diff --git a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/backup.go b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/backup.go
index 2fe867f09..1d75dd30c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/backup.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/backup.go
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ type VolumeBackupInfo struct {
 	Iops *int64 `json:"iops,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// +genclient=true
+// +genclient
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // Backup is an Ark resource that respresents the capture of Kubernetes
 // cluster state at a point in time (API objects and associated volume state).
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ type Backup struct {
 	Status BackupStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
 // BackupList is a list of Backups.
 type BackupList struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/config.go b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/config.go
index 28d65b864..fa0cec374 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/config.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/config.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package v1
 
 import metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
 // ConfigList is a list of Configs.
 type ConfigList struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ type ConfigList struct {
 	Items []Config `json:"items"`
 }
 
-// +genclient=true
+// +genclient
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // Config is an Ark resource that captures configuration information to be
 // used for running the Ark server.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/doc.go
index 8614e0a97..843ad7bb0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/doc.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
+
 // Package v1 is the v1 version of the API.
 // +groupName=ark.heptio.com
 package v1
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/download_request.go b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/download_request.go
index eade2e8cc..7728d65d6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/download_request.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/download_request.go
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ type DownloadRequestStatus struct {
 	Expiration metav1.Time `json:"expiration"`
 }
 
-// +genclient=true
+// +genclient
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // DownloadRequest is a request to download an artifact from backup object storage, such as a backup
 // log file.
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ type DownloadRequest struct {
 	Status DownloadRequestStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
 // DownloadRequestList is a list of DownloadRequests.
 type DownloadRequestList struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/restore.go b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/restore.go
index 196532cc1..7f3e75f9f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/restore.go
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ type RestoreResult struct {
 	Namespaces map[string][]string `json:"namespaces"`
 }
 
-// +genclient=true
+// +genclient
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // Restore is an Ark resource that represents the application of
 // resources from an Ark backup to a target Kubernetes cluster.
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ type Restore struct {
 	Status RestoreStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
 // RestoreList is a list of Restores.
 type RestoreList struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/schedule.go b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/schedule.go
index 0d9071fc4..92b71f846 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ark/v1/schedule.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ark/v1/schedule.go
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ type ScheduleStatus struct {
 	ValidationErrors []string `json:"validationErrors"`
 }
 
-// +genclient=true
+// +genclient
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // Schedule is an Ark resource that represents a pre-scheduled or
 // periodic Backup that should be run.
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ type Schedule struct {
 	Status ScheduleStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
 // ScheduleList is a list of Schedules.
 type ScheduleList struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`