diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash.go b/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash.go
index d7afaab7d7..de0036245d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash.go
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ func SecretHash(sec *v1.Secret) (string, error) {
 // Data, Kind, and Name are taken into account.
 func encodeConfigMap(cm *v1.ConfigMap) (string, error) {
 	// json.Marshal sorts the keys in a stable order in the encoding
-	data, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{"kind": "ConfigMap", "name": cm.Name, "data": cm.Data})
+	m := map[string]interface{}{"kind": "ConfigMap", "name": cm.Name, "data": cm.Data}
+	if len(cm.BinaryData) > 0 {
+		m["binaryData"] = cm.BinaryData
+	}
+	data, err := json.Marshal(m)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash_test.go
index b9a168a237..f527a98a20 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/hash/hash_test.go
@@ -32,11 +32,19 @@ func TestConfigMapHash(t *testing.T) {
 		err  string
 	}{
 		// empty map
-		{"empty data", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{}}, "42745tchd9", ""},
+		{"empty data", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{}, BinaryData: map[string][]byte{}}, "42745tchd9", ""},
 		// one key
 		{"one key", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{"one": ""}}, "9g67k2htb6", ""},
 		// three keys (tests sorting order)
 		{"three keys", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{"two": "2", "one": "", "three": "3"}}, "f5h7t85m9b", ""},
+		// empty binary data map
+		{"empty binary data", &v1.ConfigMap{BinaryData: map[string][]byte{}}, "dk855m5d49", ""},
+		// one key with binary data
+		{"one key with binary data", &v1.ConfigMap{BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"one": []byte("")}}, "mk79584b8c", ""},
+		// three keys with binary data (tests sorting order)
+		{"three keys with binary data", &v1.ConfigMap{BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"two": []byte("2"), "one": []byte(""), "three": []byte("3")}}, "t458mc6db2", ""},
+		// two keys, one with string and another with binary data
+		{"two keys with one each", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{"one": ""}, BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"two": []byte("")}}, "698h7c7t9m", ""},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
@@ -89,6 +97,14 @@ func TestEncodeConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 		{"one key", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{"one": ""}}, `{"data":{"one":""},"kind":"ConfigMap","name":""}`, ""},
 		// three keys (tests sorting order)
 		{"three keys", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{"two": "2", "one": "", "three": "3"}}, `{"data":{"one":"","three":"3","two":"2"},"kind":"ConfigMap","name":""}`, ""},
+		// empty binary map
+		{"empty data", &v1.ConfigMap{BinaryData: map[string][]byte{}}, `{"data":null,"kind":"ConfigMap","name":""}`, ""},
+		// one key with binary data
+		{"one key", &v1.ConfigMap{BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"one": []byte("")}}, `{"binaryData":{"one":""},"data":null,"kind":"ConfigMap","name":""}`, ""},
+		// three keys with binary data (tests sorting order)
+		{"three keys", &v1.ConfigMap{BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"two": []byte("2"), "one": []byte(""), "three": []byte("3")}}, `{"binaryData":{"one":"","three":"Mw==","two":"Mg=="},"data":null,"kind":"ConfigMap","name":""}`, ""},
+		// two keys, one string and one binary values
+		{"two keys with one each", &v1.ConfigMap{Data: map[string]string{"one": ""}, BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"two": []byte("")}}, `{"binaryData":{"two":""},"data":{"one":""},"kind":"ConfigMap","name":""}`, ""},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		s, err := encodeConfigMap(c.cm)