diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh
index b92296d96d7..6707221e42e 100755
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ APIS_PKG="$3"
 GROUPS_WITH_VERSIONS="$4"
 shift 4
 
-go install ./$(dirname "${0}")/cmd/{defaulter-gen,client-gen,lister-gen,informer-gen,deepcopy-gen}
+(
+  # To support running this script from anywhere, we have to first cd into this directory
+  # so we can install the tools.
+  cd $(dirname "${0}")
+  go install ./cmd/{defaulter-gen,client-gen,lister-gen,informer-gen,deepcopy-gen}
+)
+
 function codegen::join() { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
 
 # enumerate group versions