diff --git a/util/diff/diff.go b/util/diff/diff.go
index 5d28ee375d5cc..d5c17ca81dc41 100644
--- a/util/diff/diff.go
+++ b/util/diff/diff.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func Diff(left, right *unstructured.Unstructured) *DiffResult {
 		leftObj = left.Object
 	}
 	if right != nil {
-		rightObj = removeMapFields(leftObj, right.Object)
+		rightObj = RemoveMapFields(leftObj, right.Object)
 	}
 	gjDiff := gojsondiff.New().CompareObjects(leftObj, rightObj)
 	dr := DiffResult{
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (d *DiffResult) ASCIIFormat(left *unstructured.Unstructured, formatOpts for
 func removeFields(config, live interface{}) interface{} {
 	switch c := config.(type) {
 	case map[string]interface{}:
-		return removeMapFields(c, live.(map[string]interface{}))
+		return RemoveMapFields(c, live.(map[string]interface{}))
 	case []interface{}:
 		return removeListFields(c, live.([]interface{}))
 	default:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func removeFields(config, live interface{}) interface{} {
 	}
 }
 
-func removeMapFields(config, live map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
+func RemoveMapFields(config, live map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	result := map[string]interface{}{}
 	for k, v1 := range config {
 		v2, ok := live[k]
diff --git a/util/ksonnet/ksonnet.go b/util/ksonnet/ksonnet.go
index 36cc7ae14fe1f..fbeae9e8de7dc 100644
--- a/util/ksonnet/ksonnet.go
+++ b/util/ksonnet/ksonnet.go
@@ -8,13 +8,20 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/cli"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/diff"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/ksonnet/ksonnet/pkg/app"
 	"github.com/ksonnet/ksonnet/pkg/component"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1ExtBeta1 "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
@@ -132,12 +139,58 @@ func (k *ksonnetApp) Show(environment string) ([]*unstructured.Unstructured, err
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmarshal manifest from `ks show`")
 		}
+		err = remarshal(&obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		objs = append(objs, &obj)
 	}
 	// TODO(jessesuen): we need to sort objects based on their dependency order of creation
 	return objs, nil
 }
 
+// remarshal checks resource kind and version and re-marshal using corresponding struct custom marshaller. This ensures that expected resource state is formatter same as actual
+// resource state in kubernetes and allows to find differences between actual and target states more accurate.
+func remarshal(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
+	var newObj interface{}
+	switch obj.GetAPIVersion() + ":" + obj.GetKind() {
+	case "apps/v1beta1:Deployment":
+		newObj = &v1beta1.Deployment{}
+	case "apps/v1beta2:Deployment":
+		newObj = &v1beta2.Deployment{}
+	case "extensions/v1beta1":
+		newObj = &v1ExtBeta1.Deployment{}
+	case "apps/v1beta1:StatefulSet":
+		newObj = &v1beta1.StatefulSet{}
+	case "apps/v1beta2:StatefulSet":
+		newObj = &v1beta2.StatefulSet{}
+	case "v1:Service":
+		newObj = &corev1.Service{}
+	}
+	if newObj != nil {
+		oldObj := obj.Object
+		data, err := json.Marshal(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(data, newObj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		data, err = json.Marshal(newObj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(data, obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// remove all default values specified by custom formatter
+		obj.Object = diff.RemoveMapFields(oldObj, obj.Object)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ListEnvParams returns list of environment parameters
 func (k *ksonnetApp) ListEnvParams(environment string) ([]*v1alpha1.ComponentParameter, error) {
 	mod, err := component.DefaultManager.Module(k.app, "")