diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20201005122705_add_entity_full_name.js b/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20201005122705_add_entity_full_name.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26cc98e74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20201005122705_add_entity_full_name.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+// @ts-check
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('knex')} knex
+ */
+exports.up = async function up(knex) {
+  await knex.schema.alterTable('entities', table => {
+    table.text('full_name').nullable();
+  });
+
+  await knex('entities').update({
+    full_name: knex.raw(
+      "LOWER(kind) || ':' || LOWER(COALESCE(namespace, 'default')) || '/' || LOWER(name)",
+    ),
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('entities', table => {
+      table.text('full_name').notNullable().alter();
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    // SQLite does not support alter column, ignore
+  }
+
+  await knex.schema.alterTable('entities', table => {
+    // https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.18/#objectmeta-v1-meta
+    table.unique(['full_name'], 'entities_unique_full_name');
+    table.dropUnique([], 'entities_unique_name');
+  });
+};
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('knex')} knex
+ */
+exports.down = async function down(knex) {
+  await knex.schema.alterTable('entities', table => {
+    // https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.18/#objectmeta-v1-meta
+    table.dropUnique([], 'entities_unique_full_name');
+    table.unique(['kind', 'namespace', 'name'], 'entities_unique_name');
+  });
+
+  await knex.schema.alterTable('entities_search', table => {
+    table.dropColumn('full_name');
+  });
+};
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts
index 9d80b33940..5327384593 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts
@@ -383,11 +383,18 @@ export class CommonDatabase implements Database {
     locationId: string | undefined,
     entity: Entity,
   ): DbEntitiesRow {
+    const lowerKind = entity.kind.toLowerCase();
+    const lowerNamespace = (
+      entity.metadata.namespace || ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+    ).toLowerCase();
+    const lowerName = entity.metadata.name.toLowerCase();
+
     return {
       id: entity.metadata.uid!,
       location_id: locationId || null,
       etag: entity.metadata.etag!,
       generation: entity.metadata.generation!,
+      full_name: `${lowerKind}:${lowerNamespace}/${lowerName}`,
       api_version: entity.apiVersion,
       kind: entity.kind,
       name: entity.metadata.name,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/types.ts
index 8aaf212583..c0f5777743 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/types.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export type DbEntitiesRow = {
   namespace: string | null;
   etag: string;
   generation: number;
+  full_name: string;
   metadata: string;
   spec: string | null;
 };