diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
index 2f9f4c69b07..35d13705229 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -4298,6 +4298,12 @@ func (d *ConfigMapDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, describerSettings
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s:\n----\n", k)
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\n", string(v))
 		}
+		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\nBinaryData\n====\n")
+		for k, v := range configMap.BinaryData {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s: %s bytes\n", k, strconv.Itoa(len(v)))
+		}
+		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\n")
+
 		if describerSettings.ShowEvents {
 			events, err := searchEvents(d.CoreV1(), configMap, describerSettings.ChunkSize)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index 2bb74e786b5..0d046cda763 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ func TestDescribeConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 			"key1": "value1",
 			"key2": "value2",
 		},
+		BinaryData: map[string][]byte{
+			"binarykey1": {0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB},
+			"binarykey2": {0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA},
+		},
 	})
 	c := &describeClient{T: t, Namespace: "foo", Interface: fake}
 	d := ConfigMapDescriber{c}
@@ -291,7 +295,13 @@ func TestDescribeConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(out, "foo") || !strings.Contains(out, "mycm") || !strings.Contains(out, "key1") || !strings.Contains(out, "value1") || !strings.Contains(out, "key2") || !strings.Contains(out, "value2") {
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "foo") || !strings.Contains(out, "mycm") {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected out: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "key1") || !strings.Contains(out, "value1") || !strings.Contains(out, "key2") || !strings.Contains(out, "value2") {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected out: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "binarykey1") || !strings.Contains(out, "5 bytes") || !strings.Contains(out, "binarykey2") || !strings.Contains(out, "6 bytes") {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected out: %s", out)
 	}
 }