diff --git a/pkg/api/rest/rest.go b/pkg/api/rest/rest.go
index fbb80b47f5a..fbb8a131576 100644
--- a/pkg/api/rest/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/api/rest/rest.go
@@ -246,3 +246,18 @@ type StorageMetadata interface {
 	// PATCH) can respond with.
 	ProducesMIMETypes(verb string) []string
 }
+
+// ConnectRequest is an object passed to admission control for Connect operations
+type ConnectRequest struct {
+	// Name is the name of the object on which the connect request was made
+	Name string
+
+	// Options is the options object passed to the connect request. See the NewConnectOptions method on Connecter
+	Options runtime.Object
+
+	// ResourcePath is the path for the resource in the REST server (ie. "pods/proxy")
+	ResourcePath string
+}
+
+// IsAnAPIObject makes ConnectRequest a runtime.Object
+func (*ConnectRequest) IsAnAPIObject() {}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go b/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
index 7aa68b871c0..2099d5458d6 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 		case "CONNECT":
 			for _, method := range connecter.ConnectMethods() {
 				route := ws.Method(method).Path(action.Path).
-					To(ConnectResource(connecter, reqScope, connectOptionsKind, connectSubpath, connectSubpathKey)).
+					To(ConnectResource(connecter, reqScope, admit, connectOptionsKind, path, connectSubpath, connectSubpathKey)).
 					Filter(m).
 					Doc("connect " + method + " requests to " + kind).
 					Operation("connect" + method + kind).
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go b/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go
index 45d95e8989e..66733822730 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func getRequestOptions(req *restful.Request, scope RequestScope, kind string, su
 }
 
 // ConnectResource returns a function that handles a connect request on a rest.Storage object.
-func ConnectResource(connecter rest.Connecter, scope RequestScope, connectOptionsKind string, subpath bool, subpathKey string) restful.RouteFunction {
+func ConnectResource(connecter rest.Connecter, scope RequestScope, admit admission.Interface, connectOptionsKind, restPath string, subpath bool, subpathKey string) restful.RouteFunction {
 	return func(req *restful.Request, res *restful.Response) {
 		w := res.ResponseWriter
 		namespace, name, err := scope.Namer.Name(req)
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ func ConnectResource(connecter rest.Connecter, scope RequestScope, connectOption
 			errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)
 			return
 		}
+		if admit.Handles(admission.Connect) {
+			connectRequest := &rest.ConnectRequest{
+				Name:         name,
+				Options:      opts,
+				ResourcePath: restPath,
+			}
+			userInfo, _ := api.UserFrom(ctx)
+			err = admit.Admit(admission.NewAttributesRecord(connectRequest, scope.Kind, namespace, scope.Resource, admission.Connect, userInfo))
+			if err != nil {
+				errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)
+				return
+			}
+		}
 		handler, err := connecter.Connect(ctx, name, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)