diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcd39aab..fbd1d742 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Dependency Versions -->
+        <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
         <kubernetes-client.version>1.3.83</kubernetes-client.version>
         <lombok.version>1.16.8</lombok.version>
         <servlet-api.version>2.5</servlet-api.version>
@@ -205,6 +206,12 @@
                 <version>${servlet-api.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                <version>${commons-logging.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                 <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9e8227b8..3bd9f2af 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@ An alternative approach that provides more direct Archaius support without getti
 This module allows you to annotate your application with the `@ArchaiusConfigMapSource` and archaius will automatically use the configmap as a watched source *(get notification on changes)*.
 
 ---
+### Troubleshooting
+
+Most of the components provided in this project need to know the namespace. For Kubernetes (1.3+) the namespace is made available to pod as part of the service account secret and automatically detected by the client.
+For earlier version it needs to be specified as an env var to the pod. A quick way to do this is:
+
+      env:
+      - name: "KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE"
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: "metadata.namespace"
+                        
 ### Building
 
 You can just use maven to build it from sources:
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml
index 74e6d9d4..3e3330de 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
 
         <!-- Testing Dependencies -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesAutoConfiguration.java
index 66d866a7..449d5516 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Config;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.ConfigBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(KubernetesClientProperties.class)
 public class KubernetesAutoConfiguration {
 
+    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(KubernetesClientProperties.class);
+
     @Bean
     @ConditionalOnMissingBean(Config.class)
     public Config kubernetesClientConfig(KubernetesClientProperties kubernetesClientProperties) {
@@ -62,6 +66,9 @@ public class KubernetesAutoConfiguration {
                 .withTrustCerts(or(kubernetesClientProperties.isTrustCerts(), base.isTrustCerts()))
                 .build();
 
+        if (properties.getNamespace() == null || properties.getNamespace().isEmpty()) {
+            LOG.warn("No namespace has been detected. Please specify KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE env var, or use a later kubernetes version (1.3 or later)");
+        }
         return properties;
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesHealthIndicator.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesHealthIndicator.java
index 5deb68c1..c7984f1d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/kubernetes/KubernetesHealthIndicator.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class KubernetesHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
             if (current != null) {
                 builder.up()
                         .withDetail("inside", true)
+                        .withDetail("namespace", current.getMetadata().getNamespace())
                         .withDetail("podName", current.getMetadata().getName())
                         .withDetail("podIp", current.getStatus().getPodIP())
                         .withDetail("serviceAccount", current.getSpec().getServiceAccountName())