diff --git a/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go b/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
index 0696f3e1a6..99f48e7489 100644
--- a/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type PatchTransformerPlugin struct {
 	Path         string          `json:"path,omitempty" yaml:"path,omitempty"`
 	Patch        string          `json:"patch,omitempty" yaml:"patch,omitempty"`
 	Target       *types.Selector `json:"target,omitempty" yaml:"target,omitempty"`
+	Options      map[string]bool `json:"options,omitempty" yaml:"options,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (p *PatchTransformerPlugin) Config(
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ func (p *PatchTransformerPlugin) Config(
 	}
 	if errSM == nil {
 		p.loadedPatch = patchSM
+		if p.Options["allowNameChange"] {
+			p.loadedPatch.SetAllowNameChange("true")
+		}
+		if p.Options["allowKindChange"] {
+			p.loadedPatch.SetAllowKindChange("true")
+		}
 	} else {
 		p.decodedPatch = patchJson
 	}
diff --git a/api/internal/accumulator/resaccumulator_test.go b/api/internal/accumulator/resaccumulator_test.go
index 26000ff661..0c7bf521a5 100644
--- a/api/internal/accumulator/resaccumulator_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/accumulator/resaccumulator_test.go
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ func TestResolveVarsWithNoambiguation(t *testing.T) {
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
 				"name": "sub-backendOne",
 				"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+					"config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds":      "Service",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNames":      "backendOne",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces": "default",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/prefixes":           "sub-",
diff --git a/api/internal/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go b/api/internal/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go
index 640cc742ad..0cf629b82b 100644
--- a/api/internal/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go
+++ b/api/internal/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go
@@ -201,14 +201,16 @@ var transformerConfigurators = map[builtinhelpers.BuiltinPluginType]func(
 			return
 		}
 		var c struct {
-			Path   string          `json:"path,omitempty" yaml:"path,omitempty"`
-			Patch  string          `json:"patch,omitempty" yaml:"patch,omitempty"`
-			Target *types.Selector `json:"target,omitempty" yaml:"target,omitempty"`
+			Path    string          `json:"path,omitempty" yaml:"path,omitempty"`
+			Patch   string          `json:"patch,omitempty" yaml:"patch,omitempty"`
+			Target  *types.Selector `json:"target,omitempty" yaml:"target,omitempty"`
+			Options map[string]bool `json:"options,omitempty" yaml:"options,omitempty"`
 		}
 		for _, pc := range kt.kustomization.Patches {
 			c.Target = pc.Target
 			c.Patch = pc.Patch
 			c.Path = pc.Path
+			c.Options = pc.Options
 			p := f()
 			err = kt.configureBuiltinPlugin(p, c, bpt)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/krusty/gvknpatch_test.go b/api/krusty/gvknpatch_test.go
index 970c7535e7..763d885864 100644
--- a/api/krusty/gvknpatch_test.go
+++ b/api/krusty/gvknpatch_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 // GVKN shouldn't change with default options
 func TestKeepOriginalGVKN(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -27,14 +26,12 @@ spec:
         - name: nginx
           image: nginx
 `)
-
 	th.WriteF("patch.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: new-name
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK(".", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
@@ -44,7 +41,6 @@ patches:
   target:
     kind: Deployment
 `)
-
 	m := th.Run(".", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
 	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ spec:
 // These tests document behavior that will change
 func TestChangeName(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -77,14 +72,12 @@ spec:
         - name: nginx
           image: nginx
 `)
-
 	th.WriteF("patch.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: new-name
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK(".", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
@@ -93,18 +86,16 @@ patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options: 
+    allowNameChange: true
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// name should become `new-name`
 	m := th.Run(".", options)
 	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: old-name
+  name: new-name
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
@@ -116,7 +107,6 @@ spec:
 
 func TestChangeKind(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -129,32 +119,27 @@ spec:
         - name: nginx
           image: nginx
 `)
-
 	th.WriteF("patch.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: old-name
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK(".", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowKindChange: true
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// kind should become `StatefulSet`
 	m := th.Run(".", options)
 	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
 apiVersion: v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: old-name
 spec:
@@ -168,7 +153,6 @@ spec:
 
 func TestChangeNameAndKind(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -181,35 +165,30 @@ spec:
         - name: nginx
           image: nginx
 `)
-
 	th.WriteF("patch.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: new-name
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK(".", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
+    allowKindChange: true
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// kind should become `StatefulSet`
-	// name should become `new-name`
 	m := th.Run(".", options)
 	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
 apiVersion: v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
-  name: old-name
+  name: new-name
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
@@ -219,12 +198,10 @@ spec:
 `)
 }
 
-// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/3280
 // Should be able to refer to a resource with either its
 // original GVKN or its current one
 func TestPatchOriginalName(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("base/deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -246,13 +223,13 @@ metadata:
 	th.WriteK("base", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK("overlay", `
 resources:
 - ../base
@@ -267,17 +244,13 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 999
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// name should become `new-name`
 	m := th.Run("overlay", options)
 	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: old-name
+  name: new-name
 spec:
   replicas: 999
   template:
@@ -290,7 +263,6 @@ spec:
 
 func TestPatchNewName(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("base/deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -312,13 +284,13 @@ metadata:
 	th.WriteK("base", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK("overlay", `
 resources:
 - ../base
@@ -333,18 +305,25 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 999
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// depPatch cannot find target with the name `new-name`
-	// because base/patch.yaml can't yet edit the name
-	assert.Error(t, th.RunWithErr("overlay", options))
+	m := th.Run("overlay", options)
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: new-name
+spec:
+  replicas: 999
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`)
 }
 
 func TestPatchOriginalNameAndKind(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("base/deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -366,13 +345,14 @@ metadata:
 	th.WriteK("base", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
+    allowKindChange: true
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK("overlay", `
 resources:
 - ../base
@@ -387,18 +367,13 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 999
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// kind should become `StatefulSet`
-	// name should become `new-name`
 	m := th.Run("overlay", options)
 	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
 apiVersion: v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
-  name: old-name
+  name: new-name
 spec:
   replicas: 999
   template:
@@ -411,7 +386,6 @@ spec:
 
 func TestPatchNewNameAndKind(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("base/deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -433,13 +407,14 @@ metadata:
 	th.WriteK("base", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
+    allowKindChange: true
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK("overlay", `
 resources:
 - ../base
@@ -454,20 +429,27 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 999
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
-	// depPatch cannot find target with kind `StatefulSet` and name `new-name`
-	// because base/patch.yaml can't yet edit the kind or name
-	assert.Error(t, th.RunWithErr("overlay", options))
+	m := th.Run("overlay", options)
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: new-name
+spec:
+  replicas: 999
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`)
 }
 
 // Use original name, but new kind
 // Should fail, even after #3280 is done, because this ID is invalid
 func TestPatchOriginalNameAndNewKind(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
 	th.WriteF("base/deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -489,13 +471,14 @@ metadata:
 	th.WriteK("base", `
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
+    allowKindChange: true
 `)
-
 	th.WriteK("overlay", `
 resources:
 - ../base
@@ -510,10 +493,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 999
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
-
 	// depPatch cannot find target with kind `Deployment` and name `new-name`
 	// because the resource never had this GVKN
 	assert.Error(t, th.RunWithErr("overlay", options))
@@ -552,12 +532,11 @@ spec:
 
 func TestBaseReuseNameAndKindConflict(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
-
-	th.WriteK("/app/shared", `
+	th.WriteK("shared", `
 resources:
   - deployment.yaml
 `)
-	th.WriteF("/app/shared/deployment.yaml", `
+	th.WriteF("shared/deployment.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -570,53 +549,139 @@ spec:
           image: nginx
 `)
 
-	th.WriteK("/app/component1/base", `
+	th.WriteK("component1/base", `
 resources:
   - ../../shared
 `)
-	th.WriteK("/app/component1/overlay", `
+	th.WriteK("component1/overlay", `
 resources:
   - ../base
-
 namePrefix: overlay-
 `)
 
-	th.WriteK("/app/component2/base", `
+	th.WriteK("component2/base", `
 resources:
   - ../../shared
-
 patches:
 - path: patch.yaml
   target:
     kind: Deployment
     name: my-deploy
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
+    allowKindChange: true
 `)
-	th.WriteF("/app/component2/base/patch.yaml", `
+	th.WriteF("component2/base/patch.yaml", `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: my-stateful-set
 `)
-	th.WriteK("/app/component2/overlay", `
+	th.WriteK("component2/overlay", `
 resources:
   - ../base
-
 namePrefix: overlay-
 `)
 
