diff --git a/pkg/generator/apis_tmpls.go b/pkg/generator/apis_tmpls.go
index 86a1ed8fe3..88ffb46510 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/apis_tmpls.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/apis_tmpls.go
@@ -5,3 +5,35 @@ const apisDocTmpl = `// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +groupName={{.GroupName}}
 package {{.Version}}
 `
+
+// apisRegisterTmpl is the template for apis/../register.go
+const apisRegisterTmpl = `package {{.Version}}
+
+import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+const (
+	version   = "{{.Version}}"
+	groupName = "{{.GroupName}}"
+)
+
+var (
+	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToSchemes
+	// SchemeGroupVersion is the group version used to register these objects.
+	SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: groupName, Version: version}
+)
+
+// addKnownTypes adds the set of types defined in this package to the supplied scheme.
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&{{.Kind}}{},
+		&{{.Kind}}List{},
+	)
+	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, SchemeGroupVersion)
+	return nil
+}
+`
diff --git a/pkg/generator/gen_apis_register.go b/pkg/generator/gen_apis_register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6c3c9fb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/generator/gen_apis_register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package generator
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+const pluralSuffix = "s"
+
+// Register contains all the customized data needed to generate apis/../register.go
+// for a new operator when pairing with apisDocTmpl template.
+type Register struct {
+	GroupName  string
+	Version    string
+	Kind       string
+	KindPlural string
+}
+
+// renderApisDoc generates the apis/../doc.go file.
+func renderApisRegister(w io.Writer, kind, groupName, version string) error {
+	t := template.New("apis/../register.go")
+	t, err := t.Parse(apisRegisterTmpl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	d := Register{
+		GroupName: groupName,
+		Version:   version,
+		Kind:      kind,
+		// TODO: adding "s" to make a word plural is too native
+		// and is wrong for many special nouns. Make this better.
+		KindPlural: strings.ToLower(kind) + pluralSuffix,
+	}
+	return t.Execute(w, d)
+}