diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e6d32c..e515b4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -632,6 +632,24 @@ data:
     </match>
 ```
 
+You can limit what k8s objects can be looked up using the templting functionality by passing the `--allow-label` flag, for example `--allow-label=logs.vmware.com/allow`.
+You can also override what label to use on specific Namespaces by passing the `--allow-label-annotation` falg and then setting what label to use in that annotation on the Namespace, for example, `--allow-label-annotation=logs.vmware.com/allow-label`
+And in the Namespace:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: my-namespace
+  annotations:
+    logs.vmware.com/allow-label: "logs.vmware.com/my_namespace"
+spec:
+  finalizers:
+    - kubernetes
+```
+
+And the templated config in this Namespace will only be allowed to lookup resources labeled with `logs.vmware.com/my_namespace="true"`
+
 ### Custom resource definition(CRD) support (since v1.13.0)
 
 Custom resources are introduced from v1.13.0 release onwards. It allows to have a dedicated resource for fluentd configurations, which enables to manage them in a more consistent way and move away from the generic ConfigMaps.
diff --git a/config-reloader/config/config.go b/config-reloader/config/config.go
index f8a3550..08d25d7 100644
--- a/config-reloader/config/config.go
+++ b/config-reloader/config/config.go
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	MetricsPort            int
 	AllowTagExpansion      bool
 	AdminNamespace         string
+	AllowLabel             string
+	AllowLabelAnnotation   string
 	// parsed or processed/cached fields
 	level               logrus.Level
 	ParsedMetaValues    map[string]string
@@ -233,6 +235,9 @@ func (cfg *Config) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	app.Flag("default-configmap", "Read the configmap by this name if namespace is not annotated. Use empty string to suppress the default.").Default(defaultConfig.DefaultConfigmapName).StringVar(&cfg.DefaultConfigmapName)
 	app.Flag("status-annotation", "Store configuration errors in this annotation, leave empty to turn off").Default(defaultConfig.AnnotStatus).StringVar(&cfg.AnnotStatus)
 
+	app.Flag("allow-label", "When set only objects with this label can be fetched using go templating").Default(defaultConfig.AllowLabel).StringVar(&cfg.AllowLabel)
+	app.Flag("allow-label-annotation", "Which annotation on the namespace stores the allow label?").Default(defaultConfig.AllowLabelAnnotation).StringVar(&cfg.AllowLabelAnnotation)
+
 	app.Flag("prometheus-enabled", "Prometheus metrics enabled (default: false)").BoolVar(&cfg.PrometheusEnabled)
 	app.Flag("metrics-port", "Expose prometheus metrics on this port (also needs --prometheus-enabled)").Default(strconv.Itoa(defaultConfig.MetricsPort)).IntVar(&cfg.MetricsPort)
 
diff --git a/config-reloader/datasource/kube_informer.go b/config-reloader/datasource/kube_informer.go
index 81c4686..afe1f06 100644
--- a/config-reloader/datasource/kube_informer.go
+++ b/config-reloader/datasource/kube_informer.go
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@ func (d *kubeInformerConnection) GetNamespaces(ctx context.Context) ([]*Namespac
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		if d.cfg.AllowLabel != "" {
+			template.SetAllowLabel(d.cfg.AllowLabel)
+		}
+		if d.cfg.AllowLabelAnnotation != "" {
+			if label := nsobj.GetAnnotations()[d.cfg.AllowLabelAnnotation]; label != "" {
+				template.SetAllowLabel(label)
+			}
+		}
+
 		configdata, err := d.kubeds.GetFluentdConfig(ctx, ns)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -407,7 +416,7 @@ func (d *kubeInformerConnection) discoverFluentdConfigNamespaces() ([]string, er
 	}
 	nsList := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, crd := range fcList {
-		nsList = append(nsList, crd.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
+		nsList = append(nsList, crd.Namespace)
 	}
 	logrus.Debugf("Returned these namespaces for fluentdconfig crds: %v", nsList)
 	return nsList, nil
diff --git a/config-reloader/template/template.go b/config-reloader/template/template.go
index ddd51d5..ce1ea99 100644
--- a/config-reloader/template/template.go
+++ b/config-reloader/template/template.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
@@ -17,7 +18,14 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
-var k8sClient client.Reader
+var (
+	k8sClient  client.Reader
+	allowLabel string
+)
+
+func SetAllowLabel(label string) {
+	allowLabel = label
+}
 
 // Render is a go template rendering function it includes all the sprig lib functions
 // as well as some extras like a k8sLookup function to get values from k8s objects
@@ -119,6 +127,11 @@ func k8sLookup(kind, namespace, name string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 		}, &u); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get: %w", err)
 		}
+		if allowLabel != "" {
+			if allow, _ := strconv.ParseBool(u.GetLabels()[allowLabel]); !allow {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("object not allowed")
+			}
+		}
 		return u.UnstructuredContent(), nil
 	}
 	ul := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
@@ -133,6 +146,14 @@ func k8sLookup(kind, namespace, name string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	if err := k8sClient.List(context.Background(), ul, opts); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list: %w", err)
 	}
+	if allowLabel != "" {
+		for _, o := range ul.Items {
+			if allow, _ := strconv.ParseBool(o.GetLabels()[allowLabel]); !allow {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("object not allowed")
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
 	return ul.UnstructuredContent(), nil
 }