diff --git a/clearml_agent/glue/k8s.py b/clearml_agent/glue/k8s.py
index d00abd2..8fdf2be 100644
--- a/clearml_agent/glue/k8s.py
+++ b/clearml_agent/glue/k8s.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
 
     K8S_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "clearml"
 
-    KUBECTL_APPLY_CMD = "kubectl apply -f"
+    KUBECTL_APPLY_CMD = "kubectl apply --namespace={namespace} -f"
 
     KUBECTL_RUN_CMD = "kubectl run clearml-{queue_name}-id-{task_id} " \
                       "--image {docker_image} " \
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
             clearml_conf_file=None,
             extra_bash_init_script=None,
             namespace=None,
+            max_pods_limit=None,
             **kwargs
     ):
         """
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
         :param str clearml_conf_file: clearml.conf file to be use by the pod itself (optional)
         :param str extra_bash_init_script: Additional bash script to run before starting the Task inside the container
         :param str namespace: K8S namespace to be used when creating the new pods (default: clearml)
+        :param int max_pods_limit: Maximum number of pods that K8S glue can run at the same time
         """
         super(K8sIntegration, self).__init__()
         self.k8s_pending_queue_name = k8s_pending_queue_name or self.K8S_PENDING_QUEUE
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
         self.namespace = namespace or self.K8S_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
         self.pod_limits = []
         self.pod_requests = []
+        self.max_pods_limit = max_pods_limit if not self.ports_mode else None
         if overrides_yaml:
             with open(os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(str(overrides_yaml))), 'rt') as f:
                 overrides = yaml.load(f, Loader=getattr(yaml, 'FullLoader', None))
@@ -311,13 +314,19 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
         # Search for a free pod number
         pod_count = 0
         pod_number = self.base_pod_num
-        while self.ports_mode:
+        while self.ports_mode or self.max_pods_limit:
             pod_number = self.base_pod_num + pod_count
-            kubectl_cmd_new = "kubectl get pods -l {pod_label},{agent_label} -n {namespace}".format(
-                pod_label=self.LIMIT_POD_LABEL.format(pod_number=pod_number),
-                agent_label=self.AGENT_LABEL,
-                namespace=self.namespace,
-            )
+            if self.ports_mode:
+                kubectl_cmd_new = "kubectl get pods -l {pod_label},{agent_label} -n {namespace}".format(
+                    pod_label=self.LIMIT_POD_LABEL.format(pod_number=pod_number),
+                    agent_label=self.AGENT_LABEL,
+                    namespace=self.namespace,
+                )
+            else:
+                kubectl_cmd_new = "kubectl get pods -l {agent_label} -n {namespace} -o json".format(
+                    agent_label=self.AGENT_LABEL,
+                    namespace=self.namespace,
+                )
             process = subprocess.Popen(kubectl_cmd_new.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             output, error = process.communicate()
             output = '' if not output else output if isinstance(output, str) else output.decode('utf-8')
@@ -326,18 +335,42 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
             if not output:
                 # No such pod exist so we can use the pod_number we found
                 break
-            if pod_count >= self.num_of_services - 1:
-                # All pod numbers are taken, exit
+
+            if self.max_pods_limit:
+                try:
+                    current_pod_count = len(json.loads(output).get("items", []))
+                except (ValueError, TypeError) as ex:
+                    self.log.warning(
+                        "K8S Glue pods monitor: Failed parsing kubectl output:\n{}\ntask '{}' "
+                        "will be enqueued back to queue '{}'\nEx: {}".format(
+                            output, task_id, queue, ex
+                        )
+                    )
+                    self._session.api_client.tasks.reset(task_id)
+                    self._session.api_client.tasks.enqueue(task_id, queue=queue, status_reason='kubectl parsing error')
+                    return
+                max_count = self.max_pods_limit
+            else:
+                current_pod_count = pod_count
+                max_count = self.num_of_services - 1
+
+            if current_pod_count >= max_count:
+                # All pods are taken, exit
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "kubectl last result: {}\n{}".format(error, output))
                 self.log.warning(
-                    "kubectl last result: {}\n{}\nAll k8s services are in use, task '{}' "
+                    "All k8s services are in use, task '{}' "
                     "will be enqueued back to queue '{}'".format(
-                        error, output, task_id, queue
+                        task_id, queue
                     )
                 )
                 self._session.api_client.tasks.reset(task_id)
                 self._session.api_client.tasks.enqueue(
                     task_id, queue=queue, status_reason='k8s max pod limit (no free k8s service)')
                 return
+            elif self.max_pods_limit:
+                # max pods limit hasn't reached yet, so we can create the pod
+                break
             pod_count += 1
 
         labels = ([self.LIMIT_POD_LABEL.format(pod_number=pod_number)] if self.ports_mode else []) + [self.AGENT_LABEL]