diff --git a/cmd/convert.go b/cmd/convert.go
index bbe9b5b9..bad54c21 100644
--- a/cmd/convert.go
+++ b/cmd/convert.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ var convertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			IsDeploymentFlag:            cmd.Flags().Lookup("deployment").Changed,
 			IsDaemonSetFlag:             cmd.Flags().Lookup("daemon-set").Changed,
 			IsReplicationControllerFlag: cmd.Flags().Lookup("replication-controller").Changed,
+			IsReplicaSetFlag:            cmd.Flags().Lookup("replicas").Changed,
 			IsDeploymentConfigFlag:      cmd.Flags().Lookup("deployment-config").Changed,
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kobject/kobject.go b/pkg/kobject/kobject.go
index 88b8355c..1c66efa0 100644
--- a/pkg/kobject/kobject.go
+++ b/pkg/kobject/kobject.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type ConvertOptions struct {
 	IsDeploymentFlag            bool
 	IsDaemonSetFlag             bool
 	IsReplicationControllerFlag bool
+	IsReplicaSetFlag            bool
 	IsDeploymentConfigFlag      bool
 	IsNamespaceFlag             bool
 }
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ type ServiceConfig struct {
 	MemLimit        yaml.MemStringorInt `compose:"mem_limit" bundle:""`
 	TmpFs           []string            `compose:"tmpfs" bundle:""`
 	Dockerfile      string              `compose:"dockerfile" bundle:""`
+	Replicas        int                 `compose:"replicas" bundle:""`
 }
 
 // EnvVar holds the environment variable struct of a container
diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go b/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
index be68bafa..1aafcc49 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ func dockerComposeToKomposeMapping(composeObject *types.Config) (kobject.Kompose
 		serviceConfig.Command = composeServiceConfig.Entrypoint
 		serviceConfig.Args = composeServiceConfig.Command
 
+		//Handling replicas
+		if composeServiceConfig.Deploy.Replicas != nil {
+			serviceConfig.Replicas = int(*composeServiceConfig.Deploy.Replicas)
+		}
+
 		// This is a bit messy since we use yaml.MemStringorInt
 		// TODO: Refactor yaml.MemStringorInt in kobject.go to int64
 		// Since Deploy.Resources.Limits does not initialize, we must check type Resources before continuing
diff --git a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 5619f551..acad54da 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -489,15 +489,21 @@ func (k *Kubernetes) ConfigEnvs(name string, service kobject.ServiceConfig) []ap
 // CreateKubernetesObjects generates a Kubernetes artifact for each input type service
 func (k *Kubernetes) CreateKubernetesObjects(name string, service kobject.ServiceConfig, opt kobject.ConvertOptions) []runtime.Object {
 	var objects []runtime.Object
+	var replica int
+	if opt.IsReplicaSetFlag || service.Replicas == 0 {
+		replica = opt.Replicas
+	} else {
+		replica = service.Replicas
+	}
 
 	if opt.CreateD {
-		objects = append(objects, k.InitD(name, service, opt.Replicas))
+		objects = append(objects, k.InitD(name, service, replica))
 	}
 	if opt.CreateDS {
 		objects = append(objects, k.InitDS(name, service))
 	}
 	if opt.CreateRC {
-		objects = append(objects, k.InitRC(name, service, opt.Replicas))
+		objects = append(objects, k.InitRC(name, service, replica))
 	}
 
 	return objects
diff --git a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
index 6292bc80..9947b150 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func newServiceConfig() kobject.ServiceConfig {
 		Stdin:         true,
 		Tty:           true,
 		TmpFs:         []string{"/tmp"},
+		Replicas:      2,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -270,11 +271,14 @@ func TestKomposeConvert(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedNumObjs int
 	}{
 		// objects generated are deployment, service and pvc
-		"Convert to Deployments (D)":            {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateD: true, Replicas: replicas}, 3},
-		"Convert to DaemonSets (DS)":            {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateDS: true}, 3},
-		"Convert to ReplicationController (RC)": {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateRC: true, Replicas: replicas}, 3},
+		"Convert to Deployments (D)":                             {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateD: true, Replicas: replicas, IsReplicaSetFlag: true}, 3},
+		"Convert to Deployments (D) with v3 replicas":            {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateD: true}, 3},
+		"Convert to DaemonSets (DS)":                             {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateDS: true}, 3},
+		"Convert to ReplicationController(RC)":                   {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateRC: true, Replicas: replicas, IsReplicaSetFlag: true}, 3},
+		"Convert to ReplicationController(RC) with v3 replicas ": {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateRC: true}, 3},
 		// objects generated are deployment, daemonset, ReplicationController, service and pvc
-		"Convert to D, DS, and RC": {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateD: true, CreateDS: true, CreateRC: true, Replicas: replicas}, 5},
+		"Convert to D, DS, and RC":                  {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateD: true, CreateDS: true, CreateRC: true, Replicas: replicas, IsReplicaSetFlag: true}, 5},
+		"Convert to D, DS, and RC with v3 replicas": {newKomposeObject(), kobject.ConvertOptions{CreateD: true, CreateDS: true, CreateRC: true}, 5},
 		// TODO: add more tests
 	}
 
