diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/gateway_types.go b/apis/v1alpha1/gateway_types.go
index d4c56c36d6..87fb9b66ae 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/gateway_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/gateway_types.go
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ type RouteBindingSelector struct {
 	// Support: Core
 	//
 	// +optional
-	Selector metav1.LabelSelector `json:"selector,omitempty"`
+	Selector *metav1.LabelSelector `json:"selector,omitempty"`
 	// Group is the group of the route resource to select. Omitting the value or specifying
 	// the empty string indicates the networking.x-k8s.io API group.
 	// For example, use the following to select an HTTPRoute:
diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index f9a84110ab..e01ac49fa6 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -884,7 +884,11 @@ func (in *ParametersReference) DeepCopy() *ParametersReference {
 func (in *RouteBindingSelector) DeepCopyInto(out *RouteBindingSelector) {
 	*out = *in
 	in.Namespaces.DeepCopyInto(&out.Namespaces)
-	in.Selector.DeepCopyInto(&out.Selector)
+	if in.Selector != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Selector, &out.Selector
+		*out = new(v1.LabelSelector)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new RouteBindingSelector.