diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go
index cafb98ee5fe..6cc6783cd6b 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go
@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ func NameSystems() namer.NameSystems {
 	pluralExceptions := map[string]string{
 		"Endpoints": "Endpoints",
 	}
+	lowercaseNamer := namer.NewAllLowercasePluralNamer(pluralExceptions)
 	return namer.NameSystems{
 		"public":             namer.NewPublicNamer(0),
 		"private":            namer.NewPrivateNamer(0),
 		"raw":                namer.NewRawNamer("", nil),
 		"publicPlural":       namer.NewPublicPluralNamer(pluralExceptions),
 		"privatePlural":      namer.NewPrivatePluralNamer(pluralExceptions),
-		"allLowercasePlural": namer.NewAllLowercasePluralNamer(pluralExceptions),
+		"allLowercasePlural": lowercaseNamer,
+		"resource":           NewTagOverrideNamer("resourceName", lowercaseNamer),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -279,3 +281,27 @@ func Packages(context *generator.Context, arguments *args.GeneratorArgs) generat
 
 	return generator.Packages(packageList)
 }
+
+// tagOverrideNamer is a namer which pulls names from a given tag, if specified,
+// and otherwise falls back to a different namer.
+type tagOverrideNamer struct {
+	tagName  string
+	fallback namer.Namer
+}
+
+func (n *tagOverrideNamer) Name(t *types.Type) string {
+	if nameOverride := extractTag(n.tagName, t.SecondClosestCommentLines); nameOverride != "" {
+		return nameOverride
+	}
+
+	return n.fallback.Name(t)
+}
+
+// NewTagOverrideNamer creates a namer.Namer which uses the contents of the given tag as
+// the name, or falls back to another Namer if the tag is not present.
+func NewTagOverrideNamer(tagName string, fallback namer.Namer) namer.Namer {
+	return &tagOverrideNamer{
+		tagName:  tagName,
+		fallback: fallback,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/fake/generator_fake_for_type.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/fake/generator_fake_for_type.go
index c5c58719033..bf98a0da0de 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/fake/generator_fake_for_type.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/fake/generator_fake_for_type.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ type Fake$.type|publicPlural$ struct {
 `
 
 var resource = `
-var $.type|allLowercasePlural$Resource = $.GroupVersionResource|raw${Group: "$.groupName$", Version: "$.version$", Resource: "$.type|allLowercasePlural$"}
+var $.type|allLowercasePlural$Resource = $.GroupVersionResource|raw${Group: "$.groupName$", Version: "$.version$", Resource: "$.type|resource$"}
 `
 
 var kind = `
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go
index f2781ce595e..8fc4cbca147 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_type.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) List(opts $.ListOptions|raw$) (result *$.type|ra
 	result = &$.type|raw$List{}
 	err = c.client.Get().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		VersionedParams(&opts, $.schemeParameterCodec|raw$).
 		Do().
 		Into(result)
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) Get(name string, options $.GetOptions|raw$) (res
 	result = &$.type|raw${}
 	err = c.client.Get().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		Name(name).
 		VersionedParams(&options, $.schemeParameterCodec|raw$).
 		Do().
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ var deleteTemplate = `
 func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) Delete(name string, options *$.DeleteOptions|raw$) error {
 	return c.client.Delete().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		Name(name).
 		Body(options).
 		Do().
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ var deleteCollectionTemplate = `
 func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) DeleteCollection(options *$.DeleteOptions|raw$, listOptions $.ListOptions|raw$) error {
 	return c.client.Delete().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		VersionedParams(&listOptions, $.schemeParameterCodec|raw$).
 		Body(options).
 		Do().
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) Create($.type|private$ *$.type|raw$) (result *$.
 	result = &$.type|raw${}
 	err = c.client.Post().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		Body($.type|private$).
 		Do().
 		Into(result)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) Update($.type|private$ *$.type|raw$) (result *$.
 	result = &$.type|raw${}
 	err = c.client.Put().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		Name($.type|private$.Name).
 		Body($.type|private$).
 		Do().
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) UpdateStatus($.type|private$ *$.type|raw$) (resu
 	result = &$.type|raw${}
 	err = c.client.Put().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		Name($.type|private$.Name).
 		SubResource("status").
 		Body($.type|private$).
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) Watch(opts $.ListOptions|raw$) ($.watchInterface
 	opts.Watch = true
 	return c.client.Get().
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		VersionedParams(&opts, $.schemeParameterCodec|raw$).
 		Watch()
 }
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func (c *$.type|privatePlural$) Patch(name string, pt $.PatchType|raw$, data []b
 	result = &$.type|raw${}
 	err = c.client.Patch(pt).
 		$if .namespaced$Namespace(c.ns).$end$
-		Resource("$.type|allLowercasePlural$").
+		Resource("$.type|resource$").
 		SubResource(subresources...).
 		Name(name).
 		Body(data).
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/tags.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/tags.go
index 34aa77231fa..063559c09e1 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/tags.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/tags.go
@@ -31,3 +31,14 @@ func extractBoolTagOrDie(key string, lines []string) bool {
 	}
 	return val
 }
+
+// extractTag gets the comment-tags for the key.  If the tag did not exist, it
+// returns the empty string.
+func extractTag(key string, lines []string) string {
+	val, present := types.ExtractCommentTags("+", lines)[key]
+	if !present || len(val) < 1 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return val[0]
+}