@@ -313,9 +317,18 @@ func TestKomposeConvert(t *testing.T) {
 					if err := checkMeta(config, d.ObjectMeta, name, true); err != nil {
 						t.Errorf("%v", err)
 					}
-					if (int)(d.Spec.Replicas) != replicas {
-						t.Errorf("Expected %d replicas, got %d", replicas, d.Spec.Replicas)
+					if test.opt.IsReplicaSetFlag {
+						if (int)(d.Spec.Replicas) != replicas {
+							t.Errorf("Expected %d replicas, got %d", replicas, d.Spec.Replicas)
+						}
+					} else {
+
+						if (int)(d.Spec.Replicas) != newServiceConfig().Replicas {
+							t.Errorf("Expected %d replicas, got %d", newServiceConfig().Replicas, d.Spec.Replicas)
+
+						}
 					}
+
 					if d.Spec.Selector != nil && len(d.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels) > 0 {
 						t.Errorf("Expect selector be unset, got: %#v", d.Spec.Selector)
 					}
@@ -344,9 +357,18 @@ func TestKomposeConvert(t *testing.T) {
 					if err := checkMeta(config, rc.ObjectMeta, name, true); err != nil {
 						t.Errorf("%v", err)
 					}
-					if (int)(rc.Spec.Replicas) != replicas {
-						t.Errorf("Expected %d replicas, got %d", replicas, rc.Spec.Replicas)
+					if test.opt.IsReplicaSetFlag {
+						if (int)(rc.Spec.Replicas) != replicas {
+							t.Errorf("Expected %d replicas, got %d", replicas, rc.Spec.Replicas)
+						}
+					} else {
+
+						if (int)(rc.Spec.Replicas) != newServiceConfig().Replicas {
+							t.Errorf("Expected %d replicas, got %d", newServiceConfig().Replicas, rc.Spec.Replicas)
+
+						}
 					}
+
 					if len(rc.Spec.Selector) > 0 {
 						t.Errorf("Expect selector be unset, got: %#v", rc.Spec.Selector)
 					}
diff --git a/pkg/transformer/openshift/openshift.go b/pkg/transformer/openshift/openshift.go
index 624fcead..fb730e97 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/openshift/openshift.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/openshift/openshift.go
@@ -346,7 +346,13 @@ func (o *OpenShift) Transform(komposeObject kobject.KomposeObject, opt kobject.C
 	for _, name := range sortedKeys {
 		service := komposeObject.ServiceConfigs[name]
 		var objects []runtime.Object
-
+		//replicas
+		var replica int
+		if opt.IsReplicaSetFlag || service.Replicas == 0 {
+			replica = opt.Replicas
+		} else {
+			replica = service.Replicas
+		}
 		// Must build the images before conversion (got to add service.Image in case 'image' key isn't provided
 		// Check to see if there is an InputFile (required!) before we build the container
 		// Check that there's actually a Build key
@@ -394,7 +400,7 @@ func (o *OpenShift) Transform(komposeObject kobject.KomposeObject, opt kobject.C
 			objects = o.CreateKubernetesObjects(name, service, opt)
 
 			if opt.CreateDeploymentConfig {
-				objects = append(objects, o.initDeploymentConfig(name, service, opt.Replicas)) // OpenShift DeploymentConfigs
+				objects = append(objects, o.initDeploymentConfig(name, service, replica)) // OpenShift DeploymentConfigs
 				// create ImageStream after deployment (creating IS will trigger new deployment)
 				objects = append(objects, o.initImageStream(name, service, opt))
 			}
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json
index 2acbdd92..db29626e 100644
--- a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
         }
       },
       "spec": {
-        "replicas": 1,
+        "replicas": 6,
         "template": {
           "metadata": {
             "creationTimestamp": null,
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json
index 845a07fa..e0367924 100644
--- a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
             }
           }
         ],
-        "replicas": 1,
+        "replicas": 6,
         "test": false,
         "selector": {
           "io.kompose.service": "foo"