diff --git a/cmd/hyperkube/main.go b/cmd/hyperkube/main.go
index f2865c4e75..df6d239231 100644
--- a/cmd/hyperkube/main.go
+++ b/cmd/hyperkube/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus"        // for version metric registration
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go
index 46b5e2ab35..ab0524737c 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go
index fc121503f5..2c12d79fc4 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
diff --git a/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go b/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go
index 439337f7b7..22dcb08cf5 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
index f9e8945921..ec67093365 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go b/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
index da6253360e..851c6c4deb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 )
 
 /*
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 334c33a0d6..a50a2e1166 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
diff --git a/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go b/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
index 8382b3881b..86c0dd8551 100644
--- a/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
+++ b/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	fakeiptables "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/iptables/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/cmd/km/km.go b/contrib/mesos/cmd/km/km.go
index 3637a9afc6..412cba7b7c 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/cmd/km/km.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/cmd/km/km.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus"        // for version metric registration
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/hack/.linted_packages b/hack/.linted_packages
index 383f631ad2..ec5a4c6c7d 100644
--- a/hack/.linted_packages
+++ b/hack/.linted_packages
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ pkg/util/logs
 pkg/util/maps
 pkg/util/validation/field
 pkg/util/workqueue
+pkg/version/prometheus
 pkg/volume
 pkg/volume/downwardapi
 pkg/volume/quobyte
diff --git a/pkg/version/prometheus/prometheus.go b/pkg/version/prometheus/prometheus.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27ccc4a8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package prometheus registers Kubernetes version information as a
+// prometheus metric.
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	buildInfo := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: "kubernetes_build_info",
+			Help: "A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by major, minor, git version, git commit, git tree state, build date, Go version, and compiler from which Kubernetes was built, and platform on which it is running.",
+		},
+		[]string{"major", "minor", "gitVersion", "gitCommit", "gitTreeState", "buildDate", "goVersion", "compiler", "platform"},
+	)
+	info := version.Get()
+	buildInfo.WithLabelValues(info.Major, info.Minor, info.GitVersion, info.GitCommit, info.GitTreeState, info.BuildDate, info.GoVersion, info.Compiler, info.Platform).Set(1)
+
+	prometheus.MustRegister(buildInfo)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 1e93132177..0da3aadde0 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package version
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
-
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 // Info contains versioning information.
@@ -60,17 +58,3 @@ func Get() Info {
 func (info Info) String() string {
 	return info.GitVersion
 }
-
-func init() {
-	buildInfo := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
-		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Name: "kubernetes_build_info",
-			Help: "A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by major, minor, git version, git commit, git tree state, build date, Go version, and compiler from which Kubernetes was built, and platform on which it is running.",
-		},
-		[]string{"major", "minor", "gitVersion", "gitCommit", "gitTreeState", "buildDate", "goVersion", "compiler", "platform"},
-	)
-	info := Get()
-	buildInfo.WithLabelValues(info.Major, info.Minor, info.GitVersion, info.GitCommit, info.GitTreeState, info.BuildDate, info.GoVersion, info.Compiler, info.Platform).Set(1)
-
-	prometheus.MustRegister(buildInfo)
-}