diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
index be4e5dc2810..c04e8efe30c 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type Generator struct {
 	Common               args.GeneratorArgs
 	Packages             string
 	OutputBase           string
+	VendorOutputBase     string
 	ProtoImport          []string
 	Conditional          string
 	Clean                bool
@@ -56,9 +57,10 @@ func New() *Generator {
 	}
 	defaultProtoImport := filepath.Join(sourceTree, "k8s.io", "kubernetes", "vendor", "github.com", "gogo", "protobuf", "protobuf")
 	return &Generator{
-		Common:      common,
-		OutputBase:  sourceTree,
-		ProtoImport: []string{defaultProtoImport},
+		Common:           common,
+		OutputBase:       sourceTree,
+		VendorOutputBase: filepath.Join(sourceTree, "k8s.io", "kubernetes", "vendor"),
+		ProtoImport:      []string{defaultProtoImport},
 		Packages: strings.Join([]string{
 			`+k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/intstr`,
 			`+k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource`,
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ func New() *Generator {
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1`,
 		}, ","),
-		DropEmbeddedFields: "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/meta/v1.TypeMeta",
+		DropEmbeddedFields: "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.TypeMeta",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -187,12 +189,25 @@ func Run(g *Generator) {
 	c.Verify = g.Common.VerifyOnly
 	c.FileTypes["protoidl"] = NewProtoFile()
 
+	var vendoredOutputPackages, localOutputPackages generator.Packages
+	for _, p := range protobufNames.packages {
+		p.Vendored = strings.Contains(c.Universe[p.PackagePath].SourcePath, "/vendor/")
+		if p.Vendored {
+			vendoredOutputPackages = append(vendoredOutputPackages, p)
+		} else {
+			localOutputPackages = append(localOutputPackages, p)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := protobufNames.AssignTypesToPackages(c); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to identify Common types: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := c.ExecutePackages(g.OutputBase, outputPackages); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed executing generator: %v", err)
+	if err := c.ExecutePackages(g.VendorOutputBase, vendoredOutputPackages); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed executing vendor generator: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := c.ExecutePackages(g.OutputBase, localOutputPackages); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed executing local generator: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if g.OnlyIDL {
@@ -222,6 +237,10 @@ func Run(g *Generator) {
 
 		path := filepath.Join(g.OutputBase, p.ImportPath())
 		outputPath := filepath.Join(g.OutputBase, p.OutputPath())
+		if p.Vendored {
+			path = filepath.Join(g.VendorOutputBase, p.ImportPath())
+			outputPath = filepath.Join(g.VendorOutputBase, p.OutputPath())
+		}
 
 		// generate the gogoprotobuf protoc
 		cmd := exec.Command("protoc", append(args, path)...)
@@ -277,8 +296,11 @@ func Run(g *Generator) {
 			p := outputPackage.(*protobufPackage)
 			p.OmitGogo = true
 		}
-		if err := c.ExecutePackages(g.OutputBase, outputPackages); err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Failed executing generator: %v", err)
+		if err := c.ExecutePackages(g.VendorOutputBase, vendoredOutputPackages); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed executing vendor generator: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := c.ExecutePackages(g.OutputBase, localOutputPackages); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed executing local generator: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -290,6 +312,9 @@ func Run(g *Generator) {
 		}
 
 		pattern := filepath.Join(g.OutputBase, p.PackagePath, "*.go")
+		if p.Vendored {
+			pattern = filepath.Join(g.VendorOutputBase, p.PackagePath, "*.go")
+		}
 		files, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Can't glob pattern %q: %v", pattern, err)
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/package.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/package.go
index 055d71577d0..bed4c3e3061 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/package.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/package.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ func newProtobufPackage(packagePath, packageName string, generateAll bool, omitF
 type protobufPackage struct {
 	generator.DefaultPackage
 
+	// If true, this package has been vendored into our source tree and thus can
+	// only be generated by changing the vendor tree.
+	Vendored bool
+
 	// If true, generate protobuf serializations for all public types.
 	// If false, only generate protobuf serializations for structs that
 	// request serialization.