diff --git a/docs/design/klient-package.md b/docs/design/klient-package.md
index 7e096ce0..7cbfc7a3 100644
--- a/docs/design/klient-package.md
+++ b/docs/design/klient-package.md
@@ -536,15 +536,16 @@ func main() {
             Name: podName,
         }
     }
-    pod2 := &v1.Pod{
-        Spec: v1.PodSpec{
-            Containers: []v1.Container{{
-                Name:  "nginx",
-                Image: imageutils.GetPauseImageName(),
-            }},
-        },
-    }
-    if err := res.Patch(context.TODO(), &pod1, &pod2); err != nil {
+    mergePatch, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+        "metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+                "annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+                    "foo": "bar",
+                 },
+            },
+        })
+
+    patch := k8s.Patch{PatchType: types.StrategicMergePatchType, Data: mergePatch}
+    if err := res.Patch(context.TODO(), &pod1, patch); err != nil {
         log.Fatal("unable to update pod: ", err)   
     }
 }
diff --git a/klient/k8s/object.go b/klient/k8s/object.go
index 97342512..aa0df806 100644
--- a/klient/k8s/object.go
+++ b/klient/k8s/object.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package k8s
 import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 )
 
 // Object is a union type that can represent either typed objects
@@ -35,3 +36,11 @@ type ObjectList interface {
 	metav1.ListInterface
 	runtime.Object
 }
+
+// Patch is a patch that can be applied to a Kubernetes object.
+type Patch struct {
+	// PatchType is the type of the patch.
+	PatchType types.PatchType
+	// Data is the raw data representing the patch.
+	Data []byte
+}
diff --git a/klient/k8s/resources/resources.go b/klient/k8s/resources/resources.go
index 7efacb2a..8adc94b5 100644
--- a/klient/k8s/resources/resources.go
+++ b/klient/k8s/resources/resources.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	cr "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/klient/k8s"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/utils"
 )
 
 type Resources struct {
@@ -109,6 +111,16 @@ func (r *Resources) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj k8s.Object, opts ...DeleteOp
 	return r.client.Delete(ctx, obj, o)
 }
 
+func WithGracePeriod(gpt time.Duration) DeleteOption {
+	t := gpt.Milliseconds()
+	return func(do *metav1.DeleteOptions) { do.GracePeriodSeconds = &t }
+}
+
+func WithDeletePropagation(prop string) DeleteOption {
+	p := metav1.DeletionPropagation(prop)
+	return func(do *metav1.DeleteOptions) { do.PropagationPolicy = &p }
+}
+
 type ListOption func(*metav1.ListOptions)
 
 func (r *Resources) List(ctx context.Context, objs k8s.ObjectList, opts ...ListOption) error {
@@ -121,3 +133,43 @@ func (r *Resources) List(ctx context.Context, objs k8s.ObjectList, opts ...ListO
 	o := &cr.ListOptions{Raw: listOptions}
 	return r.client.List(ctx, objs, o)
 }
+
+func WithLabelSelector(sel string) ListOption {
+	return func(lo *metav1.ListOptions) { lo.LabelSelector = sel }
+}
+
+func WithFieldSelector(sel string) ListOption {
+	return func(lo *metav1.ListOptions) { lo.FieldSelector = sel }
+}
+
+func WithTimeout(to time.Duration) ListOption {
+	t := to.Milliseconds()
+	return func(lo *metav1.ListOptions) { lo.TimeoutSeconds = &t }
+}
+
+// PatchOption is used to provide additional arguments to the Patch call.
+type PatchOption func(*metav1.PatchOptions)
+
+// Patch patches portion of object `orig` with data from object `patch`
+func (r *Resources) Patch(ctx context.Context, objs k8s.Object, patch k8s.Patch, opts ...PatchOption) error {
+	patchOptions := &metav1.PatchOptions{}
+
+	for _, fn := range opts {
+		fn(patchOptions)
+	}
+
+	p := cr.RawPatch(patch.PatchType, patch.Data)
+
+	o := &cr.PatchOptions{Raw: patchOptions}
+	return r.client.Patch(ctx, objs, p, o)
+}
+
+// Annotate attach annotations to an existing resource objec
+func (r *Resources) Annotate(obj k8s.Object, annotation map[string]string) {
+	obj.SetAnnotations(annotation)
+}
+
+// Label apply labels to an existing resources.
+func (r *Resources) Label(obj k8s.Object, label map[string]string) {
+	obj.SetLabels(label)
+}
diff --git a/klient/k8s/resources/resources_test.go b/klient/k8s/resources/resources_test.go
index 8be2a611..d2e12495 100644
--- a/klient/k8s/resources/resources_test.go
+++ b/klient/k8s/resources/resources_test.go
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ package resources
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/klient/k8s"
 )
 
 func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -181,3 +184,36 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("there are no deployment exist", hasDep)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPatch(t *testing.T) {
+	res, err := New(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("config is nill")
+	}
+
+	mergePatch, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+			"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+				"ping": "pong",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("error while json marshalling", err)
+	}
+
+	err = res.Patch(context.Background(), dep, k8s.Patch{PatchType: types.StrategicMergePatchType, Data: mergePatch})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("error while patching the deployment", err)
+	}
+
+	obj := &appsv1.Deployment{}
+	err = res.Get(context.Background(), dep.Name, dep.Namespace, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("error while getting patched deployment", err)
+	}
+
+	if obj.Annotations["ping"] != "pong" {
+		t.Error("resource patch not applied correctly.")
+	}
+}