diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 2ef23f0f63b..ea0e4f959ea 100755
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ kube::util::group-version-to-pkg-path() {
     meta/v1)
       echo "vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
       ;;
+    meta/v1)
+      echo "../vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+      ;;
     unversioned)
       echo "pkg/api/unversioned"
       ;;