diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/plugins.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/plugins.go
index c685428fbee..a2888393c11 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/plugins.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/plugins.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/exists"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/namespace/lifecycle"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/persistentvolume/label"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/podnodeselector"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/security/podsecuritypolicy"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/securitycontext/scdeny"
diff --git a/pkg/labels/labels.go b/pkg/labels/labels.go
index 822b137a9e7..0d0caa77dcb 100644
--- a/pkg/labels/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/labels.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package labels
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -78,3 +79,103 @@ func FormatLabels(labelMap map[string]string) string {
 	}
 	return l
 }
+
+// Conflicts takes 2 maps and returns true if there a key match between
+// the maps but the value doesn't match, and returns false in other cases
+func Conflicts(labels1, labels2 Set) bool {
+	small := labels1
+	big := labels2
+	if len(labels2) < len(labels1) {
+		small = labels2
+		big = labels1
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range small {
+		if val, match := big[k]; match {
+			if val != v {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// Merge combines given maps, and does not check for any conflicts
+// between the maps. In case of conflicts, second map (labels2) wins
+func Merge(labels1, labels2 Set) Set {
+	mergedMap := Set{}
+
+	for k, v := range labels1 {
+		mergedMap[k] = v
+	}
+	for k, v := range labels2 {
+		mergedMap[k] = v
+	}
+	return mergedMap
+}
+
+// Equals returns true if the given maps are equal
+func Equals(labels1, labels2 Set) bool {
+	if len(labels1) != len(labels2) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range labels1 {
+		value, ok := labels2[k]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if value != v {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// AreLabelsInWhiteList verifies if the provided label list
+// is in the provided whitelist and returns true, otherwise false.
+func AreLabelsInWhiteList(labels, whitelist Set) bool {
+	if len(whitelist) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range labels {
+		value, ok := whitelist[k]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if value != v {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// ConvertSelectorToLabelsMap converts selector string to labels map
+// and validates keys and values
+func ConvertSelectorToLabelsMap(selector string) (Set, error) {
+	labelsMap := Set{}
+
+	if len(selector) == 0 {
+		return labelsMap, nil
+	}
+
+	labels := strings.Split(selector, ",")
+	for _, label := range labels {
+		l := strings.Split(label, "=")
+		if len(l) != 2 {
+			return labelsMap, fmt.Errorf("invalid selector: %s", l)
+		}
+		key := strings.TrimSpace(l[0])
+		if err := validateLabelKey(key); err != nil {
+			return labelsMap, err
+		}
+		value := strings.TrimSpace(l[1])
+		if err := validateLabelValue(value); err != nil {
+			return labelsMap, err
+		}
+		labelsMap[key] = value
+	}
+	return labelsMap, nil
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/podnodeselector/admission.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/podnodeselector/admission.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0201d8f28d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/podnodeselector/admission.go
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package podnodeselector
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/admission"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
+	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/informers"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/yaml"
+)
+
+// The annotation key scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/node-selector is for assigning
+// node selectors labels to namespaces
+var NamespaceNodeSelectors = []string{"scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/node-selector"}
+
+func init() {
+	admission.RegisterPlugin("PodNodeSelector", func(client clientset.Interface, config io.Reader) (admission.Interface, error) {
+		pluginConfig := readConfig(config)
+		plugin := NewPodNodeSelector(client, pluginConfig.PodNodeSelectorPluginConfig)
+		return plugin, nil
+	})
+}
+
+// podNodeSelector is an implementation of admission.Interface.
+type podNodeSelector struct {
+	*admission.Handler
+	client            clientset.Interface
+	namespaceInformer cache.SharedIndexInformer
+	// global default node selector and namespace whitelists in a cluster.
+	clusterNodeSelectors map[string]string
+}
+
+type pluginConfig struct {
+	PodNodeSelectorPluginConfig map[string]string
+}
+
+// readConfig reads default value of clusterDefaultNodeSelector
+// from the file provided with --admission-control-config-file
+// If the file is not supplied, it defaults to ""
+// The format in a file:
+// podNodeSelectorPluginConfig:
+//  clusterDefaultNodeSelector: <node-selectors-labels>
+//  namespace1: <node-selectors-labels>
+//  namespace2: <node-selectors-labels>
+func readConfig(config io.Reader) *pluginConfig {
+	defaultConfig := &pluginConfig{}
+	if config == nil || reflect.ValueOf(config).IsNil() {
+		return defaultConfig
+	}
+	d := yaml.NewYAMLOrJSONDecoder(config, 4096)
+	for {
+		if err := d.Decode(defaultConfig); err != nil {
+			if err != io.EOF {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	return defaultConfig
+}
+
+// Admit enforces that pod and its namespace node label selectors matches at least a node in the cluster.
