diff --git a/rest/config.go b/rest/config.go
index b7ff68809..dca7333dd 100644
--- a/rest/config.go
+++ b/rest/config.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ type ImpersonationConfig struct {
 	Extra map[string][]string
 }
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
 // TLSClientConfig contains settings to enable transport layer security
 type TLSClientConfig struct {
 	// Server should be accessed without verifying the TLS certificate. For testing only.
diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/api/doc.go b/tools/clientcmd/api/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93a891e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/api/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 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.
+*/
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+package api
diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/api/types.go b/tools/clientcmd/api/types.go
index 76090c6f5..407dec83a 100644
--- a/tools/clientcmd/api/types.go
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/api/types.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 // Config holds the information needed to build connect to remote kubernetes clusters as a given user
 // IMPORTANT if you add fields to this struct, please update IsConfigEmpty()
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 type Config struct {
 	// Legacy field from pkg/api/types.go TypeMeta.
 	// TODO(jlowdermilk): remove this after eliminating downstream dependencies.
diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/doc.go b/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8ede58a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 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.
+*/
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+package v1
diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/types.go b/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/types.go
index 21b94d25f..53568135e 100644
--- a/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/types.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 // Top level config objects and all values required for proper functioning are not "omitempty".  Any truly optional piece of config is allowed to be omitted.
 
 // Config holds the information needed to build connect to remote kubernetes clusters as a given user
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 type Config struct {
 	// Legacy field from pkg/api/types.go TypeMeta.
 	// TODO(jlowdermilk): remove this after eliminating downstream dependencies.