diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go
index c8c01cdff6b..ffa8347d19c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	customreflect "k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect"
+	customreflect "k8s.io/kube-gen/third_party/forked/golang/reflect"
 )
 
 func rewriteFile(name string, header []byte, rewriteFn func(*token.FileSet, *ast.File) error) error {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..985afc384fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+licenses(["notice"])
+
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
+    "go_library",
+    "go_test",
+)
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["deep_equal_test.go"],
+    library = ":go_default_library",
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+)
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = [
+        "deep_equal.go",
+        "type.go",
+    ],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/type.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/type.go
similarity index 100%
rename from staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/type.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kube-gen/third_party/forked/golang/reflect/type.go