diff --git a/controller.go b/controller.go
index 81d4ac1..45cbf23 100644
--- a/controller.go
+++ b/controller.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1"
 	pv1beta1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1"
 )
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ import (
 const (
 	heritageLabel = "heritage"
 	pdbController = "pdb-controller"
+
+	deploymentOwnershipLabel  = "pod-template-hash"
+	statefulsetOwnershipLabel = "statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ func (n *PDBController) addPDBs(namespace *v1.Namespace) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	addPDB := make([]interface{}, 0, len(deployments.Items)+len(statefulSets.Items))
+	addPDB := make([]metav1.Object, 0, len(deployments.Items)+len(statefulSets.Items))
 	removePDB := make([]pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget, 0, len(deployments.Items)+len(statefulSets.Items))
 
 	nonReadTTL := time.Now().UTC().Add(-n.nonReadyTTL)
@@ -111,7 +115,8 @@ func (n *PDBController) addPDBs(namespace *v1.Namespace) error {
 		// ready, add one
 		if deployment.Status.ReadyReplicas == *deployment.Spec.Replicas {
 			if len(matchedPDBs) == 0 && *deployment.Spec.Replicas > 1 {
-				addPDB = append(addPDB, deployment)
+				obj := &deployment
+				addPDB = append(addPDB, obj)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -168,7 +173,8 @@ func (n *PDBController) addPDBs(namespace *v1.Namespace) error {
 		// ready, add one
 		if statefulSet.Status.ReadyReplicas == *statefulSet.Spec.Replicas {
 			if len(matchedPDBs) == 0 && *statefulSet.Spec.Replicas > 1 {
-				addPDB = append(addPDB, statefulSet)
+				obj := &statefulSet
+				addPDB = append(addPDB, obj)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -215,50 +221,15 @@ func (n *PDBController) addPDBs(namespace *v1.Namespace) error {
 
 	// add missing PDBs
 	for _, resource := range addPDB {
-		maxUnavailable := intstr.FromInt(1)
-		pdb := &pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget{
-			Spec: pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudgetSpec{
-				MaxUnavailable: &maxUnavailable,
-			},
-		}
+		var pdb *pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget
 
 		switch r := resource.(type) {
-		case v1beta1.Deployment:
-			if r.Labels == nil {
-				r.Labels = make(map[string]string)
-			}
-			labels := r.Labels
-			labels[heritageLabel] = pdbController
-			pdb.Name = r.Name
-			pdb.Namespace = r.Namespace
-			pdb.OwnerReferences = []metav1.OwnerReference{
-				{
-					APIVersion: "apps/v1",
-					Kind:       "Deployment",
-					Name:       r.Name,
-					UID:        r.UID,
-				},
-			}
-			pdb.Labels = labels
-			pdb.Spec.Selector = r.Spec.Selector
-		case v1beta1.StatefulSet:
-			if r.Labels == nil {
-				r.Labels = make(map[string]string)
-			}
-			labels := r.Labels
-			labels[heritageLabel] = pdbController
-			pdb.Name = r.Name
-			pdb.Namespace = r.Namespace
-			pdb.OwnerReferences = []metav1.OwnerReference{
-				{
-					APIVersion: "apps/v1",
-					Kind:       "StatefulSet",
-					Name:       r.Name,
-					UID:        r.UID,
-				},
-			}
-			pdb.Labels = labels
-			pdb.Spec.Selector = r.Spec.Selector
+		case *v1beta1.Deployment:
+			pdb = generatePDB(r.APIVersion, r.Kind, r, r.Spec.Selector, deploymentOwnershipLabel)
+		case *v1beta1.StatefulSet:
+			pdb = generatePDB(r.APIVersion, r.Kind, r, r.Spec.Selector, statefulsetOwnershipLabel)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unknown type for %s/%s: %s", resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GetName(), reflect.TypeOf(r))
 		}
 
 		if n.pdbNameSuffix != "" {
@@ -298,6 +269,41 @@ func (n *PDBController) addPDBs(namespace *v1.Namespace) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func generatePDB(apiVersion, kind string, object metav1.Object, selector *metav1.LabelSelector, ownershipLabel string) *pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget {
+	maxUnavailable := intstr.FromInt(1)
+	pdb := &pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget{
+		Spec: pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudgetSpec{
+			MaxUnavailable: &maxUnavailable,
+		},
+	}
+
+	pdb.Labels = object.GetLabels()
+	if pdb.Labels == nil {
+		pdb.Labels = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+	pdb.Labels[heritageLabel] = pdbController
+
+	pdb.Name = object.GetName()
+	pdb.Namespace = object.GetNamespace()
+	pdb.OwnerReferences = []metav1.OwnerReference{
+		{
+			APIVersion: apiVersion,
+			Kind:       kind,
+			Name:       object.GetName(),
+			UID:        object.GetUID(),
+		},
+	}
+	pdb.Spec.Selector = selector
+	if !hasOwnershipMatchExpression(pdb.Spec.Selector) {
+		pdb.Spec.Selector.MatchExpressions = append(pdb.Spec.Selector.MatchExpressions, metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+			Key:      ownershipLabel,
+			Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpExists,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return pdb
+}
+
 // getPodsLastTransitionTime returns the latest transition time for the pod not
 // ready condition of all pods matched by the selector.
 func (n *PDBController) getPodsLastTransitionTime(namespace string, selector map[string]string) (time.Time, error) {
@@ -331,9 +337,21 @@ func (n *PDBController) getPodsLastTransitionTime(namespace string, selector map
 	return lastTransitionTime, nil
 }
 
+func hasOwnershipMatchExpression(selector *metav1.LabelSelector) bool {
+	for _, expr := range selector.MatchExpressions {
+		if expr.Operator == metav1.LabelSelectorOpExists {
+			switch expr.Key {
+			case deploymentOwnershipLabel, statefulsetOwnershipLabel:
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // pdbSpecValid returns true if the PDB spec is up-to-date
 func pdbSpecValid(pdb pv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget) bool {
-	return pdb.Spec.MinAvailable == nil
+	return pdb.Spec.MinAvailable == nil && hasOwnershipMatchExpression(pdb.Spec.Selector)
 }
 
 // getPDBs gets matching PodDisruptionBudgets.
diff --git a/controller_test.go b/controller_test.go
index 6f452c4..1043456 100644
--- a/controller_test.go
+++ b/controller_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1"
 	pv1beta1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1"
 )