diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.test.ts
index 34788d16cb..dd77a11bae 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ describe('MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator', () => {
           {
             name: 'cluster1',
             url: 'http://localhost:8080',
+            authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
           },
         ],
       },
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ describe('MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator', () => {
         name: 'cluster1',
         serviceAccountToken: undefined,
         url: 'http://localhost:8080',
+        authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -70,13 +72,14 @@ describe('MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator', () => {
         clusters: [
           {
             name: 'cluster1',
-            serviceAccountToken: undefined,
+            serviceAccountToken: 'token',
             url: 'http://localhost:8080',
+            authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
           },
           {
             name: 'cluster2',
-            serviceAccountToken: undefined,
             url: 'http://localhost:8081',
+            authProvider: 'google',
           },
         ],
       },
@@ -92,13 +95,15 @@ describe('MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator', () => {
     expect(result).toStrictEqual([
       {
         name: 'cluster1',
-        serviceAccountToken: undefined,
+        serviceAccountToken: 'token',
         url: 'http://localhost:8080',
+        authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
       },
       {
         name: 'cluster2',
         serviceAccountToken: undefined,
         url: 'http://localhost:8081',
+        authProvider: 'google',
       },
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.ts
index 3d9e2dd8b4..5a1f0f3839 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ export class MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator
   }
 
   static fromConfig(config: Config[]): MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator {
+    // TODO: Add validation that authProvider is required and serviceAccountToken
+    // is required if authProvider is serviceAccount
     return new MultiTenantConfigClusterLocator(
       config.map(c => {
         return {
           name: c.getString('name'),
           url: c.getString('url'),
           serviceAccountToken: c.getOptionalString('serviceAccountToken'),
+          authProvider: c.getString('authProvider'),
         };
       }),
     );
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/types.ts
index 9b793da558..dae8eb6d60 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/types.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
  */
 
 export type ClusterLocatorMethod = 'configMultiTenant' | 'http';
+export type AuthProviderType = 'google' | 'serviceAccount';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f9b2f0bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from './types';
+import { AuthRequestBody, ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+
+export class GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator
+  implements KubernetesAuthTranslator {
+  async decorateClusterDetailsWithAuth(
+    clusterDetails: ClusterDetails,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<ClusterDetails> {
+    const clusterDetailsWithAuthToken: ClusterDetails = Object.assign(
+      {},
+      clusterDetails,
+    );
+    const authToken: string | undefined = requestBody.auth?.google;
+
+    if (authToken) {
+      clusterDetailsWithAuthToken.serviceAccountToken = authToken;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Google token not found under auth.google in request body',
+      );
+    }
+    return clusterDetailsWithAuthToken;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b27eb012a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from './types';
+import { GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator } from './GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator';
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator } from './KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator';
+import { ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator } from './ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator';
+
+describe('getKubernetesAuthTranslatorInstance', () => {
+  const sut = KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator;
+
+  it('can return an auth translator for google auth', () => {
+    const authTranslator: KubernetesAuthTranslator = sut.getKubernetesAuthTranslatorInstance(
+      'google',
+    );
+    expect(authTranslator instanceof GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('can return an auth translator for serviceAccount auth', () => {
+    const authTranslator: KubernetesAuthTranslator = sut.getKubernetesAuthTranslatorInstance(
+      'serviceAccount',
+    );
+    expect(
+      authTranslator instanceof ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator,
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('throws an error when asked for an auth translator for an unsupported auth type', () => {
+    expect(() => sut.getKubernetesAuthTranslatorInstance('linode')).toThrow(
+      'authProvider "linode" has no KubernetesAuthTranslator associated with it',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7cfc92112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from './types';
+import { GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator } from './GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator';
+import { ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator } from './ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator';
+
+export class KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator {
+  static getKubernetesAuthTranslatorInstance(
+    authProvider: String,
+  ): KubernetesAuthTranslator {
+    switch (authProvider) {
+      case 'google': {
+        return new GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator();
+      }
+      case 'serviceAccount': {
+        return new ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator();
+      }
+      default: {
+        throw new Error(
+          `authProvider "${authProvider}" has no KubernetesAuthTranslator associated with it`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecf2f12b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from './types';
+import { AuthRequestBody, ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+
+export class ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator
+  implements KubernetesAuthTranslator {
+  async decorateClusterDetailsWithAuth(
+    clusterDetails: ClusterDetails,
+    // To ignore TS6133 linting error where it detects 'requestBody' is declared but its value is never read.
+    // @ts-ignore-start
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody, // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+    // @ts-ignore-end
+  ): Promise<ClusterDetails> {
+    return clusterDetails;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f89e04456f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { AuthRequestBody, ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+
+export interface KubernetesAuthTranslator {
+  decorateClusterDetailsWithAuth(
+    clusterDetails: ClusterDetails,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<ClusterDetails>;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesClientProvider.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesClientProvider.test.ts
index a3dc67716a..409d41b783 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesClientProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesClientProvider.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
       name: 'cluster-name',
       url: 'http://localhost:9999',
       serviceAccountToken: 'TOKEN',
+      authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
     });
 
