diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 22cfcfc5a3b..d648c77652f 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -952,6 +952,8 @@ _kubectl_annotate()
     flags+=("--output-version=")
     flags+=("--overwrite")
     flags+=("--resource-version=")
+    flags+=("--selector=")
+    two_word_flags+=("-l")
     flags+=("--show-all")
     flags+=("-a")
     flags+=("--sort-by=")
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-annotate.1 b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-annotate.1
index 2fbbeb05f02..84de22540fa 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-annotate.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-annotate.1
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ horizontalpodautoscalers (hpa), resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.
 \fB\-\-resource\-version\fP=""
     If non\-empty, the annotation update will only succeed if this is the current resource\-version for the object. Only valid when specifying a single resource.
 
+.PP
+\fB\-l\fP, \fB\-\-selector\fP=""
+    Selector (label query) to filter on
+
 .PP
 \fB\-a\fP, \fB\-\-show\-all\fP=false
     When printing, show all resources (default hide terminated pods.)
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_annotate.md b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_annotate.md
index 5b8a7a20ded..fdc62f44087 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_annotate.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_annotate.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ $ kubectl annotate pods foo description-
       --output-version="": Output the formatted object with the given version (default api-version).
       --overwrite[=false]: If true, allow annotations to be overwritten, otherwise reject annotation updates that overwrite existing annotations.
       --resource-version="": If non-empty, the annotation update will only succeed if this is the current resource-version for the object. Only valid when specifying a single resource.
+  -l, --selector="": Selector (label query) to filter on
   -a, --show-all[=false]: When printing, show all resources (default hide terminated pods.)
       --sort-by="": If non-empty, sort list types using this field specification.  The field specification is expressed as a JSONPath expression (e.g. 'ObjectMeta.Name'). The field in the API resource specified by this JSONPath expression must be an integer or a string.
       --template="": Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go
index ddcf8fd0ddb..3f82db4ff52 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type AnnotateOptions struct {
 	removeAnnotations []string
 	builder           *resource.Builder
 	filenames         []string
+	selector          string
 
 	overwrite       bool
 	all             bool
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ func NewCmdAnnotate(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 	cmdutil.AddPrinterFlags(cmd)
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&options.selector, "selector", "l", "", "Selector (label query) to filter on")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.overwrite, "overwrite", false, "If true, allow annotations to be overwritten, otherwise reject annotation updates that overwrite existing annotations.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.all, "all", false, "select all resources in the namespace of the specified resource types")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&options.resourceVersion, "resource-version", "", "If non-empty, the annotation update will only succeed if this is the current resource-version for the object. Only valid when specifying a single resource.")
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ func (o *AnnotateOptions) Complete(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra
 		ContinueOnError().
 		NamespaceParam(namespace).DefaultNamespace().
 		FilenameParam(enforceNamespace, o.filenames...).
+		SelectorParam(o.selector).
 		ResourceTypeOrNameArgs(o.all, o.resources...).
 		Flatten().
 		Latest()