diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
index 834902278c6..92f60b4941a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ func (o *AutoscaleOptions) createHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2(refName string, mappi
 		scaler.Spec.MinReplicas = &o.Min
 	}
 
+	if o.enforceNamespace {
+		scaler.ObjectMeta.Namespace = o.namespace
+	}
+
 	metrics := []autoscalingv2.MetricSpec{}
 
 	// add CPU metric if any of the CPU targets are specified
@@ -470,6 +474,10 @@ func (o *AutoscaleOptions) createHorizontalPodAutoscalerV1(refName string, mappi
 		scaler.Spec.TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage = &c
 	}
 
+	if o.enforceNamespace {
+		scaler.ObjectMeta.Namespace = o.namespace
+	}
+
 	return &scaler
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cmd/apps.sh b/test/cmd/apps.sh
index 979c113007e..5098c019084 100755
--- a/test/cmd/apps.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/apps.sh
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ run_rs_tests() {
     kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" 'kubectl-autoscale'
     # Clean up
     kubectl delete hpa frontend "${kube_flags[@]:?}"
+    # autoscale with --dry-run=client should include namespace in output
+    autoscale_namespace=$(kubectl get rs frontend "${kube_flags[@]:?}" -o jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
+    output_message=$(kubectl autoscale rs frontend "${kube_flags[@]:?}" --max=3 -n "$autoscale_namespace" --dry-run=client -o yaml 2>&1)
+    kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" 'namespace:'
     # autoscale without specifying --max should fail
     ! kubectl autoscale rs frontend "${kube_flags[@]:?}" || exit 1
     # Clean up