diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go
index 43f3e582fc1..eb6a76dcb88 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ type PipelineTriggerRef struct {
 type PipelineRunStatus struct {
 	Conditions duckv1alpha1.Conditions `json:"conditions"`
 	// In #107 should be updated to hold the location logs have been uploaded to
-	Results Results `json:"results"`
+	// +optional
+	Results *Results `json:"results,omitempty"`
 	// map of TaskRun Status with the taskRun name as the key
 	//+optional
 	TaskRuns map[string]TaskRunStatus `json:"taskRuns,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go
index 658c2172245..25b84925cd6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ type TaskRunStatus struct {
 	Conditions duckv1alpha1.Conditions `json:"conditions,omitempty"`
 
 	// In #107 should be updated to hold the location logs have been uploaded to
-	Results Results `json:"results"`
+	// +optional
+	Results *Results `json:"results,omitempty"`
 
 	// PodName is the name of the pod responsible for executing this task's steps.
 	PodName string `json:"podName"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 8c60598a6da..7c33d5a90c6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -454,7 +454,15 @@ func (in *PipelineRunStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *PipelineRunStatus) {
 			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
 		}
 	}
-	out.Results = in.Results
+	if in.Results != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Results, &out.Results
+		if *in == nil {
+			*out = nil
+		} else {
+			*out = new(Results)
+			**out = **in
+		}
+	}
 	if in.TaskRuns != nil {
 		in, out := &in.TaskRuns, &out.TaskRuns
 		*out = make(map[string]TaskRunStatus, len(*in))
@@ -1010,7 +1018,15 @@ func (in *TaskRunStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *TaskRunStatus) {
 			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
 		}
 	}
-	out.Results = in.Results
+	if in.Results != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Results, &out.Results
+		if *in == nil {
+			*out = nil
+		} else {
+			*out = new(Results)
+			**out = **in
+		}
+	}
 	if in.StartTime != nil {
 		in, out := &in.StartTime, &out.StartTime
 		if *in == nil {