diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml
index c46e7d771..4aac99f5c 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ webhooks:
     - cloudprofiles
     - shoots
   failurePolicy: Fail
-  objectSelector: {}
+  objectSelector:
+    {{- if .Values.global.webhookConfig.useObjectSelector }}
+    matchLabels:
+      provider.extensions.gardener.cloud/gcp: "true"
+    {{- end }}
   namespaceSelector: {}
   sideEffects: None
   admissionReviewVersions:
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/values.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/values.yaml
index d1af84376..3d4897571 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-gcp/values.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ global:
         -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
         ...
         -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+    # Please make sure you are running `gardener@v1.42` or later before setting this to true.
+    useObjectSelector: false
   # Kubeconfig to the target cluster. In-cluster configuration will be used if not specified.
   kubeconfig:
 
diff --git a/example/40-validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml b/example/40-validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
index 7082544e3..b2241f066 100644
--- a/example/40-validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
+++ b/example/40-validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ webhooks:
     - cloudprofiles
     - shoots
   failurePolicy: Fail
-  objectSelector: {}
+  # Please make sure you are running `gardener@v1.42` or later before enabling this object selector.
+  objectSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      provider.extensions.gardener.cloud/gcp: "true"
   namespaceSelector: {}
   sideEffects: None
   admissionReviewVersions: