diff --git a/pkg/printers/.import-restrictions b/pkg/printers/.import-restrictions
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ec78945023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/printers/.import-restrictions
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "Rules": [
+    {
+      "SelectorRegexp": "k8s[.]io/kubernetes/pkg/(api$|apis/)",
+      "ForbiddenPrefixes": [
+        "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/.import-restrictions b/pkg/printers/internalversion/.import-restrictions
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce172cfbd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/.import-restrictions
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "Rules": [
+  ]
+}