diff --git a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
index ed37b6dd7f..a5a78fae17 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const globalCache = "_cluster-scope"
 // MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder - Builder function to create a new multi-namespaced cache.
 // This will scope the cache to a list of namespaces. Listing for all namespaces
 // will list for all the namespaces that this knows about. By default this will create
-// a global cache for cluster scoped resource (having empty namespace). Note that this is not intended
+// a global cache for cluster scoped resource. Note that this is not intended
 // to be used for excluding namespaces, this is better done via a Predicate. Also note that
 // you may face performance issues when using this with a high number of namespaces.
 func MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder(namespaces []string) NewCacheFunc {
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ func MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder(namespaces []string) NewCacheFunc {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating global cache %v", err)
 		}
 
-		// add global cache to the cacheMap
-		caches[globalCache] = gCache
-
 		for _, ns := range namespaces {
 			opts.Namespace = ns
 			c, err := New(config, opts)
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ func MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder(namespaces []string) NewCacheFunc {
 			}
 			caches[ns] = c
 		}
-		return &multiNamespaceCache{namespaceToCache: caches, Scheme: opts.Scheme, RESTMapper: opts.Mapper}, nil
+		return &multiNamespaceCache{namespaceToCache: caches, Scheme: opts.Scheme, RESTMapper: opts.Mapper, clusterCache: gCache}, nil
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +79,7 @@ type multiNamespaceCache struct {
 	namespaceToCache map[string]Cache
 	Scheme           *runtime.Scheme
 	RESTMapper       meta.RESTMapper
+	clusterCache     Cache
 }
 
 var _ Cache = &multiNamespaceCache{}
@@ -96,6 +94,12 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object
 		}
 		informers[ns] = informer
 	}
+	clusterCacheInf, err := c.clusterCache.GetInformer(ctx, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	informers[globalCache] = clusterCacheInf
+
 	return &multiNamespaceInformer{namespaceToInformer: informers}, nil
 }
 
@@ -108,10 +112,24 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) GetInformerForKind(ctx context.Context, gvk schema
 		}
 		informers[ns] = informer
 	}
+	clusterCacheInf, err := c.clusterCache.GetInformerForKind(ctx, gvk)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	informers[globalCache] = clusterCacheInf
 	return &multiNamespaceInformer{namespaceToInformer: informers}, nil
 }
 
 func (c *multiNamespaceCache) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// start global cache
+	go func() {
+		err := c.clusterCache.Start(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err, "cluster scoped cache failed to start")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// start namespaced caches
 	for ns, cache := range c.namespaceToCache {
 		go func(ns string, cache Cache) {
 			err := cache.Start(ctx)
@@ -120,6 +138,7 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 			}
 		}(ns, cache)
 	}
+
 	<-ctx.Done()
 	return nil
 }
@@ -131,6 +150,11 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) WaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context) bool {
 			synced = s
 		}
 	}
+
+	// check if cluster scoped cache has synced
+	if !c.clusterCache.WaitForCacheSync(ctx) {
+		synced = false
+	}
 	return synced
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +164,10 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) IndexField(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object,
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
+	if err := c.clusterCache.IndexField(ctx, obj, field, extractValue); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error adding index on object with cluster scoped cache %v", err)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -151,8 +179,7 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) Get(ctx context.Context, key client.ObjectKey, obj
 
 	if !isNamespaced {
 		// Look into the global cache to fetch the object
-		cache := c.namespaceToCache[globalCache]
-		return cache.Get(ctx, key, obj)
+		return c.clusterCache.Get(ctx, key, obj)
 	}
 
 	cache, ok := c.namespaceToCache[key.Namespace]
@@ -174,8 +201,7 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) List(ctx context.Context, list client.ObjectList,
 
 	if !isNamespaced {
 		// Look at the global cache to get the objects with the specified GVK
-		cache := c.namespaceToCache[globalCache]
-		return cache.List(ctx, list, opts...)
+		return c.clusterCache.List(ctx, list, opts...)
 	}
 
 	if listOpts.Namespace != corev1.NamespaceAll {
@@ -199,10 +225,7 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) List(ctx context.Context, list client.ObjectList,
 	limitSet := listOpts.Limit > 0
 
 	var resourceVersion string
-	for ns, cache := range c.namespaceToCache {
-		if ns == globalCache {
-			continue
-		}
+	for _, cache := range c.namespaceToCache {
 		listObj := list.DeepCopyObject().(client.ObjectList)
 		err = cache.List(ctx, listObj, &listOpts)
 		if err != nil {