+func (p *podNodeSelector) Admit(a admission.Attributes) error {
+	resource := a.GetResource().GroupResource()
+	if resource != api.Resource("pods") {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if a.GetSubresource() != "" {
+		// only run the checks below on pods proper and not subresources
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	obj := a.GetObject()
+	pod, ok := obj.(*api.Pod)
+	if !ok {
+		glog.Errorf("expected pod but got %s", a.GetKind().Kind)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !p.WaitForReady() {
+		return admission.NewForbidden(a, fmt.Errorf("not yet ready to handle request"))
+	}
+
+	name := pod.Name
+	nsName := a.GetNamespace()
+	var namespace *api.Namespace
+
+	namespaceObj, exists, err := p.namespaceInformer.GetStore().Get(&api.Namespace{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      nsName,
+			Namespace: "",
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.NewInternalError(err)
+	}
+	if exists {
+		namespace = namespaceObj.(*api.Namespace)
+	} else {
+		namespace, err = p.defaultGetNamespace(nsName)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return err
+			}
+			return errors.NewInternalError(err)
+		}
+	}
+	namespaceNodeSelector, err := p.getNodeSelectorMap(namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if labels.Conflicts(namespaceNodeSelector, labels.Set(pod.Spec.NodeSelector)) {
+		return errors.NewForbidden(resource, name, fmt.Errorf("pod node label selector conflicts with its namespace node label selector"))
+	}
+
+	whitelist, err := labels.ConvertSelectorToLabelsMap(p.clusterNodeSelectors[namespace.Name])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Merge pod node selector = namespace node selector + current pod node selector
+	podNodeSelectorLabels := labels.Merge(namespaceNodeSelector, pod.Spec.NodeSelector)
+
+	// whitelist verification
+	if !labels.AreLabelsInWhiteList(podNodeSelectorLabels, whitelist) {
+		return errors.NewForbidden(resource, name, fmt.Errorf("pod node label selector labels conflict with its namespace whitelist"))
+	}
+
+	// Updated pod node selector = namespace node selector + current pod node selector
+	pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string(podNodeSelectorLabels)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewPodNodeSelector(client clientset.Interface, clusterNodeSelectors map[string]string) *podNodeSelector {
+	return &podNodeSelector{
+		Handler:              admission.NewHandler(admission.Create),
+		client:               client,
+		clusterNodeSelectors: clusterNodeSelectors,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *podNodeSelector) SetInformerFactory(f informers.SharedInformerFactory) {
+	p.namespaceInformer = f.Namespaces().Informer()
+	p.SetReadyFunc(p.namespaceInformer.HasSynced)
+}
+
+func (p *podNodeSelector) Validate() error {
+	if p.namespaceInformer == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("missing namespaceInformer")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *podNodeSelector) defaultGetNamespace(name string) (*api.Namespace, error) {
+	namespace, err := p.client.Core().Namespaces().Get(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("namespace %s does not exist", name)
+	}
+	return namespace, nil
+}
+
+func (p *podNodeSelector) getNodeSelectorMap(namespace *api.Namespace) (labels.Set, error) {
+	selector := labels.Set{}
+	labelsMap := labels.Set{}
+	var err error
+	found := false
+	if len(namespace.ObjectMeta.Annotations) > 0 {
+		for _, annotation := range NamespaceNodeSelectors {
+			if ns, ok := namespace.ObjectMeta.Annotations[annotation]; ok {
+				labelsMap, err = labels.ConvertSelectorToLabelsMap(ns)
+				if err != nil {
+					return labels.Set{}, err
+				}
+
+				if labels.Conflicts(selector, labelsMap) {
+					nsName := namespace.ObjectMeta.Name
+					return labels.Set{}, fmt.Errorf("%s annotations' node label selectors conflict", nsName)
+				}
+				selector = labels.Merge(selector, labelsMap)
+				found = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		selector, err = labels.ConvertSelectorToLabelsMap(p.clusterNodeSelectors["clusterDefaultNodeSelector"])
+		if err != nil {
+			return labels.Set{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	return selector, nil
+}