diff --git a/meta/labels.go b/meta/labels.go
index 41b1bc21c..72c7208e7 100644
--- a/meta/labels.go
+++ b/meta/labels.go
@@ -16,31 +16,42 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package meta
 
-import metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+import (
+	"maps"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
 
 func LabelsForLabelSelector(sel *metav1.LabelSelector) (map[string]string, bool) {
-	if sel != nil {
-		if len(sel.MatchExpressions) > 0 {
-			expr := sel.MatchExpressions[0]
-			switch expr.Operator {
-			case metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn:
-				return map[string]string{
-					expr.Key: expr.Values[0],
-				}, false
-			case metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn:
-				return map[string]string{
-					expr.Key: "not-" + expr.Values[0],
-				}, false
-			case metav1.LabelSelectorOpExists:
-				return map[string]string{
-					expr.Key: "",
-				}, false
-			case metav1.LabelSelectorOpDoesNotExist:
-				return make(map[string]string), false
+	if sel == nil {
+		return make(map[string]string), true
+	}
+
+	labels := make(map[string]string, len(sel.MatchLabels)+len(sel.MatchExpressions))
+	maps.Copy(labels, sel.MatchLabels)
+
+	for _, expr := range sel.MatchExpressions {
+		switch expr.Operator {
+		case metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn:
+			if len(expr.Values) > 0 {
+				labels[expr.Key] = expr.Values[0]
+			}
+		case metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn:
+			if len(expr.Values) > 0 {
+				v := expr.Values[0]
+				if v == "true" && len(expr.Values) == 1 {
+					labels[expr.Key] = "false"
+				} else if v == "false" && len(expr.Values) == 1 {
+					labels[expr.Key] = "true"
+				} else {
+					labels[expr.Key] = "not-" + v
+				}
 			}
-		} else {
-			return sel.MatchLabels, true
+		case metav1.LabelSelectorOpExists:
+			labels[expr.Key] = ""
+		case metav1.LabelSelectorOpDoesNotExist:
+			delete(labels, expr.Key)
 		}
 	}
-	return make(map[string]string), true
+	return labels, len(sel.MatchExpressions) == 0
 }
diff --git a/meta/labels_test.go b/meta/labels_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2100b4a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/labels_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+Copyright AppsCode Inc. and Contributors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package meta
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+func TestLabelsForLabelSelector(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		selector   *metav1.LabelSelector
+		expected   map[string]string
+		exactMatch bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "nil selector",
+			selector:   nil,
+			expected:   map[string]string{},
+			exactMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "match labels only",
+			selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"app": "web", "tier": "frontend"},
+			},
+			expected:   map[string]string{"app": "web", "tier": "frontend"},
+			exactMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple match expressions",
+			selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"app": "web", "stale": "true"},
+				MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+					{Key: "env", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn, Values: []string{"prod", "staging"}},
+					{Key: "debug", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn, Values: []string{"true"}},
+					{Key: "team", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpExists},
+					{Key: "stale", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpDoesNotExist},
+					{Key: "track", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn, Values: []string{"canary", "stable"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: map[string]string{
+				"app":   "web",
+				"env":   "prod",
+				"debug": "false",
+				"team":  "",
+				"track": "not-canary",
+			},
+			exactMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ignore empty values and invert false",
+			selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"app": "web"},
+				MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+					{Key: "env", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn, Values: nil},
+					{Key: "flag", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn, Values: []string{"false"}},
+					{Key: "zone", Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn, Values: []string{}},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: map[string]string{
+				"app":  "web",
+				"flag": "true",
+			},
+			exactMatch: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, exact := LabelsForLabelSelector(tc.selector)
+			if exact != tc.exactMatch {
+				t.Fatalf("expected exactMatch=%v, got %v", tc.exactMatch, exact)
+			}
+			if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(tc.expected, got) {
+				t.Fatalf("expected labels=%v, got %v", tc.expected, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}