-	th.WriteK("/app", `
+	th.WriteK(".", `
 resources:
   - component1/overlay
   - component2/overlay
 `)
-
 	options := th.MakeDefaultOptions()
-	options.AllowResourceIdChanges = true
+	m := th.Run(".", options)
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: overlay-my-deploy
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: overlay-my-stateful-set
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`)
+}
 
-	// Error occurs when app/component2/base tries to load the shared resources
-	// because the kind is not (yet) allowed to change yet
-	// so it loads a second Deployment with the name my-deploy
-	// instead of a StatefulSet as specified by the patch.
-	// Will be fixed by #3280.
-	assert.Error(t, th.RunWithErr("overlay", options))
+func TestNameReferenceAfterGvknChange(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	th.WriteF("configMap.yaml", `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: old-name
+`)
+	th.WriteF("patch.yaml", `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: new-name
+`)
+	th.WriteF("deployment.yaml", `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: deploy
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - env:
+        - valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: old-name
+              key: somekey
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: old-name
+            key: somekey
+`)
+	th.WriteK(".", `
+resources:
+- configMap.yaml
+- deployment.yaml
+patches:
+- path: patch.yaml
+  target:
+    kind: ConfigMap
+  options:
+    allowNameChange: true
+`)
+	m := th.Run(".", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: new-name
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: deploy
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - env:
+        - valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              key: somekey
+              name: new-name
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            key: somekey
+            name: new-name
+`)
 }
diff --git a/api/krusty/options.go b/api/krusty/options.go
index a7229fee21..91fd707a9f 100644
--- a/api/krusty/options.go
+++ b/api/krusty/options.go
@@ -33,21 +33,16 @@ type Options struct {
 
 	// Options related to kustomize plugins.
 	PluginConfig *types.PluginConfig
-
-	// When true, allow name and kind changing via a patch
-	// When false, patch name/kind don't overwrite target name/kind
-	AllowResourceIdChanges bool
 }
 
 // MakeDefaultOptions returns a default instance of Options.
 func MakeDefaultOptions() *Options {
 	return &Options{
-		DoLegacyResourceSort:   false,
-		AddManagedbyLabel:      false,
-		LoadRestrictions:       types.LoadRestrictionsRootOnly,
-		DoPrune:                false,
-		PluginConfig:           konfig.DisabledPluginConfig(),
-		AllowResourceIdChanges: false,
+		DoLegacyResourceSort: false,
+		AddManagedbyLabel:    false,
+		LoadRestrictions:     types.LoadRestrictionsRootOnly,
+		DoPrune:              false,
+		PluginConfig:         konfig.DisabledPluginConfig(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/api/resmap/reswrangler.go b/api/resmap/reswrangler.go
index f76276c481..478b67e1b9 100644
--- a/api/resmap/reswrangler.go
+++ b/api/resmap/reswrangler.go
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ func (m *resWrangler) ApplySmPatch(
 		patchCopy := patch.DeepCopy()
 		patchCopy.CopyMergeMetaDataFieldsFrom(patch)
 		patchCopy.SetGvk(res.GetGvk())
+		patchCopy.SetKind(patch.GetKind())
 		err := res.ApplySmPatch(patchCopy)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Check for an error string from UnmarshalJSON that's indicative
diff --git a/api/resmap/reswrangler_test.go b/api/resmap/reswrangler_test.go
index 6b3d8c387d..e6bce67a80 100644
--- a/api/resmap/reswrangler_test.go
+++ b/api/resmap/reswrangler_test.go
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ func TestGetMatchingResourcesByAnyId(t *testing.T) {
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
 				"name": "new-alice",
 				"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+					"config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds":      "ConfigMap",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNames":      "alice",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces": "default",
 				},
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ func TestGetMatchingResourcesByAnyId(t *testing.T) {
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
 				"name": "new-bob",
 				"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+					"config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds":      "ConfigMap,ConfigMap",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNames":      "bob,bob2",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces": "default,default",
 				},
@@ -364,6 +366,7 @@ func TestGetMatchingResourcesByAnyId(t *testing.T) {
 				"name":      "new-bob",
 				"namespace": "new-happy",
 				"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+					"config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds":      "ConfigMap",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNames":      "bob",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces": "happy",
 				},
@@ -377,6 +380,7 @@ func TestGetMatchingResourcesByAnyId(t *testing.T) {
 				"name":      "charlie",
 				"namespace": "happy",
 				"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
+					"config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds":      "ConfigMap",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNames":      "charlie",
 					"config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces": "default",
 				},
diff --git a/api/resource/factory.go b/api/resource/factory.go
index df08c5dbf5..b04b3ef3b2 100644
--- a/api/resource/factory.go
+++ b/api/resource/factory.go
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ func (rf *Factory) FromMapWithName(n string, m map[string]interface{}) *Resource
 
