diff --git a/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/MessagePrinter.java b/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/MessagePrinter.java
index db15e961204..d6fdaa81dd7 100644
--- a/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/MessagePrinter.java
+++ b/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/MessagePrinter.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.extensions.load_balancing_policies.wrr_locality.v3.WrrLocality;
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.extensions.transport_sockets.tls.v3.DownstreamTlsContext;
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.extensions.transport_sockets.tls.v3.UpstreamTlsContext;
+import io.envoyproxy.envoy.service.discovery.v3.Resource;
 import io.grpc.xds.client.MessagePrettyPrinter;
 
 /**
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ private static class LazyHolder {
     private static JsonFormat.Printer newPrinter() {
       TypeRegistry.Builder registry =
           TypeRegistry.newBuilder()
+              .add(Resource.getDescriptor())
               .add(Listener.getDescriptor())
               .add(HttpConnectionManager.getDescriptor())
               .add(HTTPFault.getDescriptor())