diff --git a/pkg/crd/schema.go b/pkg/crd/schema.go
index 2eaadb675..7656387b5 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/schema.go
@@ -113,12 +113,26 @@ func (c *schemaContext) requestSchema(pkgPath, typeName string) {
 
 // infoToSchema creates a schema for the type in the given set of type information.
 func infoToSchema(ctx *schemaContext) *apiext.JSONSchemaProps {
-	// If the obj implements a JSON marshaler and has a marker, use the markers value and do not traverse as
-	// the marshaler could be doing anything. If there is no marker, fall back to traversing.
-	if obj := ctx.pkg.Types.Scope().Lookup(ctx.info.Name); obj != nil && implementsJSONMarshaler(obj.Type()) {
-		schema := &apiext.JSONSchemaProps{}
-		applyMarkers(ctx, ctx.info.Markers, schema, ctx.info.RawSpec.Type)
-		if schema.Type != "" {
+	if obj := ctx.pkg.Types.Scope().Lookup(ctx.info.Name); obj != nil {
+		switch {
+		// If the obj implements a JSON marshaler and has a marker, use the
+		// markers value and do not traverse as the marshaler could be doing
+		// anything. If there is no marker, fall back to traversing.
+		case implements(obj.Type(), jsonMarshaler):
+			schema := &apiext.JSONSchemaProps{}
+			applyMarkers(ctx, ctx.info.Markers, schema, ctx.info.RawSpec.Type)
+			if schema.Type != "" {
+				return schema
+			}
+
+		// If the obj implements a text marshaler, encode it as a string.
+		case implements(obj.Type(), textMarshaler):
+			schema := &apiext.JSONSchemaProps{Type: "string"}
+			applyMarkers(ctx, ctx.info.Markers, schema, ctx.info.RawSpec.Type)
+			if schema.Type != "string" {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("%q implements encoding.TextMarshaler but schema type is not string: %q", ctx.info.RawSpec.Name, schema.Type)
+				ctx.pkg.AddError(loader.ErrFromNode(err, ctx.info.RawSpec.Type))
+			}
 			return schema
 		}
 	}
@@ -493,6 +507,15 @@ var jsonMarshaler = types.NewInterfaceType([]*types.Func{
 				types.NewVar(token.NoPos, nil, "", types.Universe.Lookup("error").Type())), false)),
 }, nil).Complete()
 
-func implementsJSONMarshaler(typ types.Type) bool {
-	return types.Implements(typ, jsonMarshaler) || types.Implements(types.NewPointer(typ), jsonMarshaler)
+// Open coded go/types representation of encoding.TextMarshaler
+var textMarshaler = types.NewInterfaceType([]*types.Func{
+	types.NewFunc(token.NoPos, nil, "MarshalText",
+		types.NewSignatureType(nil, nil, nil, nil,
+			types.NewTuple(
+				types.NewVar(token.NoPos, nil, "text", types.NewSlice(types.Universe.Lookup("byte").Type())),
+				types.NewVar(token.NoPos, nil, "err", types.Universe.Lookup("error").Type())), false)),
+}, nil).Complete()
+
+func implements(typ types.Type, iface *types.Interface) bool {
+	return types.Implements(typ, iface) || types.Implements(types.NewPointer(typ), iface)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/crd/testdata/cronjob_types.go b/pkg/crd/testdata/cronjob_types.go
index 50cd689b6..f39d83f5f 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/testdata/cronjob_types.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/testdata/cronjob_types.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cronjob
 
 import (
+	"encoding"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
@@ -552,6 +553,30 @@ func (u *URL2) String() string {
 	return (*url.URL)(u).String()
 }
 
+// URL3 wraps [net/url.URL]. It implements [encoding.TextMarshaler] so that it
+// can be used in K8s CRDs such that the CRD resource will have the URL but
+// operator code can can work with the URL struct.
+type URL3 struct{ url.URL }
+
+var _ encoding.TextMarshaler = (*URL3)(nil)
+
+// MarshalText implements [encoding.TextMarshaler].
+func (u *URL3) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	return u.MarshalBinary()
+}
+
+// URL4 is an alias of [net/url.URL]. It implements [encoding.TextMarshaler] so
+// that it can be used in K8s CRDs such that the CRD resource will have the URL
+// but operator code can can work with the URL struct.
+type URL4 url.URL
+
+var _ encoding.TextMarshaler = (*URL4)(nil)
+
+// MarshalText implements [encoding.TextMarshaler].
+func (u *URL4) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	return (*url.URL)(u).MarshalBinary()
+}
+
 // Duration has a custom Marshaler but no markers.
 // We want the CRD generation to infer type information
 // from the go types and ignore the presense of the Marshaler.
@@ -611,6 +636,14 @@ type CronJobStatus struct {
 	// +optional
 	LastActiveLogURL2 *URL2 `json:"lastActiveLogURL2,omitempty"`
 
+	// LastActiveLogURL3 specifies the logging url for the last started job
+	// +optional
+	LastActiveLogURL3 *URL3 `json:"lastActiveLogURL3,omitempty"`
+
+	// LastActiveLogURL4 specifies the logging url for the last started job
+	// +optional
+	LastActiveLogURL4 *URL4 `json:"lastActiveLogURL4,omitempty"`
+
 	Runtime *Duration `json:"duration,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/crd/testdata/testdata.kubebuilder.io_cronjobs.yaml b/pkg/crd/testdata/testdata.kubebuilder.io_cronjobs.yaml
index 95a5d870b..2785b7750 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/testdata/testdata.kubebuilder.io_cronjobs.yaml
+++ b/pkg/crd/testdata/testdata.kubebuilder.io_cronjobs.yaml
@@ -7018,6 +7018,14 @@ spec:
                 description: LastActiveLogURL2 specifies the logging url for the last
                   started job
                 type: string
+              lastActiveLogURL3:
+                description: LastActiveLogURL3 specifies the logging url for the last
+                  started job
+                type: string
+              lastActiveLogURL4:
+                description: LastActiveLogURL4 specifies the logging url for the last
+                  started job
+                type: string
               lastScheduleMicroTime:
                 description: |-
                   Information about the last time the job was successfully scheduled,