diff --git a/config/v1alpha1/register_test.go b/config/v1alpha1/register_test.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	componentconfigtesting "k8s.io/component-base/config/testing"
+)
+
+func TestComponentConfigSetup(t *testing.T) {
+	pkginfo := &componentconfigtesting.ComponentConfigPackage{
+		ComponentName:      "kube-proxy",
+		GroupName:          GroupName,
+		SchemeGroupVersion: SchemeGroupVersion,
+		AddToScheme:        AddToScheme,
+	}
+
+	if err := componentconfigtesting.VerifyExternalTypePackage(pkginfo); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed TestComponentConfigSetup: %v", err)
+	}
+}