diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go
index ade0e584088..9c55e45cbb6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
+// controllerKind contains the schema.GroupVersionKind for this controller type.
+var controllerKind = batch.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("Job")
+
 type JobController struct {
 	kubeClient clientset.Interface
 	podControl controller.PodControlInterface
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ func (jm *JobController) manageJob(activePods []*v1.Pod, succeeded int32, job *b
 		for i := int32(0); i < diff; i++ {
 			go func() {
 				defer wait.Done()
-				if err := jm.podControl.CreatePods(job.Namespace, &job.Spec.Template, job); err != nil {
+				if err := jm.podControl.CreatePodsWithControllerRef(job.Namespace, &job.Spec.Template, job, newControllerRef(job)); err != nil {
 					defer utilruntime.HandleError(err)
 					// Decrement the expected number of creates because the informer won't observe this pod
 					jm.expectations.CreationObserved(jobKey)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go
index 4d3cb6116ce..e4f1ed358e0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ func newPodList(count int32, status v1.PodPhase, job *batch.Job) []v1.Pod {
 	for i := int32(0); i < count; i++ {
 		newPod := v1.Pod{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("pod-%v", rand.String(10)),
-				Labels:    job.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels,
-				Namespace: job.Namespace,
+				Name:            fmt.Sprintf("pod-%v", rand.String(10)),
+				Labels:          job.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels,
+				Namespace:       job.Namespace,
+				OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{*newControllerRef(job)},
 			},
 			Status: v1.PodStatus{Phase: status},
 		}
@@ -274,6 +275,22 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		if int32(len(fakePodControl.DeletePodName)) != tc.expectedDeletions {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of deletes.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedDeletions, len(fakePodControl.DeletePodName))
 		}
+		// Each create should have an accompanying ControllerRef.
+		if len(fakePodControl.ControllerRefs) != int(tc.expectedCreations) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of ControllerRefs.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedCreations, len(fakePodControl.ControllerRefs))
+		}
+		// Make sure the ControllerRefs are correct.
+		for _, controllerRef := range fakePodControl.ControllerRefs {
+			if got, want := controllerRef.APIVersion, "batch/v1"; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("controllerRef.APIVersion = %q, want %q", got, want)
+			}
+			if got, want := controllerRef.Kind, "Job"; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("controllerRef.Kind = %q, want %q", got, want)
+			}
+			if controllerRef.Controller == nil || *controllerRef.Controller != true {
+				t.Errorf("controllerRef.Controller is not set to true")
+			}
+		}
 		// validate status
 		if actual.Status.Active != tc.expectedActive {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of active pods.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedActive, actual.Status.Active)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/utils.go b/pkg/controller/job/utils.go
index 5d14f054c60..47f1cc83d0e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package job
 
 import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	batch "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch/v1"
 )
@@ -29,3 +30,14 @@ func IsJobFinished(j *batch.Job) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func newControllerRef(j *batch.Job) *metav1.OwnerReference {
+	isController := true
+	return &metav1.OwnerReference{
+		APIVersion: controllerKind.GroupVersion().String(),
+		Kind:       controllerKind.Kind,
+		Name:       j.Name,
+		UID:        j.UID,
+		Controller: &isController,
+	}
+}