diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
index 1a4d36d4343..0adf467f9af 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ func addConversionFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 				"metadata.annotations",
 				"status.phase",
 				"status.podIP",
-				"spec.nodeName":
+				"spec.nodeName",
+				"spec.restartPolicy":
 				return label, value, nil
 				// This is for backwards compatibility with old v1 clients which send spec.host
 			case "spec.host":
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/pod/strategy.go
index ffdeb988ef1..d739f92a837 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/strategy.go
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ func MatchPod(label labels.Selector, field fields.Selector) generic.Matcher {
 func PodToSelectableFields(pod *api.Pod) fields.Set {
 	objectMetaFieldsSet := generic.ObjectMetaFieldsSet(pod.ObjectMeta, true)
 	podSpecificFieldsSet := fields.Set{
-		"spec.nodeName": pod.Spec.NodeName,
-		"status.phase":  string(pod.Status.Phase),
+		"spec.nodeName":      pod.Spec.NodeName,
+		"spec.restartPolicy": string(pod.Spec.RestartPolicy),
+		"status.phase":       string(pod.Status.Phase),
 	}
 	return generic.MergeFieldsSets(objectMetaFieldsSet, podSpecificFieldsSet)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/pod/strategy_test.go
index 08ed1680e18..77d343b5219 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/strategy_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,71 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	apitesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
+func TestMatchPod(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		in            *api.Pod
+		fieldSelector fields.Selector
+		expectMatch   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{NodeName: "nodeA"},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.nodeName=nodeA"),
+			expectMatch:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{NodeName: "nodeB"},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.nodeName=nodeA"),
+			expectMatch:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyAlways},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.restartPolicy=Always"),
+			expectMatch:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyAlways},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("spec.restartPolicy=Never"),
+			expectMatch:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Status: api.PodStatus{Phase: api.PodRunning},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("status.phase=Running"),
+			expectMatch:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			in: &api.Pod{
+				Status: api.PodStatus{Phase: api.PodRunning},
+			},
+			fieldSelector: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("status.phase=Pending"),
+			expectMatch:   false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		result, err := MatchPod(labels.Everything(), testCase.fieldSelector).Matches(testCase.in)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+		}
+		if result != testCase.expectMatch {
+			t.Errorf("Result %v, Expected %v, Selector: %v, Pod: %v", result, testCase.expectMatch, testCase.fieldSelector.String(), testCase.in)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCheckGracefulDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultGracePeriod := int64(30)
 	tcs := []struct {