NoKindMatchError); ok {
+			log.Error(err, "if %s is a CRD, should install it before calling Start",
+				kindMatchErr.GroupKind)
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 	i.AddEventHandler(internal.EventHandler{Queue: queue, EventHandler: handler, Predicates: prct})