diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply.go
index 8f4a0792612..df3b2190079 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply.go
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ func RunApply(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, out, errOut io.Writer, opti
 		clientFunc:    f.UnstructuredClientForMapping,
 		clientsetFunc: f.ClientSet,
 
-		selector:    options.Selector,
-		visitedUids: visitedUids,
+		labelSelector: options.Selector,
+		visitedUids:   visitedUids,
 
 		cascade:     options.Cascade,
 		dryRun:      dryRun,
@@ -453,8 +453,9 @@ type pruner struct {
 	clientFunc    resource.ClientMapperFunc
 	clientsetFunc func() (internalclientset.Interface, error)
 
-	visitedUids sets.String
-	selector    string
+	visitedUids   sets.String
+	labelSelector string
+	fieldSelector string
 
 	cascade     bool
 	dryRun      bool
@@ -474,7 +475,8 @@ func (p *pruner) prune(namespace string, mapping *meta.RESTMapping, shortOutput,
 		mapping.GroupVersionKind.Version,
 		false,
 		&metav1.ListOptions{
-			LabelSelector:        p.selector,
+			LabelSelector:        p.labelSelector,
+			FieldSelector:        p.fieldSelector,
 			IncludeUninitialized: includeUninitialized,
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go
index 91bd346ff50..96931118393 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type GetOptions struct {
 	ChunkSize int64
 
 	LabelSelector     string
+	FieldSelector     string
 	AllNamespaces     bool
 	Namespace         string
 	ExplicitNamespace bool
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ func NewCmdGet(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Comman
 	cmd.Flags().Int64Var(&options.ChunkSize, "chunk-size", 500, "Return large lists in chunks rather than all at once. Pass 0 to disable. This flag is beta and may change in the future.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.IgnoreNotFound, "ignore-not-found", options.IgnoreNotFound, "If the requested object does not exist the command will return exit code 0.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&options.LabelSelector, "selector", "l", options.LabelSelector, "Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&options.FieldSelector, "field-selector", options.FieldSelector, "Selector (field query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. --field-selector key1=value1,key2=value2). The server only supports a limited number of field queries per type.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.AllNamespaces, "all-namespaces", options.AllNamespaces, "If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces. Namespace in current context is ignored even if specified with --namespace.")
 	cmdutil.AddIncludeUninitializedFlag(cmd)
 	cmdutil.AddPrinterFlags(cmd)
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ func (options *GetOptions) Run(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []str
 		NamespaceParam(options.Namespace).DefaultNamespace().AllNamespaces(options.AllNamespaces).
 		FilenameParam(options.ExplicitNamespace, &options.FilenameOptions).
 		LabelSelectorParam(options.LabelSelector).
+		FieldSelectorParam(options.FieldSelector).
 		ExportParam(options.Export).
 		RequestChunksOf(options.ChunkSize).
 		IncludeUninitialized(cmdutil.ShouldIncludeUninitialized(cmd, false)). // TODO: this needs to be better factored
@@ -451,6 +454,7 @@ func (options *GetOptions) watch(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []s
 		NamespaceParam(options.Namespace).DefaultNamespace().AllNamespaces(options.AllNamespaces).
 		FilenameParam(options.ExplicitNamespace, &options.FilenameOptions).
 		LabelSelectorParam(options.LabelSelector).
+		FieldSelectorParam(options.FieldSelector).
 		ExportParam(options.Export).
 		RequestChunksOf(options.ChunkSize).
 		IncludeUninitialized(includeUninitialized).
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
index 6dbcdef187f..08b63ad7723 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type Builder struct {
 	dir    bool
 
 	labelSelector        *string
+	fieldSelector        *string
 	selectAll            bool
 	includeUninitialized bool
 	limitChunks          int64
@@ -296,6 +297,22 @@ func (b *Builder) LabelSelector(selector string) *Builder {
 	return b
 }
 
+// FieldSelectorParam defines a selector that should be applied to the object types to load.
+// This will not affect files loaded from disk or URL. If the parameter is empty it is
+// a no-op - to select all resources.
+func (b *Builder) FieldSelectorParam(s string) *Builder {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return b
+	}
+	if b.selectAll {
+		b.errs = append(b.errs, fmt.Errorf("found non-empty field selector %q with previously set 'all' parameter. ", s))
+		return b
+	}
+	b.fieldSelector = &s
+	return b
+}
+
 // ExportParam accepts the export boolean for these resources
 func (b *Builder) ExportParam(export bool) *Builder {
 	b.export = export
@@ -350,7 +367,7 @@ func (b *Builder) RequestChunksOf(chunkSize int64) *Builder {
 
 // SelectEverythingParam
 func (b *Builder) SelectAllParam(selectAll bool) *Builder {
-	if selectAll && b.labelSelector != nil {
+	if selectAll && (b.labelSelector != nil || b.fieldSelector != nil) {
 		b.errs = append(b.errs, fmt.Errorf("setting 'all' parameter but found a non empty selector. "))
 		return b
 	}
@@ -595,7 +612,7 @@ func (b *Builder) visitorResult() *Result {
 	}
 
 	// visit selectors
-	if b.labelSelector != nil {
+	if b.labelSelector != nil || b.fieldSelector != nil {
 		return b.visitBySelector()
 	}
 
@@ -635,6 +652,14 @@ func (b *Builder) visitBySelector() *Result {
 		return result
 	}
 
