diff --git a/pkg/cli/environment.go b/pkg/cli/environment.go
index ee60d981f..7e3933cc6 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/environment.go
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ func (s *EnvSettings) Namespace() string {
 	return "default"
 }
 
+// SetNamespace sets the namespace in the configuration
+func (s *EnvSettings) SetNamespace(namespace string) {
+	s.namespace = namespace
+}
+
 // RESTClientGetter gets the kubeconfig from EnvSettings
 func (s *EnvSettings) RESTClientGetter() genericclioptions.RESTClientGetter {
 	return s.config
diff --git a/pkg/cli/environment_test.go b/pkg/cli/environment_test.go
index 31ba7a237..1c3dc815e 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/environment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/environment_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
+func TestSetNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	settings := New()
+
+	if settings.namespace != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected empty namespace, got %s", settings.namespace)
+	}
+
+	settings.SetNamespace("testns")
+	if settings.namespace != "testns" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected namespace testns, got %s", settings.namespace)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestEnvSettings(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string