diff --git a/hack/update-codecgen.sh b/hack/update-codecgen.sh
index d098f07da72..63f1fa50cce 100755
--- a/hack/update-codecgen.sh
+++ b/hack/update-codecgen.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
 
-generated_files=$(
+generated_files=($(
   find . -not \( \
       \( \
         -wholename './output' \
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ generated_files=$(
         -o -wholename '*/third_party/*' \
         -o -wholename '*/Godeps/*' \
       \) -prune \
-    \) -name '*.generated.go')
+    \) -name '*.generated.go'))
 
 # Build codecgen binary from Godeps.
 function cleanup {
@@ -41,6 +41,46 @@ function cleanup {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
+# Sort all files in the dependency order.
+number=${#generated_files[@]}
+for (( i=0; i<number; i++ )); do
+  visited[${i}]=false
+done
+result=""
+
+function depends {
+  file=${generated_files[$1]//\.generated\.go/.go}
+  deps=$(go list -f "{{.Deps}}" ${file} | tr "[" " " | tr "]" " ")
+  fullpath=$(readlink -f ${generated_files[$2]//\.generated\.go/.go})
+  candidate=$(dirname "${fullpath}")
+  result=false
+  for dep in ${deps}; do
+    if [[ ${candidate} = *${dep} ]]; then
+      result=true
+    fi
+  done
+  echo ${result}
+}
+
+function tsort {
+  visited[$1]=true
+  local j=0
+  for (( j=0; j<number; j++ )); do
+    if ! ${visited[${j}]}; then
+      if $(depends "$1" ${j}); then
+        tsort $j
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  result="${result} $1"
+}
+for (( i=0; i<number; i++ )); do
+  if ! ${visited[${i}]}; then
+    tsort ${i}
+  fi
+done
+index=(${result})
+
 CODECGEN="${PWD}/codecgen_binary"
 godep go build -o "${CODECGEN}" github.com/ugorji/go/codec/codecgen
 
@@ -48,11 +88,13 @@ godep go build -o "${CODECGEN}" github.com/ugorji/go/codec/codecgen
 # Thus (since all the files are completely auto-generated and
 # not required for the code to be compilable, we first remove
 # them and the regenerate them.
-for generated_file in ${generated_files}; do
-	rm -f "${generated_file}"
+for (( i=0; i < number; i++ )); do
+  rm -f "${generated_files[${i}]}"
 done
 
-for generated_file in ${generated_files}; do
+# Generate files in the dependency order.
+for current in "${index[@]}"; do
+  generated_file=${generated_files[${current}]}
   initial_dir=${PWD}
   file=${generated_file//\.generated\.go/.go}
   # codecgen work only if invoked from directory where the file
@@ -67,5 +109,6 @@ for generated_file in ${generated_files}; do
   sed 's/YEAR/2015/' "${initial_dir}/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" > "${base_generated_file}.tmp"
   cat "${base_generated_file}" >> "${base_generated_file}.tmp"
   mv "${base_generated_file}.tmp" "${base_generated_file}"
+  echo "${generated_file} is regenerated."
   popd > /dev/null
 done
diff --git a/hack/verify-codecgen.sh b/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
index 0b1e12551c9..c6d8d660c29 100755
--- a/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
 
-cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
-
-generated_files=$(
+generated_files=($(
   find . -not \( \
       \( \
         -wholename './output' \
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ generated_files=$(
         -o -wholename '*/third_party/*' \
         -o -wholename '*/Godeps/*' \
       \) -prune \
-    \) -name '*.generated.go')
+    \) -name '*.generated.go'))
 
 # create a nice clean place to put codecgen there
 _tmpdir="$(mktemp -d -t codecgen.XXXXXX)"
@@ -45,6 +43,46 @@ function cleanup {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
+# Sort all files in the dependency order.
+number=${#generated_files[@]}
+for (( i=0; i<number; i++ )); do
+  visited[${i}]=false
+done
+result=""
+
+function depends {
+  file=${generated_files[$1]//\.generated\.go/.go}
+  deps=$(go list -f "{{.Deps}}" ${file} | tr "[" " " | tr "]" " ")
+  fullpath=$(readlink -f ${generated_files[$2]//\.generated\.go/.go})
+  candidate=$(dirname "${fullpath}")
+  result=false
+  for dep in ${deps}; do
+    if [[ ${candidate} = *${dep} ]]; then
+      result=true
+    fi
+  done
+  echo ${result}
+}
+
+function tsort {
+  visited[$1]=true
+  local j=0
+  for (( j=0; j<number; j++ )); do
+    if ! ${visited[${j}]}; then
+      if $(depends "$1" ${j}); then
+        tsort $j
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  result="${result} $1"
+}
+for (( i=0; i<number; i++ )); do
+  if ! ${visited[${i}]}; then
+    tsort ${i}
+  fi
+done
+index=(${result})
+
 # Build codecgen from Godeps.
 # However, we need to install godep first.
 # We make some tricks with GOPATH variable to make it work with Travis.
@@ -58,7 +96,9 @@ export GOPATH=${_gopath}
 CODECGEN="${_tmpdir}/codecgen_binary"
 ${GODEP} go build -o "${CODECGEN}" github.com/ugorji/go/codec/codecgen
 
-for generated_file in ${generated_files}; do
+# Generate files in the dependency order.
+for current in ${index[@]}; do
+  generated_file=${generated_files[${current}]}
   initial_dir=${PWD}
   file=${generated_file//\.generated\.go/.go}
   # codecgen work only if invoked from directory where the file