diff --git a/pkg/version/doc.go b/pkg/version/doc.go
index 4bf139ce..30399fb0 100644
--- a/pkg/version/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/version/doc.go
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 // Package version supplies version information collected at build time to
 // kubernetes components.
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 package version // import "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version"