diff --git a/pkg/internal/kube/cache_svc_client.go b/pkg/internal/kube/cache_svc_client.go
index d9b7978d2..e1c436c9a 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/kube/cache_svc_client.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/kube/cache_svc_client.go
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ type cacheSvcClient struct {
 	address string
 	log     *slog.Logger
 
-	waitForSubscription chan struct{}
+	syncTimeout            time.Duration
+	waitForSubscription    chan struct{}
+	waitForSynchronization chan struct{}
 }
 
 func (sc *cacheSvcClient) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	sc.log = cslog()
 	sc.waitForSubscription = make(chan struct{})
+	sc.waitForSynchronization = make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -53,6 +56,15 @@ func (sc *cacheSvcClient) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 			}
 		}
 	}()
+	sc.log.Debug("waiting for K8s metadata synchronization")
+	select {
+	case <-sc.waitForSynchronization:
+		sc.log.Debug("K8s metadata cache service synchronized")
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		sc.log.Debug("context done. Nothing to do")
+	case <-time.After(sc.syncTimeout):
+		sc.log.Warn("timeout waiting for K8s metadata synchronization. Some metadata might be temporarily missing")
+	}
 }
 
 func (sc *cacheSvcClient) connect(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -73,12 +85,19 @@ func (sc *cacheSvcClient) connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not subscribe: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	unsynced := true
 	// Receive and print messages.
 	for {
 		event, err := stream.Recv()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error receiving message: %w", err)
 		}
+		// send a notification about the client being synced with the K8s metadata service
+		// so Beyla can start processing/decorating the received flows and traces
+		if event.GetType() == informer.EventType_SYNC_FINISHED && unsynced {
+			close(sc.waitForSynchronization)
+			unsynced = false
+		}
 		sc.BaseNotifier.Notify(event)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/internal/kube/informer_provider.go b/pkg/internal/kube/informer_provider.go
index 7f2c2504e..d7bbb0802 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/kube/informer_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/kube/informer_provider.go
@@ -195,7 +195,11 @@ func (mp *MetadataProvider) initLocalInformers(ctx context.Context) (*meta.Infor
 // initRemoteInformerCacheClient connects via gRPC/Protobuf to a remote beyla-k8s-cache service, to avoid that
 // each Beyla instance connects to the Kube API informer on each node, which would overload the Kube API
 func (mp *MetadataProvider) initRemoteInformerCacheClient(ctx context.Context) *cacheSvcClient {
-	client := &cacheSvcClient{address: mp.cfg.MetaCacheAddr, BaseNotifier: meta.NewBaseNotifier()}
+	client := &cacheSvcClient{
+		address:      mp.cfg.MetaCacheAddr,
+		BaseNotifier: meta.NewBaseNotifier(),
+		syncTimeout:  mp.cfg.SyncTimeout,
+	}
 	client.Start(ctx)
 	return client
 }