diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
index 5ed32cb813f..61433deb608 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ type CreateSubcommandOptions struct {
 
 // RunCreateSubcommand executes a create subcommand using the specified options
 func RunCreateSubcommand(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, out io.Writer, options *CreateSubcommandOptions) error {
-	namespace, _, err := f.DefaultNamespace()
+	namespace, nsOverriden, err := f.DefaultNamespace()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -283,6 +285,10 @@ func RunCreateSubcommand(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, out io.Writer, o
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		if meta, err := meta.Accessor(obj); err == nil && nsOverriden {
+			meta.SetNamespace(namespace)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if useShortOutput := options.OutputFormat == "name"; useShortOutput || len(options.OutputFormat) == 0 {