diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index bb83c98dcb..0a930b3e44 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ required = [
 
   # Needed for spell checking
   "github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell",
+
+  # Needed for CRD generation
+  "sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen",
 ]
 
 [prune]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 329d2d5380..7485b9515a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -847,3 +847,7 @@ dev-copy-utils:
 .PHONY: dev-upload
 dev-upload: dev-upload-nodeup dev-upload-protokube dev-copy-utils
 	echo "Done"
+
+.PHONY: crds
+crds:
+	go run vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen/main.go crd --apis-path pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2 --domain k8s.io --output-dir k8s/crds/