 // FromMapWithNamespaceAndName returns a new instance with the given "original" namespace.
 func (rf *Factory) FromMapWithNamespaceAndName(ns string, n string, m map[string]interface{}) *Resource {
-	return rf.makeOne(rf.kf.FromMap(m), nil).setPreviousNamespaceAndName(ns, n)
+	r := rf.makeOne(rf.kf.FromMap(m), nil)
+	return r.setPreviousId(ns, n, r.GetKind())
 }
 
 // FromMapAndOption returns a new instance of Resource with given options.
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ func (rf *Factory) SliceFromBytesWithNames(names []string, in []byte) ([]*Resour
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("number of names doesn't match number of resources")
 	}
 	for i, res := range result {
-		res.setPreviousNamespaceAndName(resid.DefaultNamespace, names[i])
+		res.setPreviousId(resid.DefaultNamespace, names[i], res.GetKind())
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
diff --git a/api/resource/resource.go b/api/resource/resource.go
index d9f2b107b0..71aafd7a2a 100644
--- a/api/resource/resource.go
+++ b/api/resource/resource.go
@@ -33,17 +33,26 @@ type Resource struct {
 }
 
 const (
+	buildAnnotationPreviousKinds      = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/previousKinds"
 	buildAnnotationPreviousNames      = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/previousNames"
 	buildAnnotationPrefixes           = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/prefixes"
 	buildAnnotationSuffixes           = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/suffixes"
 	buildAnnotationPreviousNamespaces = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/previousNamespaces"
+
+	// the following are only for patches, to specify whether they can change names
+	// and kinds of their targets
+	buildAnnotationAllowNameChange = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/allowNameChange"
+	buildAnnotationAllowKindChange = konfig.ConfigAnnoDomain + "/allowKindChange"
 )
 
 var buildAnnotations = []string{
+	buildAnnotationPreviousKinds,
 	buildAnnotationPreviousNames,
 	buildAnnotationPrefixes,
 	buildAnnotationSuffixes,
 	buildAnnotationPreviousNamespaces,
+	buildAnnotationAllowNameChange,
+	buildAnnotationAllowKindChange,
 }
 
 func (r *Resource) ResetPrimaryData(incoming *Resource) {
@@ -157,6 +166,12 @@ func (r *Resource) SetNamespace(n string) {
 	r.kunStr.SetNamespace(n)
 }
 
+func (r *Resource) SetKind(k string) {
+	gvk := r.GetGvk()
+	gvk.Kind = k
+	r.SetGvk(gvk)
+}
+
 func (r *Resource) UnmarshalJSON(s []byte) error {
 	return r.kunStr.UnmarshalJSON(s)
 }
@@ -351,12 +366,41 @@ func (r *Resource) RemoveBuildAnnotations() {
 	r.SetAnnotations(annotations)
 }
 
-func (r *Resource) setPreviousNamespaceAndName(ns string, n string) *Resource {
+func (r *Resource) setPreviousId(ns string, n string, k string) *Resource {
 	r.appendCsvAnnotation(buildAnnotationPreviousNames, n)
 	r.appendCsvAnnotation(buildAnnotationPreviousNamespaces, ns)
+	r.appendCsvAnnotation(buildAnnotationPreviousKinds, k)
 	return r
 }
 
