diff --git a/api/exec/kubernetes_deploy.go b/api/exec/kubernetes_deploy.go
index 64e22f035..235626e76 100644
--- a/api/exec/kubernetes_deploy.go
+++ b/api/exec/kubernetes_deploy.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package exec
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ func (deployer *KubernetesDeployer) command(operation string, userID portainer.U
 
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
+	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "POD_NAMESPACE=default")
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 
 	output, err := cmd.Output()
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deploy.html b/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deploy.html
index 88b0aac4e..8ebfd70c5 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deploy.html
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deploy.html
@@ -12,12 +12,28 @@
           <uib-tabset active="ctrl.state.activeTab" justified="true" type="pills">
             <uib-tab index="0">
               <uib-tab-heading> <i class="fa fa-code space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> Deploy </uib-tab-heading>
-
+              <div class="col-sm-12 form-section-title"> Namespace </div>
               <form class="form-horizontal" style="margin-top: 20px">
                 <div class="form-group" ng-if="ctrl.formValues.Namespace">
                   <label for="target_node" class="col-lg-1 col-sm-2 control-label text-left">Namespace</label>
                   <div class="col-lg-11 col-sm-10">
-                    <select class="form-control" ng-model="ctrl.formValues.Namespace" ng-options="namespace.Name as namespace.Name for namespace in ctrl.namespaces"></select>
+                    <select
+                      ng-disabled="ctrl.formValues.namespace_toggle"
+                      class="form-control"
+                      ng-model="ctrl.formValues.Namespace"
+                      ng-options="namespace.Name as namespace.Name for namespace in ctrl.namespaces"
+                    ></select>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-group" ng-if="ctrl.formValues.Namespace">
+                  <div class="col-sm-12">
+                    <label for="toggle_logo" class="control-label text-left"> Use namespace(s) specificed from manifest </label>
+                    <portainer-tooltip
+                      position="bottom"
+                      message="If you have defined namespaces in your deployment file turning this on will enforce the use of those only in the deployment"
+                    >
+                    </portainer-tooltip>
+                    <label class="switch" style="margin-left: 20px"> <input type="checkbox" name="toggle_logo" ng-model="ctrl.formValues.namespace_toggle" /><i></i> </label>
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group" ng-if="!ctrl.formValues.Namespace">
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deployController.js b/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deployController.js
index 555d6b9e9..82cd5c2ad 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deployController.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/deploy/deployController.js
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ class KubernetesDeployController {
 
       let deployNamespace = '';
 
-      if (this.formValues.Namespace !== 'default') {
+      if (this.formValues.namespace_toggle) {
+        deployNamespace = '';
+      } else {
         deployNamespace = this.formValues.Namespace;
       }
 
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ class KubernetesDeployController {
 
   $onInit() {
     return this.$async(async () => {
+      this.formValues.namespace_toggle = false;
       await this.getNamespaces();
 
       if (this.$state.params.templateId) {