diff --git a/.changeset/eight-shrimps-call.md b/.changeset/eight-shrimps-call.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e19681f7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eight-shrimps-call.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+---
+
+humanizeEntityRef function can now be forced to include default namespace
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index 1ae82f702b..ee43a0a5c1 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ export function humanizeEntityRef(
   entityRef: Entity | CompoundEntityRef,
   opts?: {
     defaultKind?: string;
+    defaultNamespace?: string | false;
   },
 ): string;
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts
index d41d3c6635..80ce2100f6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
     expect(title).toEqual('component:software');
   });
 
+  it('formats entity in default namespace without skipping default namespace', () => {
+    const entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'software',
+      },
+      spec: {
+        owner: 'guest',
+        type: 'service',
+        lifecycle: 'production',
+      },
+    };
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entity, { defaultNamespace: false });
+    expect(title).toEqual('component:default/software');
+  });
+
   it('formats entity in other namespace', () => {
     const entity = {
       apiVersion: 'v1',
@@ -52,6 +69,24 @@ describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
     expect(title).toEqual('component:test/software');
   });
 
+  it('formats entity in other namespace and hides this namespace', () => {
+    const entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'software',
+        namespace: 'test',
+      },
+      spec: {
+        owner: 'guest',
+        type: 'service',
+        lifecycle: 'production',
+      },
+    };
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entity, { defaultNamespace: 'test' });
+    expect(title).toEqual('component:software');
+  });
+
   it('formats entity and hides default kind', () => {
     const entity = {
       apiVersion: 'v1',
@@ -70,6 +105,27 @@ describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
     expect(title).toEqual('test/software');
   });
 
+  it('formats entity and hides default kind and hiding namespace', () => {
+    const entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'software',
+        namespace: 'test',
+      },
+      spec: {
+        owner: 'guest',
+        type: 'service',
+        lifecycle: 'production',
+      },
+    };
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entity, {
+      defaultKind: 'Component',
+      defaultNamespace: 'test',
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('software');
+  });
+
   it('formats entity name in default namespace', () => {
     const entityName = {
       kind: 'Component',
@@ -80,6 +136,16 @@ describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
     expect(title).toEqual('component:software');
   });
 
+  it('formats entity name in default namespace and does not skip default namespace', () => {
+    const entityName = {
+      kind: 'Component',
+      namespace: 'default',
+      name: 'software',
+    };
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entityName, { defaultNamespace: false });
+    expect(title).toEqual('component:default/software');
+  });
+
   it('formats entity name in other namespace', () => {
     const entityName = {
       kind: 'Component',
@@ -91,6 +157,19 @@ describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
     expect(title).toEqual('component:test/software');
   });
 
+  it('formats entity name in other namespace with skipping this namespace', () => {
+    const entityName = {
+      kind: 'Component',
+      namespace: 'test',
+      name: 'software',
+    };
+
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entityName, {
+      defaultNamespace: 'test',
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('component:software');
+  });
+
   it('renders link for entity name and hides default kind', () => {
     const entityName = {
       kind: 'Component',
@@ -103,4 +182,31 @@ describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
     });
     expect(title).toEqual('test/software');
   });
+
+  it('renders link for entity name and hides default kind with skipping namespace', () => {
+    const entityName = {
+      kind: 'Component',
+      namespace: 'test',
+      name: 'software',
+    };
+
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entityName, {
+      defaultKind: 'component',
+      defaultNamespace: 'test',
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('software');
+  });
+
+  it('formats entity name in default namespace without skip of default namespace', () => {
+    const entityName = {
+      kind: 'Component',
+      namespace: 'default',
+      name: 'software',
+    };
+
+    const title = humanizeEntityRef(entityName, {
+      defaultNamespace: false,
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('component:default/software');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts
index 2f72a7ee3b..bfc8e2af84 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
-/** @public */
+/**
+ * @param defaultNamespace - if set to false then namespace is never omitted,
+ * if set to string which matches namespace of entity then omitted
+ *
+ * @public */
 export function humanizeEntityRef(
   entityRef: Entity | CompoundEntityRef,
-  opts?: { defaultKind?: string },
+  opts?: {
+    defaultKind?: string;
+    defaultNamespace?: string | false;
+  },
 ) {
   const defaultKind = opts?.defaultKind;
   let kind;
@@ -40,7 +47,14 @@ export function humanizeEntityRef(
     name = entityRef.name;
   }
 
-  if (namespace === DEFAULT_NAMESPACE) {
+  if (namespace === undefined || namespace === '') {
+    namespace = DEFAULT_NAMESPACE;
+  }
+  if (opts?.defaultNamespace !== undefined) {
+    if (opts?.defaultNamespace === namespace) {
+      namespace = undefined;
+    }
+  } else if (namespace === DEFAULT_NAMESPACE) {
     namespace = undefined;
   }