diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
index 67e3ae38e0e..f18932dfa15 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ func createPVC(clientset *client.Clientset, namespace, svcName, etcdPVCapacity s
 					api.ResourceStorage: capacity,
 				},
 			},
+			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: apiserverSvcSelector},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go
index 52a1d4f4539..9e3933bc341 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ func fakeInitHostFactory(apiserverServiceType v1.ServiceType, federationName, na
 					v1.ResourceStorage: capacity,
 				},
 			},
+			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: apiserverSvcSelector},
 		},
 	}