+func (r *Resource) SetAllowNameChange(value string) {
+	annotations := r.GetAnnotations()
+	annotations[buildAnnotationAllowNameChange] = value
+	r.SetAnnotations(annotations)
+}
+
+func (r *Resource) NameChangeAllowed() bool {
+	annotations := r.GetAnnotations()
+	if allowed, set := annotations[buildAnnotationAllowNameChange]; set && allowed == "true" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (r *Resource) SetAllowKindChange(value string) {
+	annotations := r.GetAnnotations()
+	annotations[buildAnnotationAllowKindChange] = value
+	r.SetAnnotations(annotations)
+}
+
+func (r *Resource) KindChangeAllowed() bool {
+	annotations := r.GetAnnotations()
+	if allowed, set := annotations[buildAnnotationAllowKindChange]; set && allowed == "true" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // String returns resource as JSON.
 func (r *Resource) String() string {
 	bs, err := r.MarshalJSON()
@@ -430,14 +474,19 @@ func (r *Resource) PrevIds() []resid.ResId {
 	//     pairs on one annotation so there is no chance of error
 	names := r.getCsvAnnotation(buildAnnotationPreviousNames)
 	ns := r.getCsvAnnotation(buildAnnotationPreviousNamespaces)
-	if len(names) != len(ns) {
+	kinds := r.getCsvAnnotation(buildAnnotationPreviousKinds)
+	if len(names) != len(ns) || len(names) != len(kinds) {
 		panic(errors.New(
-			"number of previous names not equal to " +
-				"number of previous namespaces"))
+			"number of previous names, " +
+				"number of previous namespaces, " +
+				"number of previous kinds not equal"))
 	}
 	for i := range names {
+		k := kinds[i]
+		gvk := r.GetGvk()
+		gvk.Kind = k
 		ids = append(ids, resid.NewResIdWithNamespace(
-			r.GetGvk(), names[i], ns[i]))
+			gvk, names[i], ns[i]))
 	}
 	return ids
 }
@@ -445,7 +494,7 @@ func (r *Resource) PrevIds() []resid.ResId {
 // StorePreviousId stores the resource's current ID via build annotations.
 func (r *Resource) StorePreviousId() {
 	id := r.CurId()
-	r.setPreviousNamespaceAndName(id.EffectiveNamespace(), id.Name)
+	r.setPreviousId(id.EffectiveNamespace(), id.Name, id.Kind)
 }
 
 // CurId returns a ResId for the resource using the
@@ -482,7 +531,10 @@ func (r *Resource) ApplySmPatch(patch *Resource) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	n, ns := r.GetName(), r.GetNamespace()
+	n, ns, k := r.GetName(), r.GetNamespace(), r.GetKind()
+	if patch.NameChangeAllowed() || patch.KindChangeAllowed() {
+		r.StorePreviousId()
+	}
 	err = r.ApplyFilter(patchstrategicmerge.Filter{
 		Patch: node,
 	})
@@ -493,11 +545,17 @@ func (r *Resource) ApplySmPatch(patch *Resource) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if !empty {
+	if empty {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !patch.KindChangeAllowed() {
+		r.SetKind(k)
+	}
+	if !patch.NameChangeAllowed() {
 		r.SetName(n)
-		r.SetNamespace(ns)
 	}
-	return err
+	r.SetNamespace(ns)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (r *Resource) ApplyFilter(f kio.Filter) error {
diff --git a/api/resource/resource_test.go b/api/resource/resource_test.go
index 7329bf5593..660cc6245d 100644
--- a/api/resource/resource_test.go
+++ b/api/resource/resource_test.go
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
   name: newName
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
   name: oldName2
@@ -735,6 +737,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret,Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName,oldName2
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default,default
   name: newName
@@ -746,6 +749,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
   name: oldName2
@@ -757,6 +761,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret,Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName,oldName2
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default,oldNamespace
   name: newName
@@ -806,6 +811,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
   name: newName
@@ -824,6 +830,7 @@ metadata:
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Secret,Secret
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: oldName,oldName2
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default,oldNamespace
   name: newName
diff --git a/api/types/patch.go b/api/types/patch.go
index 48b521d7e8..5310a6e66d 100644
--- a/api/types/patch.go
+++ b/api/types/patch.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 package types
 
+import "reflect"
+
 // Patch represent either a Strategic Merge Patch or a JSON patch
 // and its targets.
 // The content of the patch can either be from a file
@@ -16,6 +18,9 @@ type Patch struct {
 
