diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults.go
index 5373c23d810..46d4c3785b0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults.go
@@ -86,7 +86,14 @@ func addDefaultingFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 			labels := obj.Spec.Template.Labels
 			// TODO: support templates defined elsewhere when we support them in the API
 			if labels != nil {
-				if obj.Spec.Selector == nil {
+				// if an autoselector is requested, we'll build the selector later with controller-uid and job-name
+				autoSelector := bool(obj.Spec.AutoSelector != nil && *obj.Spec.AutoSelector)
+
+				// otherwise, we are using a manual selector
+				manualSelector := !autoSelector
+
+				// and default behavior for an unspecified manual selector is to use the pod template labels
+				if manualSelector && obj.Spec.Selector == nil {
 					obj.Spec.Selector = &LabelSelector{
 						MatchLabels: labels,
 					}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults_test.go
index 760df336056..f02b2c0d446 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/defaults_test.go
@@ -374,45 +374,107 @@ func TestSetDefaultJobParallelismAndCompletions(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSetDefaultJobSelector(t *testing.T) {
-	expected := &Job{
-		Spec: JobSpec{
-			Selector: &LabelSelector{
-				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
-			},
-			Completions: newInt32(1),
-			Parallelism: newInt32(1),
-		},
-	}
-	tests := []*Job{
-		// selector set explicitly, completions and parallelism - default
+	tests := []struct {
+		original         *Job
+		expectedSelector *LabelSelector
+	}{
+		// selector set explicitly, nil autoSelector
 		{
-			Spec: JobSpec{
-				Selector: &LabelSelector{
-					MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		// selector from template labels, completions and parallelism - default
-		{
-			Spec: JobSpec{
-				Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
-					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
-						Labels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+			original: &Job{
+				Spec: JobSpec{
+					Selector: &LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			expectedSelector: &LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+			},
+		},
+		// selector set explicitly, autoSelector=true
+		{
+			original: &Job{
+				Spec: JobSpec{
+					Selector: &LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+					},
+					AutoSelector: newBool(true),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedSelector: &LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+			},
+		},
+		// selector set explicitly, autoSelector=false
+		{
+			original: &Job{
+				Spec: JobSpec{
+					Selector: &LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+					},
+					AutoSelector: newBool(false),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedSelector: &LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+			},
+		},
+		// selector from template labels
+		{
+			original: &Job{
+				Spec: JobSpec{
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedSelector: &LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+			},
+		},
+		// selector from template labels, autoSelector=false
+		{
+			original: &Job{
+				Spec: JobSpec{
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+						},
+					},
+					AutoSelector: newBool(false),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedSelector: &LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+			},
+		},
+		// selector not copied from template labels, autoSelector=true
+		{
+			original: &Job{
+				Spec: JobSpec{
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: map[string]string{"job": "selector"},
+						},
+					},
+					AutoSelector: newBool(true),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedSelector: nil,
 		},
 	}
 
-	for _, original := range tests {
-		obj2 := roundTrip(t, runtime.Object(original))
+	for i, testcase := range tests {
+		obj2 := roundTrip(t, runtime.Object(testcase.original))
 		got, ok := obj2.(*Job)
 		if !ok {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected object: %v", got)
+			t.Errorf("%d: unexpected object: %v", i, got)
 			t.FailNow()
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got.Spec.Selector, expected.Spec.Selector) {
-			t.Errorf("got different selectors %#v %#v", got.Spec.Selector, expected.Spec.Selector)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got.Spec.Selector, testcase.expectedSelector) {
+			t.Errorf("%d: got different selectors %#v %#v", i, got.Spec.Selector, testcase.expectedSelector)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -661,3 +723,9 @@ func newString(val string) *string {
 	*p = val
 	return p
 }
+
+func newBool(val bool) *bool {
+	b := new(bool)
+	*b = val
+	return b
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go
index 818a6966173..e485a99614a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ func TestValidateJob(t *testing.T) {
 		MatchLabels: map[string]string{"a": "b"},
 	}
 	validGeneratedSelector := &unversioned.LabelSelector{
-		MatchLabels: map[string]string{"collection-uid": "1a2b3c"},
+		MatchLabels: map[string]string{"controller-uid": "1a2b3c", "job-name": "myjob"},
 	}
 	validPodTemplateSpecForManual := api.PodTemplateSpec{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ func TestValidateJob(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Spec: extensions.JobSpec{
 				Selector:       validGeneratedSelector,
-				ManualSelector: newBool(true),
+				ManualSelector: newBool(false),
 				Template:       validPodTemplateSpecForGenerated,
 			},
 		},