diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/args/args.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/args/args.go
index 24608af4975..81530fb3fe6 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/args/args.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/args/args.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ type Args struct {
 	// ClientsetOutputPath is the path the clientset will be generated at. It's
 	// populated from command-line arguments.
 	ClientsetOutputPath string
+	// ClientsetAPIPath is the default API path for generated clients.
+	ClientsetAPIPath string
 	// ClientsetOnly determines if we should generate the clients for groups and
 	// types along with the clientset. It's populated from command-line
 	// arguments.
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go
index c25389cbade..b5e17db28ed 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/client_generator.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func generatedBy(customArgs clientgenargs.Args) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("\n// This package is generated by client-gen with the default arguments.\n\n")
 }
 
-func packageForGroup(gv unversioned.GroupVersion, typeList []*types.Type, packageBasePath string, srcTreePath string, inputPath string, boilerplate []byte, generatedBy string) generator.Package {
+func packageForGroup(gv unversioned.GroupVersion, typeList []*types.Type, packageBasePath string, apiPath string, srcTreePath string, inputPath string, boilerplate []byte, generatedBy string) generator.Package {
 	outputPackagePath := filepath.Join(packageBasePath, gv.Group, gv.Version)
 	return &generator.DefaultPackage{
 		PackageName: gv.Version,
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func packageForGroup(gv unversioned.GroupVersion, typeList []*types.Type, packag
 				inputPacakge:  inputPath,
 				group:         gv.Group,
 				version:       gv.Version,
+				apiPath:       apiPath,
 				types:         typeList,
 				imports:       generator.NewImportTracker(),
 			})
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ func Packages(context *generator.Context, arguments *args.GeneratorArgs) generat
 	for _, gv := range customArgs.GroupVersions {
 		types := gvToTypes[gv]
 		inputPath := customArgs.GroupVersionToInputPath[gv]
-		packageList = append(packageList, packageForGroup(normalization.GroupVersion(gv), orderer.OrderTypes(types), typedClientBasePath, arguments.OutputBase, inputPath, boilerplate, generatedBy))
+		packageList = append(packageList, packageForGroup(normalization.GroupVersion(gv), orderer.OrderTypes(types), typedClientBasePath, customArgs.ClientsetAPIPath, arguments.OutputBase, inputPath, boilerplate, generatedBy))
 		if customArgs.FakeClient {
 			packageList = append(packageList, fake.PackageForGroup(normalization.GroupVersion(gv), orderer.OrderTypes(types), typedClientBasePath, arguments.OutputBase, inputPath, boilerplate, generatedBy))
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_group.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_group.go
index d0cf237b690..4539c44c29b 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_group.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/generators/generator_for_group.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type genGroup struct {
 	outputPackage string
 	group         string
 	version       string
+	apiPath       string
 	// types in this group
 	types        []*types.Type
 	imports      namer.ImportTracker
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ func (g *genGroup) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type, w io.Writer
 	const pkgAPI = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	const pkgSerializer = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	apiPath := func(group string) string {
+		if len(g.apiPath) > 0 {
+			return `"` + g.apiPath + `"`
+		}
 		if group == "core" {
 			return `"/api"`
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go
index 3cf9f931a66..d7b29725fa7 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var (
 	includedTypesOverrides = flag.StringSlice("included-types-overrides", []string{}, "list of group/version/type for which client should be generated. By default, client is generated for all types which have genclient=true in types.go. This overrides that. For each groupVersion in this list, only the types mentioned here will be included. The default check of genclient=true will be used for other group versions.")
 	basePath               = flag.String("input-base", "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis", "base path to look for the api group. Default to \"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis\"")
 	clientsetName          = flag.StringP("clientset-name", "n", "internalclientset", "the name of the generated clientset package.")
+	clientsetAPIPath       = flag.StringP("clientset-api-path", "", "", "the value of default API path.")
 	clientsetPath          = flag.String("clientset-path", "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/", "the generated clientset will be output to <clientset-path>/<clientset-name>. Default to \"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/\"")
 	clientsetOnly          = flag.Bool("clientset-only", false, "when set, client-gen only generates the clientset shell, without generating the individual typed clients")
 	fakeClient             = flag.Bool("fake-clientset", true, "when set, client-gen will generate the fake clientset that can be used in tests")
@@ -177,13 +178,14 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
-		glog.Infof("going to generate clientset from these input paths: %v", inputPath)
+		glog.V(3).Infof("going to generate clientset from these input paths: %v", inputPath)
 		arguments.InputDirs = append(inputPath, dependencies...)
 
 		arguments.CustomArgs = clientgenargs.Args{
 			GroupVersions:           groupVersions,
 			GroupVersionToInputPath: gvToPath,
 			ClientsetName:           *clientsetName,
+			ClientsetAPIPath:        *clientsetAPIPath,
 			ClientsetOutputPath:     *clientsetPath,
 			ClientsetOnly:           *clientsetOnly,
 			FakeClient:              *fakeClient,
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ func main() {
 			IncludedTypesOverrides:  includedTypesOverrides,
 		}
 
-		glog.Infof("==arguments: %v\n", arguments)
+		glog.V(3).Infof("==arguments: %v\n", arguments)
 	}
 
 	if err := arguments.Execute(
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index ddecfe82ba1..19214c9bbd4 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ cleanup-iptables
 client-ca-file
 client-certificate
 client-key
+clientset-api-path
 clientset-name
 clientset-only
 clientset-path