diff --git a/hack/make-rules/clean.sh b/hack/make-rules/clean.sh
index 9305c8df6c2a1..9a3f2e9c513a9 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/clean.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/clean.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CLEAN_PATTERNS=(
   "_tmp"
   "doc_tmp"
   "((?!staging\/src\/k8s\.io\/apiextensions-apiserver\/pkg\/generated\/openapi).)*/zz_generated.openapi.go"
-  "test/e2e/generated/bindata.go"
 )
 
 for pattern in "${CLEAN_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/.gitignore b/pkg/generated/openapi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94138bddbae8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Ensure that openapi definitions are not ignored to ensure that
+# openshift/origin can vendor them.
+!zz_generated.openapi.go
diff --git a/test/e2e/generated/.gitignore b/test/e2e/generated/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..78d1d4e5edd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/generated/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Ensure that bindata is not ignored to ensure openshift/origin can vendor it.
+!bindata.go