 	// Target points to the resources that the patch is applied to
 	Target *Selector `json:"target,omitempty" yaml:"target,omitempty"`
+
+	// Options is a list of options for the patch
+	Options map[string]bool `json:"options,omitempty" yaml:"options,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Equals return true if p equals o.
@@ -24,5 +29,6 @@ func (p *Patch) Equals(o Patch) bool {
 		(p.Target != nil && o.Target != nil && *p.Target == *o.Target)
 	return p.Path == o.Path &&
 		p.Patch == o.Patch &&
-		targetEqual
+		targetEqual &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(p.Options, o.Options)
 }
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/build/build.go b/kustomize/commands/build/build.go
index 0fa5177fd1..c7069bfe2c 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/build/build.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/build/build.go
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ var theArgs struct {
 var theFlags struct {
 	outputPath string
 	enable     struct {
-		resourceIdChanges bool
-		plugins           bool
-		managedByLabel    bool
+		plugins        bool
+		managedByLabel bool
 	}
 	loadRestrictor string
 	reorderOutput  string
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ func NewCmdBuild(
 	AddFlagEnablePlugins(cmd.Flags())
 	AddFlagReorderOutput(cmd.Flags())
 	AddFlagEnableManagedbyLabel(cmd.Flags())
-	AddFlagAllowResourceIdChanges(cmd.Flags())
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +138,5 @@ func HonorKustomizeFlags(kOpts *krusty.Options) *krusty.Options {
 		kOpts.PluginConfig = c
 	}
 	kOpts.AddManagedbyLabel = isManagedByLabelEnabled()
-	kOpts.AllowResourceIdChanges = theFlags.enable.resourceIdChanges
 	return kOpts
 }
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/build/flagallowresourceidchanges.go b/kustomize/commands/build/flagallowresourceidchanges.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c05aa5b769..0000000000
--- a/kustomize/commands/build/flagallowresourceidchanges.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package build
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-)
-
-func AddFlagAllowResourceIdChanges(set *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	set.BoolVar(
-		&theFlags.enable.resourceIdChanges,
-		"allow-id-changes",
-		false,
-		`enable changes to a resourceId`)
-}
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go b/kustomize/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
index f136d7d701..52b9921929 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (o *removePatchOptions) RunRemovePatch(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(patches) == len(m.Patches) {
-		log.Printf("patch %s doesn't exist in kustomization file", o.Patch)
+		log.Printf("patch %s doesn't exist in kustomization file", o.Patch.Patch)
 		return nil
 	}
 	m.Patches = patches
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go
index 1da970b70d..1e26128727 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 	Path         string          `json:"path,omitempty" yaml:"path,omitempty"`
 	Patch        string          `json:"patch,omitempty" yaml:"patch,omitempty"`
 	Target       *types.Selector `json:"target,omitempty" yaml:"target,omitempty"`
+	Options      map[string]bool `json:"options,omitempty" yaml:"options,omitempty"`
 }
 
 //noinspection GoUnusedGlobalVariable
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ func (p *plugin) Config(
 	}
 	if errSM == nil {
 		p.loadedPatch = patchSM
+		if p.Options["allowNameChange"] {
+			p.loadedPatch.SetAllowNameChange("true")
+		}
+		if p.Options["allowKindChange"] {
+			p.loadedPatch.SetAllowKindChange("true")
+		}
 	} else {
 		p.decodedPatch = patchJson
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go
index 846e3e3324..9f94263d62 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ spec:
         - proxy
         - sidecar
 `)
-
 	rm := th.LoadAndRunTransformer(`
 apiVersion: builtin
 kind: PatchTransformer
@@ -364,6 +363,8 @@ spec:
         - sidecar
         image: docker.io/istio/proxyv2
         name: istio-proxy
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
 `)
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer_test.go b/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer_test.go
index 192183991f..777ace1336 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer_test.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
     config.kubernetes.io/prefixes: baked-
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Service
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: apple
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
     config.kubernetes.io/suffixes: -pie
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
     config.kubernetes.io/prefixes: baked-
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: ConfigMap
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: cm
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
     config.kubernetes.io/suffixes: -pie
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   annotations:
     config.kubernetes.io/prefixes: test-
+    config.kubernetes.io/previousKinds: Deployment
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNames: deployment
     config.kubernetes.io/previousNamespaces: default
   name: test-deployment