diff --git a/cmd/plugin/cli/root.go b/cmd/plugin/cli/root.go
index 5dc147d..cb152de 100644
--- a/cmd/plugin/cli/root.go
+++ b/cmd/plugin/cli/root.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	KubernetesConfigFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags
+	allNamespacesFlag     bool
 )
 
 func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ $ kubectl pod-lens prometheus-prometheus-operator-prometheus-0
 			argsChannel := make(chan string, 1)
 			argsChannel <- podName
 
-			if err := plugin.RunPlugin(KubernetesConfigFlags, argsChannel); err != nil {
+			if err := plugin.RunPlugin(KubernetesConfigFlags, argsChannel, allNamespacesFlag); err != nil {
 				return errors.Cause(err)
 			}
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ $ kubectl pod-lens prometheus-prometheus-operator-prometheus-0
 
 	KubernetesConfigFlags = genericclioptions.NewConfigFlags(false)
 	KubernetesConfigFlags.AddFlags(cmd.Flags())
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&allNamespacesFlag, "all-namespaces", "A", false, "query all objects in all API groups, both namespaced and non-namespaced")
 
 	klog.InitFlags(nil)
 	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("as-group")
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/plugin.go b/pkg/plugin/plugin.go
index 0f4ea10..096944c 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func NewSnifferPlugin(configFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags) (*SnifferPlugi
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (sf *SnifferPlugin) findPodByName(name string, namespace string) error {
+func (sf *SnifferPlugin) findPodByName(name, namespace string) error {
 	pods, err := sf.Clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil || len(pods.Items) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("Failed to get pod: [" +
@@ -556,15 +556,19 @@ func (sf *SnifferPlugin) printResource() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func RunPlugin(configFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags, outputCh chan string) error {
+func RunPlugin(configFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags, outputCh chan string, allNamespacesFlag bool) error {
 	sf, err := NewSnifferPlugin(configFlags)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	podName := <-outputCh
+	var namespace string
+	if !allNamespacesFlag {
+		namespace = getNamespace(configFlags)
+	}
 
-	if err := sf.findPodByName(podName, *configFlags.Namespace); err != nil {
+	if err := sf.findPodByName(podName, namespace); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -626,3 +630,15 @@ func RunPlugin(configFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags, outputCh chan string)
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func getNamespace(configFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags) string {
+	if v := *configFlags.Namespace; v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	clientConfig := configFlags.ToRawKubeConfigLoader()
+	defaultNamespace, _, err := clientConfig.Namespace()
+	if err != nil {
+		defaultNamespace = "default"
+	}
+	return defaultNamespace
+}