diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go b/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
index 022b83aa2..1f95b9dda 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
@@ -23,6 +23,48 @@ import (
 // defaultNameReferencePathConfigs is the default configuration for updating
 // the fields reference the name of other resources.
 var defaultNameReferencePathConfigs = []referencePathConfig{
+	{
+		referencedGVK: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+			Kind: "Deployment",
+		},
+		pathConfigs: []PathConfig{
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "HorizontalPodAutoscaler",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "scaleTargetRef", "name"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		referencedGVK: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+			Kind: "ReplicationController",
+		},
+		pathConfigs: []PathConfig{
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "HorizontalPodAutoscaler",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "scaleTargetRef", "name"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		referencedGVK: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+			Kind: "ReplicaSet",
+		},
+		pathConfigs: []PathConfig{
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "HorizontalPodAutoscaler",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"spec", "scaleTargetRef", "name"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		referencedGVK: schema.GroupVersionKind{
 			Version: "v1",