diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
index 3b6d275d0ef..6b09aca1aad 100644
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static="static"
 storageclass="storageclass"
 subjectaccessreviews="subjectaccessreviews"
 thirdpartyresources="thirdpartyresources"
+daemonsets="daemonsets"
 
 
 # Stops the running kubectl proxy, if there is one.
@@ -2628,6 +2629,22 @@ run_rs_tests() {
   fi
 }
 
+run_daemonset_tests() {
+  kube::log::status "Testing kubectl(v1:daemonsets)"
+
+  ### Create a rolling update DaemonSet
+  # Pre-condition: no DaemonSet exists
+  kube::test::get_object_assert daemonsets "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Command
+  kubectl apply -f hack/testdata/rollingupdate-daemonset.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Template Generation should be 1
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'daemonsets bind' "{{${template_generation_field}}}" '1'
+  kubectl apply -f hack/testdata/rollingupdate-daemonset.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Template Generation should stay 1
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'daemonsets bind' "{{${template_generation_field}}}" '1'
+  kubectl delete -f hack/testdata/rollingupdate-daemonset.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+}
+
 run_multi_resources_tests() {
   kube::log::status "Testing kubectl(v1:multiple resources)"
 
@@ -2852,6 +2869,7 @@ runTests() {
   deployment_second_image_field="(index .spec.template.spec.containers 1).image"
   change_cause_annotation='.*kubernetes.io/change-cause.*'
   pdb_min_available=".spec.minAvailable"
+  template_generation_field=".spec.templateGeneration"
 
   # Make sure "default" namespace exists.
   if kube::test::if_supports_resource "${namespaces}" ; then
@@ -3239,6 +3257,14 @@ runTests() {
   fi
 
 
+  ##################
+  # DaemonSets     #
+  ##################
+
+  if kube::test::if_supports_resource "${daemonsets}" ; then
+    run_daemonset_tests
+  fi
+
   ###########################
   # Replication controllers #
   ###########################
diff --git a/hack/testdata/rollingupdate-daemonset.yaml b/hack/testdata/rollingupdate-daemonset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8a9cdca21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/testdata/rollingupdate-daemonset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: bind
+spec:
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 10%
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        service: bind
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - labelSelector:
+                matchExpressions:
+                - key: "service"
+                  operator: "In"
+                  values: ["bind"]
+              topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+              namespaces: []
+      containers:
+      - name: kubernetes-pause
+        image: gcr.io/google-containers/pause:2.0
diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go
index 4bf65cd71cd..6bfe9beba89 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -444,6 +444,15 @@ func TestValidateDaemonSetUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			Spec: validPodSpecAbc,
 		},
 	}
+	validPodTemplateAbcSemanticallyEqual := api.PodTemplate{
+		Template: api.PodTemplateSpec{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Labels: validSelector,
+			},
+			Spec: validPodSpecAbc,
+		},
+	}
+	validPodTemplateAbcSemanticallyEqual.Template.Spec.ImagePullSecrets = []api.LocalObjectReference{}
 	validPodTemplateNodeSelector := api.PodTemplate{
 		Template: api.PodTemplateSpec{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -618,6 +627,33 @@ func TestValidateDaemonSetUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		"unchanged templateGeneration upon semantically equal template update": {
+			old: extensions.DaemonSet{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault},
+				Spec: extensions.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Selector:           &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: validSelector},
+					TemplateGeneration: 4,
+					Template:           validPodTemplateAbc.Template,
+					UpdateStrategy: extensions.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: extensions.OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			update: extensions.DaemonSet{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault},
+				Spec: extensions.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Selector:           &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: validSelector},
+					TemplateGeneration: 4,
+					Template:           validPodTemplateAbcSemanticallyEqual.Template,
+					UpdateStrategy: extensions.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: extensions.RollingUpdateDaemonSetStrategyType,
+						RollingUpdate: &extensions.RollingUpdateDaemonSet{
+							MaxUnavailable: intstr.FromInt(1),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for testName, successCase := range successCases {
 		// ResourceVersion is required for updates.