     expect(result.basePath).toBe('http://localhost:9999');
@@ -55,12 +56,14 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
       name: 'cluster-name',
       url: 'http://localhost:9999',
       serviceAccountToken: 'TOKEN',
+      authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
     });
 
     const result2 = sut.getCoreClientByClusterDetails({
       name: 'cluster-name',
       url: 'http://localhost:9999',
       serviceAccountToken: 'TOKEN',
+      authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
     });
 
     expect(result1.basePath).toBe('http://localhost:9999');
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
       name: 'cluster-name',
       url: 'http://localhost:9999',
       serviceAccountToken: 'TOKEN',
+      authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
     });
 
     expect(result.basePath).toBe('http://localhost:9999');
@@ -111,12 +115,14 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
       name: 'cluster-name',
       url: 'http://localhost:9999',
       serviceAccountToken: 'TOKEN',
+      authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
     });
 
     const result2 = sut.getAppsClientByClusterDetails({
       name: 'cluster-name',
       url: 'http://localhost:9999',
       serviceAccountToken: 'TOKEN',
+      authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
     });
 
     expect(result1.basePath).toBe('http://localhost:9999');
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.test.ts
index 8f390f309b..6294b3a7ed 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.test.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
       {
         name: 'cluster1',
         url: 'http://localhost:9999',
-        serviceAccountToken: undefined,
+        serviceAccountToken: 'token',
+        authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
       },
       new Set(['pods', 'services']),
     );
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
       {
         name: 'cluster1',
         url: 'http://localhost:9999',
-        serviceAccountToken: undefined,
+        serviceAccountToken: 'token',
+        authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
       },
       new Set(['pods', 'services']),
     );
@@ -172,7 +174,8 @@ describe('KubernetesClientProvider', () => {
         {
           name: 'cluster1',
           url: 'http://localhost:9999',
-          serviceAccountToken: undefined,
+          serviceAccountToken: 'token',
+          authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
         },
         new Set<any>(['foo']),
       ),
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.test.ts
index 56da3235cc..4218c64e80 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsByServiceId', () => {
       Promise.resolve([
         {
           name: 'test-cluster',
+          authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
         },
       ]),
     );
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsByServiceId', () => {
         getClusterByServiceId,
       },
       getVoidLogger(),
+      {},
     );
 
     expect(getClusterByServiceId.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
@@ -142,9 +144,11 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsByServiceId', () => {
       Promise.resolve([
         {
           name: 'test-cluster',
+          authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
         },
         {
           name: 'other-cluster',
+          authProvider: 'google',
         },
       ]),
     );
@@ -160,6 +164,11 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsByServiceId', () => {
         getClusterByServiceId,
       },
       getVoidLogger(),
+      {
+        auth: {
+          google: 'google_token_123',
+        },
+      },
     );
 
     expect(getClusterByServiceId.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.ts
index 1690b8be40..f0b21cbc0c 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler.ts
@@ -16,17 +16,22 @@
 
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import {
+  AuthRequestBody,
+  ClusterDetails,
   KubernetesClusterLocator,
   KubernetesFetcher,
   KubernetesObjectTypes,
   ObjectsByServiceIdResponse,
-} from '..';
+} from '../types/types';
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from '../kubernetes-auth-translator/types';
+import { KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator } from '../kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator';
 
 export type GetKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler = (
   serviceId: string,
   fetcher: KubernetesFetcher,
   clusterLocator: KubernetesClusterLocator,
   logger: Logger,
+  requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
   objectsToFetch?: Set<KubernetesObjectTypes>,
 ) => Promise<ObjectsByServiceIdResponse>;
 
