diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
index b88d77c1d9..9f59e7bbd8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	autoscaleLong = templates.LongDesc(i18n.T(`
 		Creates an autoscaler that automatically chooses and sets the number of pods that run in a kubernetes cluster.
 
-		Looks up a Deployment, ReplicaSet, or ReplicationController by name and creates an autoscaler that uses the given resource as a reference.
+		Looks up a Deployment, ReplicaSet, StatefulSet, or ReplicationController by name and creates an autoscaler that uses the given resource as a reference.
 		An autoscaler can automatically increase or decrease number of pods deployed within the system as needed.`))
 
 	autoscaleExample = templates.Examples(i18n.T(`
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled.go b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled.go
index 696e69a0f4..c91e816f7d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func canBeAutoscaled(kind schema.GroupKind) error {
 		corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ReplicationController").GroupKind(),
 		appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("Deployment").GroupKind(),
 		appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ReplicaSet").GroupKind(),
+		appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("StatefulSet").GroupKind(),
 		extensionsv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("Deployment").GroupKind(),
 		extensionsv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ReplicaSet").GroupKind():
 		// nothing to do here
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled_test.go
index a4cbe03f9e..b1e1fc92f0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/canbeautoscaled_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ func TestCanBeAutoscaled(t *testing.T) {
 			kind:      appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("Deployment").GroupKind(),
 			expectErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			kind:      appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("StatefulSet").GroupKind(),
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
 		{
 			kind:      extensionsv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("ReplicaSet").GroupKind(),
 			expectErr: false,