diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go
index 5869d83a1d595..ca829c30b1b5f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen/main.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine, "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis") // TODO: move this input path out of client-gen
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
index 4cba1c6bdf2de..afb060762b123 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
index bb506cf7f9eb1..5eabfd1b6a3f7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
index 89d2b39bc6ad7..4f55680b4f802 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/main.go
index ce1756c11a6dd..847a6a5a02ba9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var g = protobuf.New()
 
 func init() {
 	g.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
+	goflag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	flag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(goflag.CommandLine)
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go
index fc6feeb30bce0..e993e620eb58c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen/main.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go
index a89817f4957e8..6c48240aca290 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen/main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go
index e3c6f6c6cd84c..c324c10bab974 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/openapi-gen/main.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	genericArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	customArgs.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()