diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index fee4e006..2536604d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ type ResourceMapping struct {
 	// Overrides specifies exceptions to the above template, mapping label names
 	// to group-resources
 	Overrides map[string]GroupResource `json:"overrides,omitempty" yaml:"overrides,omitempty"`
+	//Namespaced ignores the source namespace of the requester and requires one in the query
+	Namespaced *bool `json:"namespaced,omitempty" yaml:"namespaced,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // GroupResource represents a Kubernetes group-resource.
diff --git a/pkg/naming/metric_namer.go b/pkg/naming/metric_namer.go
index 54ac7183..7516a896 100644
--- a/pkg/naming/metric_namer.go
+++ b/pkg/naming/metric_namer.go
@@ -102,10 +102,15 @@ type metricNamer struct {
 	nameMatches    *regexp.Regexp
 	nameAs         string
 	seriesMatchers []*ReMatcher
+	namespaced     *bool
 
 	ResourceConverter
 }
 
+func (n *metricNamer) isNamespaced() bool {
+	return (n.namespaced != nil) && *n.namespaced
+}
+
 // queryTemplateArgs are the arguments for the metrics query template.
 func (n *metricNamer) FilterSeries(initialSeries []prom.Series) []prom.Series {
 	if len(n.seriesMatchers) == 0 {
@@ -131,8 +136,10 @@ func (n *metricNamer) QueryForSeries(series string, resource schema.GroupResourc
 }
 
 func (n *metricNamer) QueryForExternalSeries(series string, namespace string, metricSelector labels.Selector) (prom.Selector, error) {
-	//test := prom.Selector()
-	//return test, nil
+	if !n.isNamespaced() {
+		namespace = ""
+	}
+
 	return n.metricsQuery.BuildExternal(series, namespace, "", []string{}, metricSelector)
 }
 
@@ -207,6 +214,7 @@ func NamersFromConfig(cfg []config.DiscoveryRule, mapper apimeta.RESTMapper) ([]
 			nameMatches:       nameMatches,
 			nameAs:            nameAs,
 			seriesMatchers:    seriesMatchers,
+			namespaced:        rule.Resources.Namespaced,
 			ResourceConverter: resConv,
 		}