diff --git a/hack/update-codegen.sh b/hack/update-codegen.sh
index 9c29807b43..0d258ff070 100755
--- a/hack/update-codegen.sh
+++ b/hack/update-codegen.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ INTERNAL_DIRS_CSV=$(IFS=',';echo "${INTERNAL_DIRS[*]// /,}";IFS=$)
 # This can be called with one flag, --verify-only, so it works for both the
 # update- and verify- scripts.
 ${clientgen} --input-base="k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis" --input="${INTERNAL_DIRS_CSV}" "$@"
-${clientgen} --output-base "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor" --output-package="k8s.io/client-go" --clientset-name="kubernetes" --input-base="k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/api" --input="${GV_DIRS_CSV}" "$@"
+${clientgen} --output-base "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor" --output-package="k8s.io/client-go" --clientset-name="kubernetes" --input-base="k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/api" --input="${GV_DIRS_CSV}" --go-header-file ${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt "$@"
 
 listergen_internal_apis=(
 $(
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ $(
 )
 )
 listergen_external_apis_csv=$(IFS=,; echo "${listergen_external_apis[*]}")
-${listergen} --output-base "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor" --output-package "k8s.io/client-go/listers" --input-dirs "${listergen_external_apis_csv}" "$@"
+${listergen} --output-base "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor" --output-package "k8s.io/client-go/listers" --input-dirs "${listergen_external_apis_csv}" --go-header-file ${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt "$@"
 
 informergen_internal_apis=(
 $(
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ ${informergen} \
   --input-dirs "${informergen_internal_apis_csv}" \
   --internal-clientset-package k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset \
   --listers-package k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/listers \
+  --go-header-file ${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt \
   "$@"
 
 informergen_external_apis=(
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ ${informergen} \
   --input-dirs "${informergen_external_apis_csv}" \
   --versioned-clientset-package k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes \
   --listers-package k8s.io/client-go/listers \
+  --go-header-file ${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt \
   "$@"
 
 # You may add additional calls of code generators like set-gen above.
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-protobuf-dockerized.sh b/hack/update-generated-protobuf-dockerized.sh
index fda5a1c82a..cb1839dd23 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-protobuf-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-protobuf-dockerized.sh
@@ -92,5 +92,6 @@ PATH="${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/bin:${PATH}" \
   "${gotoprotobuf}" \
   --proto-import="${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor" \
   --proto-import="${KUBE_ROOT}/third_party/protobuf" \
-  --packages=$(IFS=, ; echo "${PACKAGES[*]}")
+  --packages=$(IFS=, ; echo "${PACKAGES[*]}") \
+  --go-header-file ${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt \
   "$@"
diff --git a/staging/BUILD b/staging/BUILD
index 38d8326f2a..ed1965fc2b 100644
--- a/staging/BUILD
+++ b/staging/BUILD
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/third_party/forked/golang/reflect:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/BUILD
index c32c5bf367..ce49c939ef 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/generators:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go
index ca829c30b1..22c28e35f8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/args"
 	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/generators"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move this out of client-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 	genericArgs.OutputPackagePath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/"
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/BUILD
index 2a2572b8a0..c0fd6862bc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
index afb060762b..f2b91cc2e2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/args"
 	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move this out of conversion-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/BUILD
index 8b004d683a..ea92990c77 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/args:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/deepcopy-gen/generators:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
index 5eabfd1b6a..cce65b772f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/gengo/examples/deepcopy-gen/generators"
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/args"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move this out of deepcopy-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/BUILD
index 329da12e79..d1d29fe43c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/args:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/defaulter-gen/generators:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
index 4f55680b4f..9d33f700b3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/gengo/examples/defaulter-gen/generators"
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/args"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move this out of defaulter-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/BUILD
index 17b25ab006..be8608c8b5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/third_party/forked/golang/reflect:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/generator:go_default_library",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
index 06b7638db6..5550732259 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/args"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/generator"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/namer"
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func New() *Generator {
 	sourceTree := args.DefaultSourceTree()
 	common := args.GeneratorArgs{
 		OutputBase:       sourceTree,
-		GoHeaderFilePath: filepath.Join(sourceTree, "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt"),
+		GoHeaderFilePath: filepath.Join(sourceTree, util.BoilerplatePath()),
 	}
 	defaultProtoImport := filepath.Join(sourceTree, "k8s.io", "kubernetes", "vendor", "github.com", "gogo", "protobuf", "protobuf")
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/BUILD
index 189cc09f12..ea42fe21a3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss",
     deps = [
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/import-boss/generators:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go
index a6fad8efe2..d998994415 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/args"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/examples/import-boss/generators"
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func main() {
 	arguments := args.Default()
 
 	// Override defaults.
-	arguments.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	arguments.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 	arguments.InputDirs = []string{
 		"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/...",
 		"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/...",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/BUILD
index c5b4f91702..2211cdfda7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/generators:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go
index e993e620eb..bfe826080c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/generators"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/args"
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/args"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move out of informer-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 	genericArgs.OutputPackagePath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/informers/informers_generated"
 	customArgs.VersionedClientSetPackage = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
 	customArgs.InternalClientSetPackage = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/BUILD
index 1d7e9a65c7..c39a4ef614 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/generators:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go
index 6c48240aca..d5ff8e46ee 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/generators"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/args"
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/args"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move this out of lister-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 	genericArgs.OutputPackagePath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/listers"
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/BUILD
index 2a464aae53..339a2cab96 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/args:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/generators:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go
index c324c10bab..fbafc50257 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/generators"
 
 	generatorargs "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/args"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	// TODO: move this out of openapi-gen
-	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	genericArgs.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/BUILD
index 50c3e45930..b7eb083523 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/BUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen",
     deps = [
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/args:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/set-gen/generators:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/main.go
index 24af2229f9..cf8f01d89e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/set-gen/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/args"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/examples/set-gen/generators"
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 	arguments := args.Default()
 
 	// Override defaults.
-	arguments.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), "k8s.io/kubernetes/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt")
+	arguments.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
 	arguments.InputDirs = []string{"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets/types"}
 	arguments.OutputPackagePath = "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf12794f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+exports_files(
+    glob(["*.txt"]),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack/boilerplate.go.txt b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e740c1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+Copyright YEAR 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.
+*/
+
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util/build.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util/build.go
index 9d3e8a8e15..6ea8f52ee0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util/build.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/pkg/util/build.go
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	gobuild "go/build"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 )
 
+type empty struct{}
+
 // CurrentPackage returns the go package of the current directory, or "" if it cannot
 // be derived from the GOPATH.
 func CurrentPackage() string {
@@ -50,3 +54,8 @@ func hasSubdir(root, dir string) (rel string, ok bool) {
 	// cut off root
 	return filepath.ToSlash(dir[len(root):]), true
 }
+
+// BoilerplatePath uses the boilerplate in code-generator by calculating the relative path to it.
+func BoilerplatePath() string {
+	return path.Join(reflect.TypeOf(empty{}).PkgPath(), "/../../hack/boilerplate.go.txt")
+}