diff --git a/.changeset/purple-comics-fold.md b/.changeset/purple-comics-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5e02d64db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/purple-comics-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add configuration option to the kubernetes object types. Config option is under `kubernetes.resources`. Defaults to ['pods', 'services', 'configmaps', 'deployments', 'replicasets', 'horizontalpodautoscalers', 'ingresses']
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
index 72d80050d8..899f1fff00 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ export interface CustomResource {
   plural: string;
 }
 
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "DEFAULT_OBJECTS" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public (undocumented)
+export const DEFAULT_OBJECTS: KubernetesObjectTypes[];
+
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "FetchResponseWrapper" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts
index 9d002670b9..8b96d5ceca 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 
 export interface Config {
   kubernetes?: {
+    objectTypes?: Array<
+      | 'pods'
+      | 'services'
+      | 'configmaps'
+      | 'deployments'
+      | 'replicasets'
+      | 'horizontalpodautoscalers'
+      | 'ingresses'
+    >;
     serviceLocatorMethod: {
       type: 'multiTenant';
     };
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.ts
index 155c4967d5..e5eb5e7c62 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@
 
 export * from './service/router';
 export * from './types/types';
+
+export { DEFAULT_OBJECTS } from './service/KubernetesFanOutHandler';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts
index 666b441226..a867efaaee 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts
@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsForService', () => {
 
     mockFetch(fetchObjectsForService);
 
-    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler(
-      getVoidLogger(),
-      {
+    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler({
+      logger: getVoidLogger(),
+      fetcher: {
         fetchObjectsForService,
       },
-      {
+      serviceLocator: {
         getClustersByServiceId,
       },
-      [],
-    );
+      customResources: [],
+    });
 
     const result = await sut.getKubernetesObjectsByEntity({
       entity: {
@@ -221,16 +221,16 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsForService', () => {
 
     mockFetch(fetchObjectsForService);
 
-    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler(
-      getVoidLogger(),
-      {
+    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler({
+      logger: getVoidLogger(),
+      fetcher: {
         fetchObjectsForService,
       },
-      {
+      serviceLocator: {
         getClustersByServiceId,
       },
-      [],
-    );
+      customResources: [],
+    });
 
     const result = await sut.getKubernetesObjectsByEntity({
       auth: {
@@ -357,16 +357,16 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsForService', () => {
 
     mockFetch(fetchObjectsForService);
 
-    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler(
-      getVoidLogger(),
-      {
+    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler({
+      logger: getVoidLogger(),
+      fetcher: {
         fetchObjectsForService,
       },
-      {
+      serviceLocator: {
         getClustersByServiceId,
       },
-      [],
-    );
+      customResources: [],
+    });
 
     const result = await sut.getKubernetesObjectsByEntity({
       auth: {
@@ -497,16 +497,16 @@ describe('handleGetKubernetesObjectsForService', () => {
 
     mockFetch(fetchObjectsForService);
 
-    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler(
-      getVoidLogger(),
-      {
+    const sut = new KubernetesFanOutHandler({
+      logger: getVoidLogger(),
+      fetcher: {
         fetchObjectsForService,
       },
-      {
+      serviceLocator: {
         getClustersByServiceId,
       },
-      [],
-    );
+      customResources: [],
+    });
 
     const result = await sut.getKubernetesObjectsByEntity({
       auth: {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
index 3039560aad..0931d775d3 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from '../kubernetes-auth-translator/types';
 import { KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator } from '../kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator';
 
-const DEFAULT_OBJECTS = new Set<KubernetesObjectTypes>([
+export const DEFAULT_OBJECTS: KubernetesObjectTypes[] = [
   'pods',
   'services',
   'configmaps',
@@ -34,30 +34,38 @@ const DEFAULT_OBJECTS = new Set<KubernetesObjectTypes>([
   'replicasets',
   'horizontalpodautoscalers',
   'ingresses',
-]);
+];
+
+export interface KubernetesFanOutHandlerOptions {
+  logger: Logger;
+  fetcher: KubernetesFetcher;
+  serviceLocator: KubernetesServiceLocator;
+  customResources: CustomResource[];
+  objectTypesToFetch?: KubernetesObjectTypes[];
+}
 
 export class KubernetesFanOutHandler {
   private readonly logger: Logger;
   private readonly fetcher: KubernetesFetcher;
   private readonly serviceLocator: KubernetesServiceLocator;
   private readonly customResources: CustomResource[];
+  private readonly objectTypesToFetch: KubernetesObjectTypes[];
 
-  constructor(
-    logger: Logger,
-    fetcher: KubernetesFetcher,
-    serviceLocator: KubernetesServiceLocator,
-    customResources: CustomResource[],
-  ) {
+  constructor({
+    logger,
+    fetcher,
+    serviceLocator,
+    customResources,
+    objectTypesToFetch = DEFAULT_OBJECTS,
+  }: KubernetesFanOutHandlerOptions) {
     this.logger = logger;
     this.fetcher = fetcher;
     this.serviceLocator = serviceLocator;
     this.customResources = customResources;
+    this.objectTypesToFetch = objectTypesToFetch;
   }
 
-  async getKubernetesObjectsByEntity(
-    requestBody: KubernetesRequestBody,
-    objectTypesToFetch: Set<KubernetesObjectTypes> = DEFAULT_OBJECTS,
-  ) {
+  async getKubernetesObjectsByEntity(requestBody: KubernetesRequestBody) {
     const entityName =
       requestBody.entity?.metadata?.annotations?.[
         'backstage.io/kubernetes-id'
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ export class KubernetesFanOutHandler {
           .fetchObjectsForService({
             serviceId: entityName,
             clusterDetails: clusterDetailsItem,
-            objectTypesToFetch,
+            objectTypesToFetch: new Set(this.objectTypesToFetch),
             labelSelector,
             customResources: this.customResources,
           })
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 984b3f14a0..8a1f2fe627 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { MultiTenantServiceLocator } from '../service-locator/MultiTenantService
 import {
   ClusterDetails,
   KubernetesClustersSupplier,
+  KubernetesObjectTypes,
   KubernetesServiceLocator,
   ServiceLocatorMethod,
   CustomResource,
@@ -133,13 +134,17 @@ export async function createRouter(
   );
 
   const serviceLocator = getServiceLocator(options.config, clusterDetails);
+  const objectTypesToFetch = options.config.getOptionalStringArray(
+    'kubernetes.objectTypes',
+  ) as KubernetesObjectTypes[];
 
-  const kubernetesFanOutHandler = new KubernetesFanOutHandler(
+  const kubernetesFanOutHandler = new KubernetesFanOutHandler({
     logger,
     fetcher,
     serviceLocator,
     customResources,
-  );
+    objectTypesToFetch,
+  });
 
   return makeRouter(logger, kubernetesFanOutHandler, clusterDetails);
 }