diff --git a/pkg/kube/namespace.go b/pkg/kube/namespace.go
index 6547e4abc..c6878bd0f 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/namespace.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/namespace.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func createNamespace(client internalclientset.Interface, namespace string) error
 	ns := &core.Namespace{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: namespace,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"name": namespace,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	_, err := client.Core().Namespaces().Create(ns)