diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go
index 39e17350..0614085f 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ func (b *ResourceBuilder) newAutoScalingListener(autoscalingRunnerSet *v1alpha1.
 		},
 	}
 
+	if namespace == autoscalingRunnerSet.Namespace {
+		autoscalingListener.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = []metav1.OwnerReference{
+			{
+				APIVersion:         autoscalingRunnerSet.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().GroupVersion().String(),
+				Kind:               autoscalingRunnerSet.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind,
+				UID:                autoscalingRunnerSet.GetUID(),
+				Name:               autoscalingRunnerSet.GetName(),
+				Controller:         boolPtr(true),
+				BlockOwnerDeletion: boolPtr(true),
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
 	return autoscalingListener, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go
index 12e50533..87659c9c 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go
@@ -242,4 +242,19 @@ func TestOwnershipRelationships(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, ephemeralRunner.GetUID(), ownerRef.UID, "Owner reference UID should match EphemeralRunner UID")
 	assert.Equal(t, true, *ownerRef.Controller, "Controller flag should be true")
 	assert.Equal(t, true, *ownerRef.BlockOwnerDeletion, "BlockOwnerDeletion flag should be true")
+
+	// Create AutoScalingListener in AutoScalingRunnerSet namespace
+	autoscalingListener, err := b.newAutoScalingListener(&autoscalingRunnerSet, ephemeralRunnerSet, autoscalingRunnerSet.Namespace, "test:latest", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, autoscalingListener.OwnerReferences, 1, "AutoScalingListener should have exactly one owner reference")
+	ownerRef = autoscalingListener.OwnerReferences[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, autoscalingRunnerSet.GetName(), ownerRef.Name, "Owner reference name should match AutoscalingRunnerSet name")
+	assert.Equal(t, autoscalingRunnerSet.GetUID(), ownerRef.UID, "Owner reference UID should match AutoscalingRunnerSet UID")
+	assert.Equal(t, true, *ownerRef.Controller, "Controller flag should be true")
+	assert.Equal(t, true, *ownerRef.BlockOwnerDeletion, "BlockOwnerDeletion flag should be true")
+
+	// Create AutoScalingListener in external controller namespace
+	autoscalingListener, err = b.newAutoScalingListener(&autoscalingRunnerSet, ephemeralRunnerSet, "controller-ns", "test:latest", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, autoscalingListener.OwnerReferences, 0, "AutoScalingListener should not have any owner references")
 }