diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/builder.go b/pkg/api/v1/builder.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79611beabe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/builder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+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 v1
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+var (
+	localSchemeBuilder = &v1.SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs, addFastPathConversionFuncs)
+}
+
+// TODO: remove these global varialbes
+// GroupName is the group name use in this package
+const GroupName = ""
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1"}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/doc.go b/pkg/api/v1/doc.go
index e97948d4919..0f1e0d495e2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/doc.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api
-// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:conversion-gen-external-types=../../../vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
+// +k8s:defaulter-gen-input=../../../vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1
 
 // Package v1 is the v1 version of the API.
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/annotation_key_constants.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/annotation_key_constants.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/annotation_key_constants.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/annotation_key_constants.go
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a31af9ea49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+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:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+
+// Package v1 is the v1 version of the core API.
+package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/generated.pb.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.pb.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/generated.pb.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.pb.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/meta.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/meta.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/meta.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/meta.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/objectreference.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/objectreference.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/objectreference.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/objectreference.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/register.go
similarity index 86%
rename from pkg/api/v1/register.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/register.go
index c70d6ac5615..73252bb14c0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/register.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+//TODO: this file is going to be moved to k8s.io/api
+
 package v1
 
 import (
@@ -34,19 +36,12 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
-	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
-	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
-	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
-	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
-)
-
-func init() {
 	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
 	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
 	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
-	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs, addFastPathConversionFuncs)
-}
+	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
 
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/resource.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/resource.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/resource.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/resource.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/taint.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/taint.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/taint.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/taint.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/taint_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/taint_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/taint_test.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/taint_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/toleration.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/toleration.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/toleration.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/toleration.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/toleration_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/toleration_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/toleration_test.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/toleration_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.generated.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/types.generated.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.generated.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/types.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/api b/vendor/k8s.io/api
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0988ec49871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/api
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../staging/src/k8s.io/api
\ No newline at end of file