diff --git a/hack/testdata/prune/a_selector.yaml b/hack/testdata/prune/a_selector.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08c8134cb76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/testdata/prune/a_selector.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: a
+  namespace: nsbprune
+  labels:
+    prune-group: "true"
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: kubernetes-pause
+    image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: b
+  namespace: nsbprune
+  labels:
+    prune-group: "true"
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: kubernetes-pause
+      image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: c
+  namespace: nsbprune
+  labels:
+    prune-group: "false"
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: kubernetes-pause
+      image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
diff --git a/hack/testdata/prune/a_selector_prune.yaml b/hack/testdata/prune/a_selector_prune.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f957f6aa0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/testdata/prune/a_selector_prune.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: a
+  namespace: nsbprune
+  labels:
+    prune-group: "true"
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: kubernetes-pause
+    image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: c
+  namespace: nsbprune
+  labels:
+    prune-group: "false"
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: kubernetes-pause
+      image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/diff/prune.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/diff/prune.go
index ef77fac894a..e87d2106f76 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/diff/prune.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/diff/prune.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func newPruner(dc dynamic.Interface, m meta.RESTMapper, r []prune.Resource, sele
 		dynamicClient:     dc,
 		mapper:            m,
 		resources:         r,
-		labelSelector:     selector,
+		//labelSelector:     selector,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cmd/diff.sh b/test/cmd/diff.sh
index 0e5ae9e92eb..2c75ad91da5 100755
--- a/test/cmd/diff.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/diff.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,26 @@ run_kubectl_diff_tests() {
     kubectl delete -f hack/testdata/pod.yaml
     kubectl delete -f hack/testdata/prune/b.yaml
 
+    ## kubectl diff --prune with label selector
+    kubectl create ns nsbprune
+    kubectl apply --namespace nsbprune -f hack/testdata/prune/a_selector.yaml
+    kube::test::get_object_assert 'pods a -n nsbprune' "{{${id_field:?}}}" 'a'
+    kube::test::get_object_assert 'pods b -n nsbprune' "{{${id_field:?}}}" 'b'
+    kube::test::get_object_assert 'pods c -n nsbprune' "{{${id_field:?}}}" 'c'
+    # Make sure that kubectl diff does not return neither pod 'b' nor pod 'c' without prune flag
+    output_message=$(kubectl diff -l prune-group=true -f hack/testdata/prune/a_selector_prune.yaml)
+    kube::test::if_has_not_string "${output_message}" "name: b"
+    kube::test::if_has_not_string "${output_message}" "name: c"
+    # the exist code for diff is 1 because pod name 'b' is found in the given label selector but not 'c'
+    output_message=$(kubectl diff --prune -l prune-group=true -f hack/testdata/prune/a_selector_prune.yaml || test $? -eq 1)
+    # pod 'b' should be in output, it is pruned. On the other hand, 'c' should not be, it's label selector is different
+    kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" 'name: b'
+    kube::test::if_has_not_string "${output_message}" "name: c"
+
+    # Cleanup
+    kubectl delete -f hack/testdata/prune/a_selector.yaml
+
+
     set +o nounset
     set +o errexit
 }