diff --git a/pkg/operator/resource/resourceread/images.go b/pkg/operator/resource/resourceread/images.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62a80d1284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/operator/resource/resourceread/images.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package resourceread
+
+import (
+	imagev1 "github.com/openshift/api/image/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+)
+
+var (
+	imagesScheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+	imagesCodecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(imagesScheme)
+)
+
+func init() {
+	if err := imagev1.AddToScheme(imagesScheme); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func ReadImageStreamV1OrDie(objBytes []byte) *imagev1.ImageStream {
+	requiredObj, err := runtime.Decode(imagesCodecs.UniversalDecoder(imagev1.SchemeGroupVersion), objBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return requiredObj.(*imagev1.ImageStream)
+}