diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission.go
index 543604c9e5b..f7653a83894 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission.go
@@ -324,6 +324,16 @@ func (s *serviceAccount) limitSecretReferences(serviceAccount *api.ServiceAccoun
 		}
 	}
 
+	for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
+		for _, env := range container.Env {
+			if env.ValueFrom != nil && env.ValueFrom.SecretKeyRef != nil {
+				if !mountableSecrets.Has(env.ValueFrom.SecretKeyRef.Name) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Container %s with envVar %s referencing secret.secretName=\"%s\" is not allowed because service account %s does not reference that secret", container.Name, env.Name, env.ValueFrom.SecretKeyRef.Name, serviceAccount.Name)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// limit pull secret references as well
 	pullSecrets := sets.NewString()
 	for _, s := range serviceAccount.ImagePullSecrets {
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission_test.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission_test.go
index 855590849bf..0d4488d46a0 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount/admission_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package serviceaccount
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/admission"
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ func TestRespectsExistingMount(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestAllowsReferencedSecretVolumes(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAllowsReferencedSecret(t *testing.T) {
 	ns := "myns"
 
 	admit := NewServiceAccount(nil)
@@ -385,16 +386,39 @@ func TestAllowsReferencedSecretVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
-	pod := &api.Pod{
+	pod1 := &api.Pod{
 		Spec: api.PodSpec{
 			Volumes: []api.Volume{
 				{VolumeSource: api.VolumeSource{Secret: &api.SecretVolumeSource{SecretName: "foo"}}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	attrs := admission.NewAttributesRecord(pod, api.Kind("Pod"), ns, "myname", api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)
-	err := admit.Admit(attrs)
-	if err != nil {
+	attrs := admission.NewAttributesRecord(pod1, api.Kind("Pod"), ns, "myname", api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)
+	if err := admit.Admit(attrs); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	pod2 := &api.Pod{
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []api.Container{
+				{
+					Name: "container-1",
+					Env: []api.EnvVar{
+						{
+							Name: "env-1",
+							ValueFrom: &api.EnvVarSource{
+								SecretKeyRef: &api.SecretKeySelector{
+									LocalObjectReference: api.LocalObjectReference{Name: "foo"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	attrs = admission.NewAttributesRecord(pod2, api.Kind("Pod"), ns, "myname", api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)
+	if err := admit.Admit(attrs); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -414,18 +438,41 @@ func TestRejectsUnreferencedSecretVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
-	pod := &api.Pod{
+	pod1 := &api.Pod{
 		Spec: api.PodSpec{
 			Volumes: []api.Volume{
 				{VolumeSource: api.VolumeSource{Secret: &api.SecretVolumeSource{SecretName: "foo"}}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	attrs := admission.NewAttributesRecord(pod, api.Kind("Pod"), ns, "myname", api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)
-	err := admit.Admit(attrs)
-	if err == nil {
+	attrs := admission.NewAttributesRecord(pod1, api.Kind("Pod"), ns, "myname", api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)
+	if err := admit.Admit(attrs); err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected rejection for using a secret the service account does not reference")
 	}
+
+	pod2 := &api.Pod{
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []api.Container{
+				{
+					Name: "container-1",
+					Env: []api.EnvVar{
+						{
+							Name: "env-1",
+							ValueFrom: &api.EnvVarSource{
+								SecretKeyRef: &api.SecretKeySelector{
+									LocalObjectReference: api.LocalObjectReference{Name: "foo"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	attrs = admission.NewAttributesRecord(pod2, api.Kind("Pod"), ns, "myname", api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)
+	if err := admit.Admit(attrs); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "with envVar") {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestAllowUnreferencedSecretVolumesForPermissiveSAs(t *testing.T) {