diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
index 10d30156efb..5e685624ddb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func RunExpose(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []str
 
 	generatorName := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "generator")
 
-	generator, found := kubectl.Generators[generatorName]
+	generator, found := f.Generator(generatorName)
 	if !found {
 		return cmdutil.UsageError(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("generator %q not found.", generator))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
index 78bc6e12a4c..9ae93d312d7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func RunRunContainer(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args
 	}
 
 	generatorName := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "generator")
-	generator, found := kubectl.Generators[generatorName]
+	generator, found := f.Generator(generatorName)
 	if !found {
 		return cmdutil.UsageError(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("Generator: %s not found.", generator))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
index 591d250f692..fb0760e16d2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ const (
 // TODO: pass the various interfaces on the factory directly into the command constructors (so the
 // commands are decoupled from the factory).
 type Factory struct {
-	clients *clientCache
-	flags   *pflag.FlagSet
+	clients    *clientCache
+	flags      *pflag.FlagSet
+	generators map[string]kubectl.Generator
 
 	// Returns interfaces for dealing with arbitrary runtime.Objects.
 	Object func() (meta.RESTMapper, runtime.ObjectTyper)
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ type Factory struct {
 	Validator func() (validation.Schema, error)
 	// Returns the default namespace to use in cases where no other namespace is specified
 	DefaultNamespace func() (string, error)
+	// Returns the generator for the provided generator name
+	Generator func(name string) (kubectl.Generator, bool)
 }
 
 // NewFactory creates a factory with the default Kubernetes resources defined
@@ -88,6 +91,11 @@ func NewFactory(optionalClientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Factory {
 	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet("", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(util.WordSepNormalizeFunc)
 
+	generators := map[string]kubectl.Generator{
+		"run-container/v1": kubectl.BasicReplicationController{},
+		"service/v1":       kubectl.ServiceGenerator{},
+	}
+
 	clientConfig := optionalClientConfig
 	if optionalClientConfig == nil {
 		clientConfig = DefaultClientConfig(flags)
@@ -99,8 +107,9 @@ func NewFactory(optionalClientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Factory {
 	}
 
 	return &Factory{
-		clients: clients,
-		flags:   flags,
+		clients:    clients,
+		flags:      flags,
+		generators: generators,
 
 		Object: func() (meta.RESTMapper, runtime.ObjectTyper) {
 			cfg, err := clientConfig.ClientConfig()
@@ -221,6 +230,10 @@ func NewFactory(optionalClientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Factory {
 		DefaultNamespace: func() (string, error) {
 			return clientConfig.Namespace()
 		},
+		Generator: func(name string) (kubectl.Generator, bool) {
+			generator, ok := generators[name]
+			return generator, ok
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/generate.go b/pkg/kubectl/generate.go
index ea415b7f26d..5fe3b293654 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/generate.go
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ type Generator interface {
 	ParamNames() []GeneratorParam
 }
 
-// Generators is a global list of known generators.
-// TODO: Dynamically create this from a list of template files?
-var Generators map[string]Generator = map[string]Generator{
-	"run-container/v1": BasicReplicationController{},
-	"service/v1":       ServiceGenerator{},
-}
-
 // ValidateParams ensures that all required params are present in the params map
 func ValidateParams(paramSpec []GeneratorParam, params map[string]string) error {
 	for ix := range paramSpec {