@@ -46,18 +51,35 @@ export const handleGetKubernetesObjectsByServiceId: GetKubernetesObjectsByServic
   fetcher,
   clusterLocator,
   logger,
+  requestBody,
   objectsToFetch = DEFAULT_OBJECTS,
 ) => {
-  const clusterDetails = await clusterLocator.getClusterByServiceId(serviceId);
+  const clusterDetails: ClusterDetails[] = await clusterLocator.getClusterByServiceId(
+    serviceId,
+  );
+
+  // Execute all of these async actions simultaneously/without blocking sequentially as no common object is modified by them
+  const promises: Promise<ClusterDetails>[] = clusterDetails.map(cd => {
+    const kubernetesAuthTranslator: KubernetesAuthTranslator = KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator.getKubernetesAuthTranslatorInstance(
+      cd.authProvider,
+    );
+    return kubernetesAuthTranslator.decorateClusterDetailsWithAuth(
+      cd,
+      requestBody,
+    );
+  });
+  const clusterDetailsDecoratedForAuth: ClusterDetails[] = await Promise.all(
+    promises,
+  );
 
   logger.info(
-    `serviceId=${serviceId} clusterDetails=[${clusterDetails
+    `serviceId=${serviceId} clusterDetails=[${clusterDetailsDecoratedForAuth
       .map(c => c.name)
       .join(', ')}]`,
   );
 
   return Promise.all(
-    clusterDetails.map(cd => {
+    clusterDetailsDecoratedForAuth.map(cd => {
       return fetcher
         .fetchObjectsByServiceId(serviceId, cd, objectsToFetch)
         .then(result => {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index 7731fe9abb..4e9a206eb4 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ describe('router', () => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
   });
 
-  describe('GET /services/:serviceId', () => {
-    it('happy path: lists kubernetes objects', async () => {
+  describe('post /services/:serviceId', () => {
+    it('happy path: lists kubernetes objects without auth in request body', async () => {
       const result = {
         clusterOne: {
           pods: [
@@ -69,7 +69,34 @@ describe('router', () => {
       } as any;
       handleGetByServiceId.mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(result));
 
-      const response = await request(app).get('/services/test-service');
+      const response = await request(app).post('/services/test-service');
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
+      expect(response.body).toEqual(result);
+    });
+
+    it('happy path: lists kubernetes objects with auth in request body', async () => {
+      const result = {
+        clusterOne: {
+          pods: [
+            {
+              metadata: {
+                name: 'pod1',
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      } as any;
+      handleGetByServiceId.mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(result));
+
+      const response = await request(app)
+        .post('/services/test-service')
+        .send({
+          auth: {
+            google: 'google_token_123',
+          },
+        })
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 
       expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
       expect(response.body).toEqual(result);
@@ -78,7 +105,7 @@ describe('router', () => {
     it('internal error: lists kubernetes objects', async () => {
       handleGetByServiceId.mockRejectedValue(Error('some internal error'));
 
-      const response = await request(app).get('/services/test-service');
+      const response = await request(app).post('/services/test-service');
 
       expect(response.status).toEqual(500);
       expect(response.body).toEqual({ error: 'some internal error' });
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
index bdb14bb74d..9e9b4ab2f5 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ import {
   GetKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler,
   handleGetKubernetesObjectsByServiceId,
 } from './getKubernetesObjectsByServiceIdHandler';
-import { KubernetesClusterLocator, KubernetesFetcher } from '..';
+import {
+  AuthRequestBody,
+  KubernetesClusterLocator,
+  KubernetesFetcher,
+} from '../types/types';
 
 export interface RouterOptions {
   logger: Logger;
@@ -62,15 +66,16 @@ export const makeRouter = (
   router.use(express.json());
 
