diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/spdy/spdy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/spdy/spdy.go
index 682f964f6f45..406d3cc19ce0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/spdy/spdy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/spdy/spdy.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy"
@@ -42,7 +43,13 @@ func RoundTripperFor(config *restclient.Config) (http.RoundTripper, Upgrader, er
 	if config.Proxy != nil {
 		proxy = config.Proxy
 	}
-	upgradeRoundTripper := spdy.NewRoundTripperWithProxy(tlsConfig, true, false, proxy)
+	upgradeRoundTripper := spdy.NewRoundTripperWithConfig(spdy.RoundTripperConfig{
+		TLS:                      tlsConfig,
+		FollowRedirects:          true,
+		RequireSameHostRedirects: false,
+		Proxier:                  proxy,
+		PingPeriod:               time.Second * 5,
+	})
 	wrapper, err := restclient.HTTPWrappersForConfig(config, upgradeRoundTripper)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err