diff --git a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
index 544d2ef89..d50a721fa 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ var foo = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "example.com", Version: "v1", Kind: "Fo
 var crd = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "apiwctensions.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "CustomResourceDefinition"}
 var job = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "batch", Version: "v1", Kind: "Job"}
 var cronjob = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "batch", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "CronJob"}
+var pvc = schema.GroupVersionKind{Version: "v1", Kind: "PersistentVolumeClaim"}
 
 func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 	m := resmap.ResMap{
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go b/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
index 98f6e9fea..572d8c49c 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
 				},
 			}),
+		resource.NewResId(pvc, "claim1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"apiVersion": "v1",
+				"kind":       "PersistentVolumeClaim",
+				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+					"name": "someprefix-claim1",
+				},
+			}),
 		resource.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
@@ -106,6 +114,9 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 								"secret": map[string]interface{}{
 									"secretName": "secret1",
 								},
+								"persistentVolumeClaim": map[string]interface{}{
+									"claimName": "claim1",
+								},
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -130,6 +141,14 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 					"name": "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
 				},
 			}),
+		resource.NewResId(pvc, "claim1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"apiVersion": "v1",
+				"kind":       "PersistentVolumeClaim",
+				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+					"name": "someprefix-claim1",
+				},
+			}),
 		resource.NewResId(deploy, "deploy1"): resource.NewResourceFromMap(
 			map[string]interface{}{
 				"group":      "apps",
@@ -193,6 +212,9 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 								"secret": map[string]interface{}{
 									"secretName": "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
 								},
+								"persistentVolumeClaim": map[string]interface{}{
+									"claimName": "someprefix-claim1",
+								},
 							},
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go b/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
index b34380b93..1101b1262 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
@@ -789,6 +789,63 @@ var defaultNameReferencePathConfigs = []ReferencePathConfig{
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		referencedGVK: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+			Version: "v1",
+			Kind:    "PersistentVolumeClaim",
+		},
+		pathConfigs: []PathConfig{
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "Pod",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "StatefulSet",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "template", "spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "Deployment",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "template", "spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "ReplicationController",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "template", "spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "CronJob",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "jobTemplate", "spec", "template", "spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "Job",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "template", "spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "DaemonSet",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "template", "spec", "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", "claimName"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 // AddNameReferencePathConfigs adds extra reference path configs to the default one