   // TODO error handling
-  router.get('/services/:serviceId', async (req, res) => {
+  router.post('/services/:serviceId', async (req, res) => {
     const serviceId = req.params.serviceId;
-
+    const requestBody: AuthRequestBody = req.body;
     try {
       const response = await handleGetByServiceId(
         serviceId,
         fetcher,
         clusterLocator,
         logger,
+        requestBody,
       );
       res.send(response);
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
index 0cb42eec1a..eb2817f268 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ import {
 export interface ClusterDetails {
   name: string;
   url: string;
-  // TODO this will eventually be configured by the auth translation work
-  serviceAccountToken: string | undefined;
+  authProvider: string;
+  serviceAccountToken?: string | undefined;
+}
+
+export interface AuthRequestBody {
+  auth?: {
+    google?: string;
+  };
 }
 
 export interface ClusterObjects {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes/package.json
index 5dc9231c2a..2adefebbd6 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.1.1-alpha.24",
+    "@backstage/config": "^0.1.1-alpha.24",
     "@backstage/core": "^0.1.1-alpha.24",
     "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend": "^0.1.1-alpha.24",
     "@backstage/theme": "^0.1.1-alpha.24",
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts
index cbb3b03a38..86bb830046 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core';
 import { KubernetesApi } from './types';
-import { ObjectsByServiceIdResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import {
+  AuthRequestBody,
+  ObjectsByServiceIdResponse,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
 
 export class KubernetesBackendClient implements KubernetesApi {
   private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
@@ -25,9 +28,18 @@ export class KubernetesBackendClient implements KubernetesApi {
     this.discoveryApi = options.discoveryApi;
   }
 
-  private async getRequired(path: string): Promise<any> {
+  private async getRequired(
+    path: string,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<any> {
     const url = `${await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl('kubernetes')}${path}`;
-    const response = await fetch(url);
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(requestBody),
+    });
 
     if (!response.ok) {
       const payload = await response.text();
@@ -40,7 +52,8 @@ export class KubernetesBackendClient implements KubernetesApi {
 
   async getObjectsByServiceId(
     serviceId: String,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
   ): Promise<ObjectsByServiceIdResponse> {
-    return await this.getRequired(`/services/${serviceId}`);
+    return await this.getRequired(`/services/${serviceId}`, requestBody);
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts
index 5ec3cda6f8..8e44d58e6a 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
  */
 
 import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core';
-import { ObjectsByServiceIdResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import {
+  AuthRequestBody,
+  ObjectsByServiceIdResponse,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
 
 export const kubernetesApiRef = createApiRef<KubernetesApi>({
   id: 'plugin.kubernetes.service',
@@ -24,5 +27,8 @@ export const kubernetesApiRef = createApiRef<KubernetesApi>({
 });
 
 export interface KubernetesApi {
-  getObjectsByServiceId(serviceId: String): Promise<ObjectsByServiceIdResponse>;
+  getObjectsByServiceId(
+    serviceId: String,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<ObjectsByServiceIdResponse>;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
index 6119884c43..013c7ad002 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 import React, { ReactElement, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Grid, TabProps } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   CardTab,
+  configApiRef,
   Content,
   Page,
   pageTheme,
@@ -28,10 +30,12 @@ import {
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { kubernetesApiRef } from '../../api/types';
 import {
+  AuthRequestBody,
   ClusterObjects,
   FetchResponse,
   ObjectsByServiceIdResponse,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef } from '../../kubernetes-auth-provider/types';
 import { DeploymentTables } from '../DeploymentTables';
 import { DeploymentTriple } from '../../types/types';
 import {
@@ -105,16 +109,40 @@ export const KubernetesContent = ({ entity }: KubernetesContentProps) => {
   >(undefined);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
+  const configApi = useApi(configApiRef);
+  const clusters: Config[] = configApi.getConfigArray('kubernetes.clusters');
+  const allAuthProviders: string[] = clusters.map(c =>
+    c.getString('authProvider'),
+  );
+  const authProviders: string[] = [...new Set(allAuthProviders)];
+
+  const kubernetesAuthProvidersApi = useApi(kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef);
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    kubernetesApi
-      .getObjectsByServiceId(entity.metadata.name)
-      .then(result => {
-        setKubernetesObjects(result);
-      })
-      .catch(e => {
-        setError(e.message);
-      });
-  }, [entity.metadata.name, kubernetesApi]);
+    (async () => {
+      // For each auth type, invoke decorateRequestBodyForAuth on corresponding KubernetesAuthProvider
+      let requestBody: AuthRequestBody = {};
+      for (const authProviderStr of authProviders) {
+        // Multiple asyncs done sequentially instead of all at once to prevent same requestBody from being modified simultaneously
+        requestBody = await kubernetesAuthProvidersApi.decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+          authProviderStr,
+          requestBody,
+        );
+      }
+
+      // TODO: Add validation on contents/format of requestBody
+      kubernetesApi
+        .getObjectsByServiceId(entity.metadata.name, requestBody)
+        .then(result => {
+          setKubernetesObjects(result);
+        })
+        .catch(e => {
+          setError(e.message);
+        });
+    })();
+    /* eslint-disable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
+  }, [entity.metadata.name, kubernetesApi, kubernetesAuthProvidersApi]);
+  /* eslint-enable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
 
