diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/BUILD
index 410872e0dab..f71b79c7f23 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/BUILD
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ go_test(
     library = ":go_default_library",
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",
+        "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/selfhosting_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/selfhosting_test.go
index 1c8ed984860..40a5a0b07a2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/selfhosting_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting/selfhosting_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -102,7 +103,9 @@ spec:
 status: {}
 `
 
-	testAPIServerDaemonSet = `metadata:
+	testAPIServerDaemonSet = `apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     k8s-app: self-hosted-kube-apiserver
@@ -258,7 +261,9 @@ spec:
 status: {}
 `
 
-	testControllerManagerDaemonSet = `metadata:
+	testControllerManagerDaemonSet = `apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     k8s-app: self-hosted-kube-controller-manager
@@ -383,7 +388,9 @@ spec:
 status: {}
 `
 
-	testSchedulerDaemonSet = `metadata:
+	testSchedulerDaemonSet = `apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     k8s-app: self-hosted-kube-scheduler
@@ -475,7 +482,7 @@ func TestBuildDaemonSet(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		ds := BuildDaemonSet(rt.component, podSpec, GetDefaultMutators())
-		dsBytes, err := yaml.Marshal(ds)
+		dsBytes, err := util.MarshalToYaml(ds, apps.SchemeGroupVersion)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to marshal daemonset to YAML: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD
index 62caae99a89..91b6f2a7055 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ go_library(
         "arguments.go",
         "endpoint.go",
         "error.go",
+        "marshal.go",
         "template.go",
         "version.go",
     ],
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/BUILD
index 218bf81d183..aae26619d13 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ go_library(
     ],
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
+        "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/dryrunclient.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/dryrunclient.go
index e20ce89221c..030187987d4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/dryrunclient.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient/dryrunclient.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	fakeclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 )
 
 // DryRunGetter is an interface that must be supplied to the NewDryRunClient function in order to contstruct a fully functional fake dryrun clientset
@@ -42,14 +42,7 @@ type MarshalFunc func(runtime.Object, schema.GroupVersion) ([]byte, error)
 
 // DefaultMarshalFunc is the default MarshalFunc used; uses YAML to print objects to the user
 func DefaultMarshalFunc(obj runtime.Object, gv schema.GroupVersion) ([]byte, error) {
-	mediaType := "application/yaml"
-	info, ok := runtime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(clientsetscheme.Codecs.SupportedMediaTypes(), mediaType)
-	if !ok {
-		return []byte{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported media type %q", mediaType)
-	}
-
-	encoder := clientsetscheme.Codecs.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, gv)
-	return runtime.Encode(encoder, obj)
+	return kubeadmutil.MarshalToYaml(obj, gv)
 }
 
 // DryRunClientOptions specifies options to pass to NewDryRunClientWithOpts in order to get a dryrun clientset
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f44180da3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 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.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+)
+
+// MarshalToYaml marshals an object into yaml.
+func MarshalToYaml(obj runtime.Object, gv schema.GroupVersion) ([]byte, error) {
+	mediaType := "application/yaml"
+	info, ok := runtime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(clientsetscheme.Codecs.SupportedMediaTypes(), mediaType)
+	if !ok {
+		return []byte{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported media type %q", mediaType)
+	}
+
+	encoder := clientsetscheme.Codecs.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, gv)
+	return runtime.Encode(encoder, obj)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/BUILD
index 41bf1d79b73..8699487b1fc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/BUILD
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["utils.go"],
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
+        "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
index 9b40ea66642..505ab1b8e77 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
-
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 )
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ func WriteStaticPodToDisk(componentName, manifestDir string, pod v1.Pod) error {
 	}
 
 	// writes the pod to disk
-	serialized, err := yaml.Marshal(pod)
+	serialized, err := util.MarshalToYaml(&pod, v1.SchemeGroupVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal manifest for %q to YAML: %v", componentName, err)
 	}