diff --git a/api/filters/namespace/namespace.go b/api/filters/namespace/namespace.go
index 7214f07602..9279abb9d4 100644
--- a/api/filters/namespace/namespace.go
+++ b/api/filters/namespace/namespace.go
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ func (ns Filter) Filter(nodes []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 
 // Run runs the filter on a single node rather than a slice
 func (ns Filter) run(node *yaml.RNode) (*yaml.RNode, error) {
-	// Special handling for metadata.namespace -- :(
+	// Special handling for metadata.namespace and metadata.name -- :(
 	// never let SetEntry handle metadata.namespace--it will incorrectly include cluster-scoped resources
-	ns.FsSlice = ns.removeMetaNamespaceFieldSpecs(ns.FsSlice)
+	// only update metadata.name if api version is expected one--so-as it leaves other resources of kind namespace alone
+	apiVersion := node.GetApiVersion()
+	ns.FsSlice = ns.removeUnneededMetaFieldSpecs(apiVersion, ns.FsSlice)
 	gvk := resid.GvkFromNode(node)
 	if err := ns.metaNamespaceHack(node, gvk); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -186,12 +188,15 @@ func (ns Filter) removeRoleBindingSubjectFieldSpecs(fs types.FsSlice) types.FsSl
 	return val
 }
 
-func (ns Filter) removeMetaNamespaceFieldSpecs(fs types.FsSlice) types.FsSlice {
+func (ns Filter) removeUnneededMetaFieldSpecs(apiVersion string, fs types.FsSlice) types.FsSlice {
 	var val types.FsSlice
 	for i := range fs {
 		if fs[i].Path == types.MetadataNamespacePath {
 			continue
 		}
+		if apiVersion != types.MetadataNamespaceApiVersion && fs[i].Path == types.MetadataNamePath {
+			continue
+		}
 		val = append(val, fs[i])
 	}
 	return val
diff --git a/api/types/kustomization.go b/api/types/kustomization.go
index add70dc011..a7f68fc88b 100644
--- a/api/types/kustomization.go
+++ b/api/types/kustomization.go
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	KustomizationVersion  = "kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"
-	KustomizationKind     = "Kustomization"
-	ComponentVersion      = "kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1"
-	ComponentKind         = "Component"
-	MetadataNamespacePath = "metadata/namespace"
+	KustomizationVersion        = "kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"
+	KustomizationKind           = "Kustomization"
+	ComponentVersion            = "kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1"
+	ComponentKind               = "Component"
+	MetadataNamespacePath       = "metadata/namespace"
+	MetadataNamespaceApiVersion = "v1"
+	MetadataNamePath            = "metadata/name"
 
 	OriginAnnotations      = "originAnnotations"
 	TransformerAnnotations = "transformerAnnotations"