   const clustersWithErrors =
     kubernetesObjects?.items.filter(r => r.errors.length > 0) ?? [];
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7de5c7c0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core';
+import { KubernetesAuthProvider } from './types';
+import { AuthRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+
+export class GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider implements KubernetesAuthProvider {
+  authProvider: OAuthApi;
+
+  constructor(authProvider: OAuthApi) {
+    this.authProvider = authProvider;
+  }
+
+  async decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<AuthRequestBody> {
+    const googleAuthToken: string = await this.authProvider.getAccessToken(
+      'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
+    );
+    if ('auth' in requestBody) {
+      requestBody.auth!.google = googleAuthToken;
+    } else {
+      requestBody.auth = { google: googleAuthToken };
+    }
+    return requestBody;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac909d6695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core';
+import { AuthRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { KubernetesAuthProvider, KubernetesAuthProvidersApi } from './types';
+import { GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider } from './GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider';
+import { ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider } from './ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider';
+
+export class KubernetesAuthProviders implements KubernetesAuthProvidersApi {
+  private readonly kubernetesAuthProviderMap: Map<
+    string,
+    KubernetesAuthProvider
+  >;
+
+  constructor(options: { googleAuthApi: OAuthApi }) {
+    this.kubernetesAuthProviderMap = new Map<string, KubernetesAuthProvider>();
+    this.kubernetesAuthProviderMap.set(
+      'google',
+      new GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider(options.googleAuthApi),
+    );
+    this.kubernetesAuthProviderMap.set(
+      'serviceAccount',
+      new ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  async decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+    authProvider: string,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<AuthRequestBody> {
+    const kubernetesAuthProvider:
+      | KubernetesAuthProvider
+      | undefined = this.kubernetesAuthProviderMap.get(authProvider);
+    if (kubernetesAuthProvider) {
+      return await kubernetesAuthProvider.decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+        requestBody,
+      );
+    }
+    throw new Error(
+      `authProvider "${authProvider}" has no KubernetesAuthProvider defined for it`,
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ac5a9494b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { KubernetesAuthProvider } from './types';
+import { AuthRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+
+export class ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider
+  implements KubernetesAuthProvider {
+  async decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<AuthRequestBody> {
+    // No-op, with service account for auth, cluster config/details should already have serviceAccountToken
+    return requestBody;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24fee0f94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core';
+import { AuthRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+
+export interface KubernetesAuthProvider {
+  decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<AuthRequestBody>;
+}
+
+export const kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef = createApiRef<
+  KubernetesAuthProvidersApi
+>({
+  id: 'plugin.kubernetes-auth-providers.service',
+  description: 'Used by the Kubernetes plugin to fetch KubernetesAuthProviders',
+});
+
+export interface KubernetesAuthProvidersApi {
+  decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+    authProvider: string,
+    requestBody: AuthRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<AuthRequestBody>;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts
index b7ad9615f5..cff9e1468b 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ import {
   createPlugin,
   createRouteRef,
   discoveryApiRef,
+  googleAuthApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core';
 import { KubernetesBackendClient } from './api/KubernetesBackendClient';
 import { kubernetesApiRef } from './api/types';
+import { kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef } from './kubernetes-auth-provider/types';
+import { KubernetesAuthProviders } from './kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders';
 
 export const rootCatalogKubernetesRouteRef = createRouteRef({
   path: '*',
@@ -36,5 +39,12 @@ export const plugin = createPlugin({
       factory: ({ discoveryApi }) =>
         new KubernetesBackendClient({ discoveryApi }),
     }),
+    createApiFactory({
+      api: kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef,
+      deps: { googleAuthApi: googleAuthApiRef },
+      factory: ({ googleAuthApi }) => {
+        return new KubernetesAuthProviders({ googleAuthApi });
+      },
+    }),
   ],
 });