diff --git a/cmd/apiregister-gen/generators/parser.go b/cmd/apiregister-gen/generators/parser.go
index 022a8f80b6..cc0b356615 100644
--- a/cmd/apiregister-gen/generators/parser.go
+++ b/cmd/apiregister-gen/generators/parser.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ type Field struct {
 	Name string
 	// For versioned Kubernetes types, this is the versioned package
 	VersionedPackage string
-	// For versioned Kubernetes types, this is theun versioned package
+	// For versioned Kubernetes types, this is the unversioned package
 	UnversionedImport string
 	UnversionedType   string
 }
@@ -691,14 +691,27 @@ func (apigroup *APIGroup) DoType(t *types.Type) (*Struct, []*types.Type) {
 							t = t.Elem
 							hasElem = true
 						}
-						uImportName := path.Base(path.Dir(t.Name.Package))
-						uImport = path.Dir(t.Name.Package)
+						// Come up with the alias the package is imported under
+						// Concatenate with directory package to reduce naming collisions
+						uImportName := path.Base(path.Dir(t.Name.Package)) + path.Base(t.Name.Package)
+
+                        // Create the import statement
+						uImport = fmt.Sprintf("%s \"%s\"", uImportName, t.Name.Package)
+
+						// Create the field type name - should be <pkgalias>.<TypeName>
 						uType = uImportName + "." + t.Name.Name
 						if hasElem {
 							uType = strings.Replace(member.Type.String(), path.Dir(uImport)+"/", "", 1)
 							uType = strings.Replace(uType, "/"+path.Base(t.Name.Package), "", 1)
 						}
-						fmt.Printf("\nDifferent Package Parent Package: %s Child Package: %s Name: %s : %s : %s\n%s : %s\n\n", t.Name.Package, member.Type.Name.Package, member.Type.Kind, member.Type.String(), path.Dir(uImport), uImport, uType)
+						fmt.Printf("\nDifferent Package Parent Package: %s\nChild Package: %s\nName: %s : %s : %s\n%s %s : %s\n\n",
+						    t.Name.Package,
+                            member.Type.Name.Package,
+                            member.Type.Kind,
+                            member.Type.String(),
+                            path.Dir(uImport),
+                            uImportName, uImport,
+                            uType)
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/common/constants.go b/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/common/constants.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f58f5eee62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/common/constants.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 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 common
+
+// Constants aren't automatically generated for unversioned packages.
+// Instead share the same constant for both packages
+type CustomType string
+
+const (
+    CUSTOM1 CustomType = "test1"
+    CUSTOM2 CustomType = "test2"
+)
diff --git a/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/v1/deepone_types.go b/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/v1/deepone_types.go
index 06b9ca0694..0918d3768a 100644
--- a/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/v1/deepone_types.go
+++ b/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/v1/deepone_types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package v1
 
 import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+    "github.com/kubernetes-incubator/apiserver-builder/example/pkg/apis/innsmouth/common"
 )
 
 // +genclient
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ type DeepOneSpec struct {
 	SamplePointerList []*SampleListPointerElem         `json:"sample_pointer_list,omitempty"`
 	SampleMap         map[string]SampleMapElem         `json:"sample_map,omitempty"`
 	SamplePointerMap  map[string]*SampleMapPointerElem `json:"sample_pointer_map,omitempty"`
+
+	// Example of using a constant
+	Const common.CustomType `json:"const,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type SampleListElem struct {