diff --git a/generator/generator.go b/generator/generator.go
index 4ed33b26..f23c8b11 100644
--- a/generator/generator.go
+++ b/generator/generator.go
@@ -195,6 +195,38 @@ func generateController(external bool, outputDir string, schema *types.Schema, s
 	})
 }
 
+func generateScheme(external bool, outputDir string, version *types.APIVersion, schemas []*types.Schema) error {
+	filePath := strings.ToLower("zz_generated_scheme.go")
+	output, err := os.Create(path.Join(outputDir, filePath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer output.Close()
+
+	typeTemplate, err := template.New("scheme.template").
+		Funcs(funcs()).
+		Parse(strings.Replace(schemeTemplate, "%BACK%", "`", -1))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	names := []string{}
+	for _, schema := range schemas {
+		if !external {
+			names = append(names, schema.CodeName)
+		}
+		if schema.CanList() {
+			names = append(names, schema.CodeName+"List")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return typeTemplate.Execute(output, map[string]interface{}{
+		"version": version,
+		"schemas": schemas,
+		"names":   names,
+	})
+}
+
 func generateK8sClient(outputDir string, version *types.APIVersion, schemas []*types.Schema) error {
 	filePath := strings.ToLower("zz_generated_k8s_client.go")
 	output, err := os.Create(path.Join(outputDir, filePath))
@@ -270,6 +302,10 @@ func GenerateControllerForTypes(version *types.APIVersion, k8sOutputPackage stri
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := generateScheme(true, k8sDir, version, controllers); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return gofmt(baseDir, k8sOutputPackage)
 }
 
@@ -318,7 +354,13 @@ func Generate(schemas *types.Schemas, cattleOutputPackage, k8sOutputPackage stri
 			return err
 		}
 
-		generateK8sClient(k8sDir, &controllers[0].Version, controllers)
+		if err := generateK8sClient(k8sDir, &controllers[0].Version, controllers); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := generateScheme(false, k8sDir, &controllers[0].Version, controllers); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := gofmt(baseDir, k8sOutputPackage); err != nil {
@@ -382,9 +424,9 @@ func deepCopyGen(workDir, pkg string) error {
 					HeaderText:  []byte{},
 					GeneratorFunc: func(c *generator.Context) []generator.Generator {
 						return []generator.Generator{
-							&noInitGenerator{
-								generators.NewGenDeepCopy(arguments.OutputFileBaseName, pkg, nil, true, true),
-							},
+							//&noInitGenerator{
+							generators.NewGenDeepCopy(arguments.OutputFileBaseName, pkg, nil, true, true),
+							//},
 						}
 					},
 					FilterFunc: func(c *generator.Context, t *gengotypes.Type) bool {
diff --git a/generator/scheme_template.go b/generator/scheme_template.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ef19048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/scheme_template.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package generator
+
+var schemeTemplate = `package {{.version.Version}}
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+const (
+	GroupName = "{{.version.Group}}"
+	Version = "{{.version.Version}}"
+)
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: Version}
+
+// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
+func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
+}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
+
+var (
+	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+// Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	// TODO this gets cleaned up when the types are fixed
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+	{{range .names}}
+	&{{.}}{},{{end}}
+	)
+	return nil
+}
+`