diff --git a/internal/graph/parser/parser.go b/internal/graph/parser/parser.go
index 5c61facc..0420c5e1 100644
--- a/internal/graph/parser/parser.go
+++ b/internal/graph/parser/parser.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/awslabs/kro/internal/graph/variable"
 )
 
+const (
+	xKubernetesPreserveUnknownFields = "x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields"
+)
+
 // ParseResource extracts CEL expressions from a resource based on
 // the schema. The resource is expected to be a map[string]interface{}.
 //
@@ -88,6 +92,15 @@ func parseObject(field map[string]interface{}, schema *spec.Schema, path, expect
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected object type or AdditionalProperties allowed for path %s, got %v", path, field)
 	}
 
+	// Look for vendor schema extensions first
+	if len(schema.VendorExtensible.Extensions) > 0 {
+		// If the schema has the x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields extension, we should not
+		// parse the object and return an empty list of expressions.
+		if enabled, ok := schema.VendorExtensible.Extensions[xKubernetesPreserveUnknownFields]; ok && enabled.(bool) {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	var expressionsFields []variable.FieldDescriptor
 	for fieldName, value := range field {
 		fieldSchema, err := getFieldSchema(schema, fieldName)
diff --git a/internal/graph/parser/parser_test.go b/internal/graph/parser/parser_test.go
index 2b490dac..b459ea49 100644
--- a/internal/graph/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/graph/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -618,6 +618,21 @@ func TestParserEdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedError: "",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "schema with x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields",
+			schema: &spec.Schema{
+				SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+					Type: []string{"object"},
+				},
+				VendorExtensible: spec.VendorExtensible{
+					Extensions: spec.Extensions{
+						"x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields": true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			resource:      map[string]interface{}{"name": "John", "age": 30},
+			expectedError: "",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {