diff --git a/app/kubernetes/models/application/formValues.js b/app/kubernetes/models/application/formValues.js
index 4a8e6cb79..0fcedf6b1 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/models/application/formValues.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/models/application/formValues.js
@@ -150,3 +150,10 @@ export class KubernetesApplicationAutoScalerFormValue {
     Object.assign(this, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(_KubernetesApplicationAutoScalerFormValue)));
   }
 }
+
+export function KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate() {
+  return {
+    refs: {},
+    hasDuplicates: false,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
index 17a815ad0..588534839 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
@@ -944,17 +944,17 @@
 
                 <div class="col-sm-12 small text-muted" ng-if="ctrl.formValues.Placements.length > 0" style="margin-top: 10px;">
                   <i class="fa fa-info-circle blue-icon" aria-hidden="true" style="margin-right: 2px;"></i>
-                  Deploy this application on nodes that respect <b>ALL</b> of the following placement rules.
+                  Deploy this application on nodes that respect <b>ALL</b> of the following placement rules. Placement rules are based on node labels.
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="col-sm-12 form-inline" style="margin-top: 10px;">
-                  <div ng-repeat="placement in ctrl.formValues.Placements" style="margin-top: 2px;">
+                  <div ng-repeat-start="placement in ctrl.formValues.Placements" style="margin-top: 2px;">
                     <div class="col-sm-5 input-group" ng-class="{ striked: placement.NeedsDeletion }">
                       <select
                         class="form-control"
                         ng-model="placement.Label"
                         ng-options="label as (label.Key | kubernetesNodeLabelHumanReadbleText) for label in ctrl.nodesLabels"
-                        ng-change="ctrl.onPlacementLabelChange($index)"
+                        ng-change="ctrl.onChangePlacementLabel($index)"
                         ng-disabled="ctrl.isEditAndNotNewPlacement($index)"
                       >
                       </select>
@@ -978,6 +978,15 @@
                       </button>
                     </div>
                   </div>
+                  <div ng-repeat-end ng-show="ctrl.state.duplicates.placements.refs[$index] !== undefined">
+                    <div class="col-sm-5 input-group">
+                      <div class="small text-warning" style="margin-top: 5px;" ng-if="ctrl.state.duplicates.placements.refs[$index] !== undefined">
+                        <p ng-if="ctrl.state.duplicates.placements.refs[$index] !== undefined">
+                          <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> This label is already defined.
+                        </p>
+                      </div>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
                 </div>
               </div>
               <div ng-if="ctrl.showPlacementPolicySection()">
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js
index a9e92639f..b41711b41 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   KubernetesApplicationPersistedFolderFormValue,
   KubernetesApplicationPublishedPortFormValue,
   KubernetesApplicationPlacementFormValue,
+  KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate,
 } from 'Kubernetes/models/application/formValues';
 import KubernetesFormValidationHelper from 'Kubernetes/helpers/formValidationHelper';
 import KubernetesApplicationConverter from 'Kubernetes/converters/application';
@@ -259,10 +260,12 @@ class KubernetesCreateApplicationController {
     placement.Label = label;
     placement.Value = label.Values[0];
     this.formValues.Placements.push(placement);
+    this.onChangePlacement();
   }
 
   restorePlacement(index) {
     this.formValues.Placements[index].NeedsDeletion = false;
+    this.onChangePlacement();
   }
 
   removePlacement(index) {
@@ -271,10 +274,25 @@ class KubernetesCreateApplicationController {
     } else {
       this.formValues.Placements.splice(index, 1);
     }
+    this.onChangePlacement();
   }
 
-  onPlacementLabelChange(index) {
+  // call all validation functions when a placement is added/removed/restored
+  onChangePlacement() {
+    this.onChangePlacementLabelValidate();
+  }
+
+  onChangePlacementLabel(index) {
     this.formValues.Placements[index].Value = this.formValues.Placements[index].Label.Values[0];
+    this.onChangePlacementLabelValidate();
+  }
+
+  onChangePlacementLabelValidate() {
+    const state = this.state.duplicates.placements;
+    const source = _.map(this.formValues.Placements, (p) => (p.NeedsDeletion ? undefined : p.Label.Key));
+    const duplicates = KubernetesFormValidationHelper.getDuplicates(source);
+    state.refs = duplicates;
+    state.hasDuplicates = Object.keys(duplicates).length > 0;
   }
 
   /* #endregion */
@@ -816,40 +834,17 @@ class KubernetesCreateApplicationController {
         availableSizeUnits: ['MB', 'GB', 'TB'],
         alreadyExists: false,
         duplicates: {
-          environmentVariables: {
-            refs: {},
-            hasDuplicates: false,
-          },
-          persistedFolders: {
-            refs: {},
-            hasDuplicates: false,
-          },
-          configurationPaths: {
-            refs: {},
-            hasDuplicates: false,
-          },
-          existingVolumes: {
-            refs: {},
-            hasDuplicates: false,
-          },
+          environmentVariables: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
+          persistedFolders: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
+          configurationPaths: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
+          existingVolumes: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
           publishedPorts: {
-            containerPorts: {
-              refs: {},
-              hasDuplicates: false,
-            },
-            nodePorts: {
-              refs: {},
-              hasDuplicates: false,
-            },
-            ingressRoutes: {
-              refs: {},
-              hasDuplicates: false,
-            },
-            loadBalancerPorts: {
-              refs: {},
-              hasDuplicates: false,
-            },
+            containerPorts: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
+            nodePorts: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
+            ingressRoutes: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
+            loadBalancerPorts: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
           },
+          placements: new KubernetesApplicationFormValidationDuplicate(),
         },
         isEdit: false,
         params: {