diff --git a/pkg/client/events.go b/pkg/client/events.go
index a8cd6dc66d1..882515aa10d 100644
--- a/pkg/client/events.go
+++ b/pkg/client/events.go
@@ -117,14 +117,21 @@ func (e *events) Search(objOrRef runtime.Object) (*api.EventList, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// TODO: search by UID if it's set
-	fields := labels.Set{
-		"involvedObject.kind":      ref.Kind,
-		"involvedObject.namespace": ref.Namespace,
-		"involvedObject.name":      ref.Name,
-	}.AsSelector()
 	if e.namespace != "" && ref.Namespace != e.namespace {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("won't be able to find any events of namespace '%v' in namespace '%v'", ref.Namespace, e.namespace)
 	}
-	return e.List(labels.Everything(), fields)
+	fields := labels.Set{}
+	if ref.Kind != "" {
+		fields["involvedObject.kind"] = ref.Kind
+	}
+	if ref.Namespace != "" {
+		fields["involvedObject.namespace"] = ref.Namespace
+	}
+	if ref.Name != "" {
+		fields["involvedObject.name"] = ref.Name
+	}
+	if ref.UID != "" {
+		fields["involvedObject.uid"] = ref.UID
+	}
+	return e.List(labels.Everything(), fields.AsSelector())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index 7c5f1da9f82..8543d44f3d4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ func (d *PodDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string) (string, error) {
 			labels.Everything(),
 			labels.Set{
 				"involvedObject.name":      name,
-				"involvedObject.kind":      "Pod",
 				"involvedObject.namespace": namespace,
 			}.AsSelector(),
 		)
@@ -86,7 +85,13 @@ func (d *PodDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string) (string, error) {
 		glog.Errorf("Unable to convert pod manifest: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	events, _ := d.Events(namespace).Search(pod)
+	var events *api.EventList
+	if ref, err := api.GetReference(pod); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Unable to construct reference to '%#v': %v", pod, err)
+	} else {
+		ref.Kind = "" // Find BoundPod objects, too!
+		events, _ = d.Events(namespace).Search(ref)
+	}
 
 	return tabbedString(func(out io.Writer) error {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Name:\t%s\n", pod.Name)