diff --git a/pkg/client/events.go b/pkg/client/events.go
index 6b3e8380d5f..a40a87991a2 100644
--- a/pkg/client/events.go
+++ b/pkg/client/events.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type EventInterface interface {
 	// Search finds events about the specified object
 	Search(objOrRef runtime.Object) (*api.EventList, error)
 	Delete(name string) error
+	// Returns the appropriate field selector based on the API version being used to communicate with the server.
+	// The returned field selector can be used with List and Watch to filter desired events.
+	GetFieldSelector(involvedObjectName, involvedObjectNamespace, involvedObjectKind, involvedObjectUID *string) fields.Selector
 }
 
 // events implements Events interface
@@ -148,20 +151,13 @@ func (e *events) Search(objOrRef runtime.Object) (*api.EventList, error) {
 	if e.namespace != "" && ref.Namespace != e.namespace {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("won't be able to find any events of namespace '%v' in namespace '%v'", ref.Namespace, e.namespace)
 	}
-	fields := fields.Set{}
-	if ref.Kind != "" {
-		fields["involvedObject.kind"] = ref.Kind
+	stringRefUID := string(ref.UID)
+	var refUID *string
+	if stringRefUID != "" {
+		refUID = &stringRefUID
 	}
-	if ref.Namespace != "" {
-		fields["involvedObject.namespace"] = ref.Namespace
-	}
-	if ref.Name != "" {
-		fields["involvedObject.name"] = ref.Name
-	}
-	if ref.UID != "" {
-		fields["involvedObject.uid"] = string(ref.UID)
-	}
-	return e.List(labels.Everything(), fields.AsSelector())
+	fieldSelector := e.GetFieldSelector(&ref.Name, &ref.Namespace, &ref.Kind, refUID)
+	return e.List(labels.Everything(), fieldSelector)
 }
 
 // Delete deletes an existing event.
@@ -173,3 +169,31 @@ func (e *events) Delete(name string) error {
 		Do().
 		Error()
 }
+
+// Returns the appropriate field selector based on the API version being used to communicate with the server.
+// The returned field selector can be used with List and Watch to filter desired events.
+func (e *events) GetFieldSelector(involvedObjectName, involvedObjectNamespace, involvedObjectKind, involvedObjectUID *string) fields.Selector {
+	apiVersion := e.client.APIVersion()
+	field := fields.Set{}
+	if involvedObjectName != nil {
+		field[getInvolvedObjectNameFieldLabel(apiVersion)] = *involvedObjectName
+	}
+	if involvedObjectNamespace != nil {
+		field["involvedObject.namespace"] = *involvedObjectNamespace
+	}
+	if involvedObjectKind != nil {
+		field["involvedObject.kind"] = *involvedObjectKind
+	}
+	if involvedObjectUID != nil {
+		field["involvedObject.uid"] = *involvedObjectUID
+	}
+	return field.AsSelector()
+}
+
+// Returns the appropriate field label to use for name of the involved object as per the given API version.
+func getInvolvedObjectNameFieldLabel(version string) string {
+	if api.PreV1Beta3(version) {
+		return "involvedObject.id"
+	}
+	return "involvedObject.name"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/events_test.go b/pkg/client/events_test.go
index ed07998930d..2f7f686a248 100644
--- a/pkg/client/events_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/events_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ func TestEventSearch(t *testing.T) {
 			Method: "GET",
 			Path:   "/events",
 			Query: url.Values{
-				"fields": []string{"involvedObject.kind=Pod,involvedObject.name=foo,involvedObject.namespace=baz"},
+				"fields": []string{
+					"involvedObject.kind=Pod,",
+					getInvolvedObjectNameFieldLabel(testapi.Version()) + "=foo,",
+					"involvedObject.namespace=baz",
+				},
 				"labels": []string{},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/client/fake_events.go b/pkg/client/fake_events.go
index aee04e13521..108e26f412b 100644
--- a/pkg/client/fake_events.go
+++ b/pkg/client/fake_events.go
@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@ func (c *FakeEvents) Delete(name string) error {
 	c.Fake.Actions = append(c.Fake.Actions, FakeAction{Action: "delete-event", Value: name})
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *FakeEvents) GetFieldSelector(involvedObjectName, involvedObjectNamespace, involvedObjectKind, involvedObjectUID *string) fields.Selector {
+	c.Fake.Actions = append(c.Fake.Actions, FakeAction{Action: "get-field-selector"})
+	return fields.Everything()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index 69756aceabb..60a48a36df2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
@@ -204,13 +203,10 @@ func (d *PodDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string) (string, error) {
 
 	pod, err := pc.Get(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		events, err2 := d.Events(namespace).List(
+		eventsInterface := d.Events(namespace)
+		events, err2 := eventsInterface.List(
 			labels.Everything(),
-			fields.Set{
-				"involvedObject.name":      name,
-				"involvedObject.namespace": namespace,
-			}.AsSelector(),
-		)
+			eventsInterface.GetFieldSelector(&name, &namespace, nil, nil))
 		if err2 == nil && len(events.Items) > 0 {
 			return tabbedString(func(out io.Writer) error {
 				fmt.Fprintf(out, "Pod '%v': error '%v', but found events.\n", name, err)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/event/rest.go b/pkg/registry/event/rest.go
index 18d2a669c93..708d3de7006 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/event/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/event/rest.go
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ func (rs *REST) getAttrs(obj runtime.Object) (objLabels labels.Set, objFields fi
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid object type")
 	}
-	// TODO: internal version leaks through here. This should be versioned.
 	return labels.Set{}, fields.Set{
 		"involvedObject.kind":            event.InvolvedObject.Kind,
 		"involvedObject.namespace":       event.InvolvedObject.Namespace,