+	var labelSelector, fieldSelector string
+	if b.labelSelector != nil {
+		labelSelector = *b.labelSelector
+	}
+	if b.fieldSelector != nil {
+		fieldSelector = *b.fieldSelector
+	}
+
 	visitors := []Visitor{}
 	for _, mapping := range mappings {
 		client, err := b.mapper.ClientForMapping(mapping)
@@ -646,7 +671,7 @@ func (b *Builder) visitBySelector() *Result {
 		if mapping.Scope.Name() != meta.RESTScopeNameNamespace {
 			selectorNamespace = ""
 		}
-		visitors = append(visitors, NewSelector(client, mapping, selectorNamespace, *b.labelSelector, b.export, b.includeUninitialized, b.limitChunks))
+		visitors = append(visitors, NewSelector(client, mapping, selectorNamespace, labelSelector, fieldSelector, b.export, b.includeUninitialized, b.limitChunks))
 	}
 	if b.continueOnError {
 		result.visitor = EagerVisitorList(visitors)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/helper.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/helper.go
index ddece216a5b..e5ca36221ed 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/helper.go
@@ -75,15 +75,12 @@ func (m *Helper) List(namespace, apiVersion string, export bool, options *metav1
 	return req.Do().Get()
 }
 
-func (m *Helper) Watch(namespace, resourceVersion, apiVersion string, labelSelector string) (watch.Interface, error) {
+func (m *Helper) Watch(namespace, apiVersion string, options *metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	options.Watch = true
 	return m.RESTClient.Get().
 		NamespaceIfScoped(namespace, m.NamespaceScoped).
 		Resource(m.Resource).
-		VersionedParams(&metav1.ListOptions{
-			ResourceVersion: resourceVersion,
-			Watch:           true,
-			LabelSelector:   labelSelector,
-		}, metav1.ParameterCodec).
+		VersionedParams(options, metav1.ParameterCodec).
 		Watch()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/selector.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/selector.go
index 2ae4791bd38..c46d39ac8ac 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/selector.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/selector.go
@@ -31,18 +31,20 @@ type Selector struct {
 	Mapping              *meta.RESTMapping
 	Namespace            string
 	LabelSelector        string
+	FieldSelector        string
 	Export               bool
 	IncludeUninitialized bool
 	LimitChunks          int64
 }
 
 // NewSelector creates a resource selector which hides details of getting items by their label selector.
-func NewSelector(client RESTClient, mapping *meta.RESTMapping, namespace string, selector string, export, includeUninitialized bool, limitChunks int64) *Selector {
+func NewSelector(client RESTClient, mapping *meta.RESTMapping, namespace, labelSelector, fieldSelector string, export, includeUninitialized bool, limitChunks int64) *Selector {
 	return &Selector{
 		Client:               client,
 		Mapping:              mapping,
 		Namespace:            namespace,
-		LabelSelector:        selector,
+		LabelSelector:        labelSelector,
+		FieldSelector:        fieldSelector,
 		Export:               export,
 		IncludeUninitialized: includeUninitialized,
 		LimitChunks:          limitChunks,
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ func (r *Selector) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 			r.Export,
 			&metav1.ListOptions{
 				LabelSelector:        r.LabelSelector,
+				FieldSelector:        r.FieldSelector,
 				IncludeUninitialized: r.IncludeUninitialized,
 				Limit:                r.LimitChunks,
 				Continue:             continueToken,
@@ -71,17 +74,17 @@ func (r *Selector) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 			if errors.IsBadRequest(err) || errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				if se, ok := err.(*errors.StatusError); ok {
 					// modify the message without hiding this is an API error
-					if len(r.LabelSelector) == 0 {
+					if len(r.LabelSelector) == 0 && len(r.FieldSelector) == 0 {
 						se.ErrStatus.Message = fmt.Sprintf("Unable to list %q: %v", r.Mapping.Resource, se.ErrStatus.Message)
 					} else {
-						se.ErrStatus.Message = fmt.Sprintf("Unable to find %q that match the selector %q: %v", r.Mapping.Resource, r.LabelSelector, se.ErrStatus.Message)
+						se.ErrStatus.Message = fmt.Sprintf("Unable to find %q that match label selector %q, field selector %q: %v", r.Mapping.Resource, r.LabelSelector, r.FieldSelector, se.ErrStatus.Message)
 					}
 					return se
 				}
-				if len(r.LabelSelector) == 0 {
+				if len(r.LabelSelector) == 0 && len(r.FieldSelector) == 0 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Unable to list %q: %v", r.Mapping.Resource, err)
 				}
-				return fmt.Errorf("Unable to find %q that match the selector %q: %v", r.Mapping.Resource, r.LabelSelector, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("Unable to find %q that match label selector %q, field selector %q: %v", r.Mapping.Resource, r.LabelSelector, r.FieldSelector, err)
 			}
 			return err
 		}
@@ -107,7 +110,8 @@ func (r *Selector) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 }
 
 func (r *Selector) Watch(resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error) {
-	return NewHelper(r.Client, r.Mapping).Watch(r.Namespace, resourceVersion, r.ResourceMapping().GroupVersionKind.GroupVersion().String(), r.LabelSelector)
+	return NewHelper(r.Client, r.Mapping).Watch(r.Namespace, r.ResourceMapping().GroupVersionKind.GroupVersion().String(),
+		&metav1.ListOptions{ResourceVersion: resourceVersion, LabelSelector: r.LabelSelector, FieldSelector: r.FieldSelector})
 }
 
 // ResourceMapping returns the mapping for this resource and implements ResourceMapping