diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go
index cceee153af2..64d458189a0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func addConversionFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 				"spec.nodeName",
 				"spec.restartPolicy",
 				"spec.schedulerName",
+				"spec.serviceAccountName",
 				"status.phase",
 				"status.podIP",
 				"status.nominatedNodeName":
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
index a3658911120..87b8bed8149 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
@@ -237,10 +237,11 @@ func PodToSelectableFields(pod *api.Pod) fields.Set {
 	// amount of allocations needed to create the fields.Set. If you add any
 	// field here or the number of object-meta related fields changes, this should
 	// be adjusted.
-	podSpecificFieldsSet := make(fields.Set, 8)
+	podSpecificFieldsSet := make(fields.Set, 9)
 	podSpecificFieldsSet["spec.nodeName"] = pod.Spec.NodeName
 	podSpecificFieldsSet["spec.restartPolicy"] = string(pod.Spec.RestartPolicy)
 	podSpecificFieldsSet["spec.schedulerName"] = string(pod.Spec.SchedulerName)
+	podSpecificFieldsSet["spec.serviceAccountName"] = string(pod.Spec.ServiceAccountName)
 	podSpecificFieldsSet["status.phase"] = string(pod.Status.Phase)
 	podSpecificFieldsSet["status.podIP"] = string(pod.Status.PodIP)
 	podSpecificFieldsSet["status.nominatedNodeName"] = string(pod.Status.NominatedNodeName)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
index b1c207307f2..e1d6a17669b 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ func TestMatchPod(t *testing.T) {
 			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.schedulerName=scheduler2"),
 			expectMatch:   false,
 		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{ServiceAccountName: "serviceAccount1"},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.serviceAccountName=serviceAccount1"),
+			expectMatch:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{SchedulerName: "serviceAccount1"},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.serviceAccountName=serviceAccount2"),
+			expectMatch:   false,
+		},
 		{
 			in: &api.Pod{
 				Status: api.PodStatus{Phase: api.PodRunning},