diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/BUILD
index c953ef12bc..5dc33d6457 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/BUILD
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/templates:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job.go
index c1ca95fc4f..d6291ea01d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ func (o *CreateJobOptions) createJobFromCronJob(cronJob *batchv1beta1.CronJob) *
 	for k, v := range cronJob.Spec.JobTemplate.Annotations {
 		annotations[k] = v
 	}
+
 	return &batchv1.Job{
 		// this is ok because we know exactly how we want to be serialized
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: batchv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(), Kind: "Job"},
@@ -237,6 +239,9 @@ func (o *CreateJobOptions) createJobFromCronJob(cronJob *batchv1beta1.CronJob) *
 			Name:        o.Name,
 			Annotations: annotations,
 			Labels:      cronJob.Spec.JobTemplate.Labels,
+			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+				*metav1.NewControllerRef(cronJob, appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("CronJob")),
+			},
 		},
 		Spec: cronJob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job_test.go
index 317010c287..585d452981 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/create_job_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -137,32 +138,34 @@ func TestCreateJob(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCreateJobFromCronJob(t *testing.T) {
 	jobName := "test-job"
+	cronJob := &batchv1beta1.CronJob{
+		Spec: batchv1beta1.CronJobSpec{
+			JobTemplate: batchv1beta1.JobTemplateSpec{
+				Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
+					Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+							Containers: []corev1.Container{
+								{Image: "test-image"},
+							},
+							RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	tests := map[string]struct {
 		from     *batchv1beta1.CronJob
 		expected *batchv1.Job
 	}{
 		"from CronJob": {
-			from: &batchv1beta1.CronJob{
-				Spec: batchv1beta1.CronJobSpec{
-					JobTemplate: batchv1beta1.JobTemplateSpec{
-						Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
-							Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
-								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									Containers: []corev1.Container{
-										{Image: "test-image"},
-									},
-									RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
+			from: cronJob,
 			expected: &batchv1.Job{
 				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: batchv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(), Kind: "Job"},
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:        jobName,
-					Annotations: map[string]string{"cronjob.kubernetes.io/instantiate": "manual"},
+					Name:            jobName,
+					Annotations:     map[string]string{"cronjob.kubernetes.io/instantiate": "manual"},
+					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{*metav1.NewControllerRef(cronJob, apps.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("CronJob"))},
 				},
 				Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
 					Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ func TestCreateJobFromCronJob(t *testing.T) {
 				Name: jobName,
 			}
 			job := o.createJobFromCronJob(tc.from)
+
 			if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(job, tc.expected) {
 				t.Errorf("expected:\n%#v\ngot:\n%#v", tc.expected, job)
 			}