diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
index 7a8b16bc8a..6c600f4d8b 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.6.3",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.7.7",
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.4",
+    "@backstage/kubernetes-common": "^0.1.0",
     "@google-cloud/container": "^2.2.0",
     "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.14.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
index c597c718c5..2316740af0 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
@@ -14,196 +14,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  ExtensionsV1beta1Ingress,
-  V1ConfigMap,
-  V1Deployment,
-  V1HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
-  V1Pod,
-  V1ReplicaSet,
-  V1Service,
-} from '@kubernetes/client-node';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-
-export interface ClusterDetails {
-  name: string;
-  url: string;
-  authProvider: string;
-  serviceAccountToken?: string | undefined;
-  skipTLSVerify?: boolean;
-}
-
-export interface KubernetesRequestBody {
-  auth?: {
-    google?: string;
-  };
-  entity: Entity;
-}
-
-export interface ClusterObjects {
-  cluster: { name: string };
-  resources: FetchResponse[];
-  errors: KubernetesFetchError[];
-}
-
-export interface ObjectsByEntityResponse {
-  items: ClusterObjects[];
-}
-
-export interface FetchResponseWrapper {
-  errors: KubernetesFetchError[];
-  responses: FetchResponse[];
-}
-
-export type FetchResponse =
-  | PodFetchResponse
-  | ServiceFetchResponse
-  | ConfigMapFetchResponse
-  | DeploymentFetchResponse
-  | ReplicaSetsFetchResponse
-  | HorizontalPodAutoscalersFetchResponse
-  | IngressesFetchResponse
-  | CustomResourceFetchResponse;
-
-// TODO fairly sure there's a easier way to do this
-
-export type KubernetesObjectTypes =
-  | 'pods'
-  | 'services'
-  | 'configmaps'
-  | 'deployments'
-  | 'replicasets'
-  | 'horizontalpodautoscalers'
-  | 'ingresses'
-  | 'customresources';
-
-export interface PodFetchResponse {
-  type: 'pods';
-  resources: Array<V1Pod>;
-}
-
-export interface ServiceFetchResponse {
-  type: 'services';
-  resources: Array<V1Service>;
-}
-
-export interface ConfigMapFetchResponse {
-  type: 'configmaps';
-  resources: Array<V1ConfigMap>;
-}
-
-export interface DeploymentFetchResponse {
-  type: 'deployments';
-  resources: Array<V1Deployment>;
-}
-
-export interface ReplicaSetsFetchResponse {
-  type: 'replicasets';
-  resources: Array<V1ReplicaSet>;
-}
-
-export interface HorizontalPodAutoscalersFetchResponse {
-  type: 'horizontalpodautoscalers';
-  resources: Array<V1HorizontalPodAutoscaler>;
-}
-
-export interface IngressesFetchResponse {
-  type: 'ingresses';
-  resources: Array<ExtensionsV1beta1Ingress>;
-}
-
-export interface CustomResourceFetchResponse {
-  type: 'customresources';
-  resources: Array<any>;
-}
-
-export interface ObjectFetchParams {
-  serviceId: string;
-  clusterDetails: ClusterDetails;
-  objectTypesToFetch: Set<KubernetesObjectTypes>;
-  labelSelector: string;
-  customResources: CustomResource[];
-}
-
-// Fetches information from a kubernetes cluster using the cluster details object
-// to target a specific cluster
-export interface KubernetesFetcher {
-  fetchObjectsForService(
-    params: ObjectFetchParams,
-  ): Promise<FetchResponseWrapper>;
-}
-
-// Used to locate which cluster(s) a service is running on
-export interface KubernetesServiceLocator {
-  getClustersByServiceId(serviceId: string): Promise<ClusterDetails[]>;
-}
-
-// Used to load cluster details from different sources
-export interface KubernetesClustersSupplier {
-  getClusters(): Promise<ClusterDetails[]>;
-}
-
-export type KubernetesErrorTypes =
-  | 'BAD_REQUEST'
-  | 'UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR'
-  | 'SYSTEM_ERROR'
-  | 'UNKNOWN_ERROR';
-
-export interface KubernetesFetchError {
-  errorType: KubernetesErrorTypes;
-  statusCode?: number;
-  resourcePath?: string;
-}
-
-export interface ConfigClusterLocatorMethod {
-  /**
-   * @visibility frontend
-   */
-  type: 'config';
-  clusters: {
-    /**
-     * @visibility frontend
-     */
-    url: string;
-    /**
-     * @visibility frontend
-     */
-    name: string;
-    /**
-     * @visibility secret
-     */
-    serviceAccountToken: string | undefined;
-    /**
-     * @visibility frontend
-     */
-    authProvider: 'aws' | 'google' | 'serviceAccount';
-  }[];
-}
-
-export interface GKEClusterLocatorMethod {
-  /**
-   * @visibility frontend
-   */
-  type: 'gke';
-  /**
-   * @visibility frontend
-   */
-  projectId: string;
-  /**
-   * @visibility frontend
-   */
-  region?: string;
-}
-
-export type ClusterLocatorMethod =
-  | ConfigClusterLocatorMethod
-  | GKEClusterLocatorMethod;
-
-export type ServiceLocatorMethod = 'multiTenant' | 'http'; // TODO implement http
-export type AuthProviderType = 'google' | 'serviceAccount' | 'aws';
-
-export interface CustomResource {
-  group: string;
-  apiVersion: string;
-  plural: string;
-}
+export type {
+  ClusterDetails,
+  CustomResource,
+  FetchResponse,
+  FetchResponseWrapper,
+  KubernetesClustersSupplier,
+  KubernetesErrorTypes,
+  KubernetesFetchError,
+  KubernetesFetcher,
+  KubernetesObjectTypes,
+  KubernetesRequestBody,
+  KubernetesServiceLocator,
+  ObjectFetchParams,
+  ServiceLocatorMethod,
+} from '@backstage/kubernetes-common';