diff --git a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 85c3153968a..682d9fbbc3b 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enable_cluster_dns: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_replicas: '$(echo "$DNS_REPLICAS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_server: '$(echo "$DNS_SERVER_IP" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_domain: '$(echo "$DNS_DOMAIN" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+admission_control: '$(echo "$ADMISSION_CONTROL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/nginx
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 11c08bf50a4..326e53508ef 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -105,3 +105,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS=true
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.0.0.10"
 DNS_DOMAIN="kubernetes.local"
 DNS_REPLICAS=1
+
+# Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
+ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceAutoProvision,LimitRanger,ResourceQuota
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index 18e51c53ed2..1929a5ba762 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ enable_cluster_dns: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_replicas: '$(echo "$DNS_REPLICAS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_server: '$(echo "$DNS_SERVER_IP" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_domain: '$(echo "$DNS_DOMAIN" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+admission_control: '$(echo "$ADMISSION_CONTROL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'  
 EOF
 
   if [[ "${KUBERNETES_MASTER}" == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 706aca6f87f..2525cb3058e 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ DNS_REPLICAS: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_REPLICAS:-})
 DNS_SERVER_IP: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_SERVER_IP:-})
 DNS_DOMAIN: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_DOMAIN:-})
 MASTER_HTPASSWD: $(yaml-quote ${MASTER_HTPASSWD})
+ADMISSION_CONTROL: $(yaml-quota ${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-})
 EOF
 
   if [[ "${master}" != "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/default
index bedbb68c42d..64dbb9018fc 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/default
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 {% endif -%}
 
 {% set admission_control = "" -%}
-{% if grains.admission_control is defined -%}
- {% set admission_control = "--admission_control=" + grains.admission_control -%}
+{% if pillar['admission_control'] is defined -%}
+ {% set admission_control = "--admission_control=" + pillar['admission_control'] -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
 {% set runtime_config = "" -%}
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index f6e91ca1ddf..cf2c5f84a3b 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ MASTER_USER=vagrant
 MASTER_PASSWD=vagrant
 
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
-ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceExists,LimitRanger,ResourceQuota,AlwaysAdmit
+ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceAutoProvision,LimitRanger,ResourceQuota
 
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
index 01987e3856b..e938927cf3f 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ grains:
   cloud_provider: vagrant
   roles:
     - kubernetes-master
-  admission_control: '$(echo "$ADMISSION_CONTROL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   runtime_config: '$(echo "$RUNTIME_CONFIG" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
 
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
   dns_server: '$(echo "$DNS_SERVER_IP" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   dns_domain: '$(echo "$DNS_DOMAIN" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   instance_prefix: '$(echo "$INSTANCE_PREFIX" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+  admission_control: '$(echo "$ADMISSION_CONTROL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'  
 EOF
 
 # Configure the salt-master
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission.go
index 3e18f08c6d9..8f2ed0140ec 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ type provision struct {
 }
 
 func (p *provision) Admit(a admission.Attributes) (err error) {
+	// only handle create requests
+	if a.GetOperation() != "CREATE" {
+		return nil
+	}
 	defaultVersion, kind, err := latest.RESTMapper.VersionAndKindForResource(a.GetResource())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission_test.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission_test.go
index 8c95eac68e5..b6f6bb26974 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/autoprovision/admission_test.go
@@ -15,3 +15,91 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 package autoprovision
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/admission"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
+)
+
+// TestAdmission verifies a namespace is created on create requests for namespace managed resources
+func TestAdmission(t *testing.T) {
+	namespace := "test"
+	mockClient := &client.Fake{}
+	handler := &provision{
+		client: mockClient,
+		store:  cache.NewStore(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc),
+	}
+	pod := api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: namespace},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Volumes:    []api.Volume{{Name: "vol"}},
+			Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "ctr", Image: "image"}},
+		},
+	}
+	err := handler.Admit(admission.NewAttributesRecord(&pod, namespace, "pods", "CREATE"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error returned from admission handler")
+	}
+	if len(mockClient.Actions) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected a create-namespace request")
+	}
+	if mockClient.Actions[0].Action != "create-namespace" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected a create-namespace request to be made via the client")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAdmissionNamespaceExists verifies that no client call is made when a namespace already exists
+func TestAdmissionNamespaceExists(t *testing.T) {
+	namespace := "test"
+	mockClient := &client.Fake{}
+	store := cache.NewStore(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc)
+	store.Add(&api.Namespace{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: namespace},
+	})
+	handler := &provision{
+		client: mockClient,
+		store:  store,
+	}
+	pod := api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: namespace},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Volumes:    []api.Volume{{Name: "vol"}},
+			Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "ctr", Image: "image"}},
+		},
+	}
+	err := handler.Admit(admission.NewAttributesRecord(&pod, namespace, "pods", "CREATE"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error returned from admission handler")
+	}
+	if len(mockClient.Actions) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("No client request should have been made")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestIgnoreAdmission validates that a request is ignored if its not a create
+func TestIgnoreAdmission(t *testing.T) {
+	namespace := "test"
+	mockClient := &client.Fake{}
+	handler := &provision{
+		client: mockClient,
+		store:  cache.NewStore(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc),
+	}
+	pod := api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: namespace},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Volumes:    []api.Volume{{Name: "vol"}},
+			Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "ctr", Image: "image"}},
+		},
+	}
+	err := handler.Admit(admission.NewAttributesRecord(&pod, namespace, "pods", "UPDATE"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error returned from admission handler")
+	}
+	if len(mockClient.Actions) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("No client request should have been made")
+	}
+}