diff --git a/backend/config.go b/backend/config.go
index 076c849c6..3064ece43 100644
--- a/backend/config.go
+++ b/backend/config.go
@@ -61,8 +61,14 @@ func NewConfig(options *options.CompletedOptions) (*Config, error) {
 	// create clients
 	rules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
 	rules.ExplicitPath = options.KubeConfig
+	var overrides *clientcmd.ConfigOverrides
+	if options.Context != "" {
+		overrides = &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{
+			CurrentContext: options.Context,
+		}
+	}
 	var err error
-	config.ClientConfig, err = clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(rules, nil).ClientConfig()
+	config.ClientConfig, err = clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(rules, overrides).ClientConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/backend/options/options.go b/backend/options/options.go
index 1490515f9..f2c499dd5 100644
--- a/backend/options/options.go
+++ b/backend/options/options.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type Options struct {
 
 type ExtraOptions struct {
 	KubeConfig string
+	Context    string
 
 	Provider string
 
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ func (options *Options) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	options.ProviderKcp.AddFlags(fs)
 
 	fs.StringVar(&options.KubeConfig, "kubeconfig", options.KubeConfig, "path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster")
+	fs.StringVar(&options.Context, "context", options.Context, "The name of the kubeconfig context to use.")
 	fs.StringVar(&options.NamespacePrefix, "namespace-prefix", options.NamespacePrefix, "The prefix to use for cluster namespaces")
 	fs.StringVar(&options.PrettyName, "pretty-name", options.PrettyName, "Pretty name for the backend")
 	fs.StringVar(&options.ConsumerScope, "consumer-scope", options.ConsumerScope, "How consumers access the service provider cluster. In Kubernetes, \"namespaced\" allows namespace isolation. In kcp, \"cluster\" allows workspace isolation, and with that allows cluster-scoped resources to bind and it is generally more performant.")
diff --git a/pkg/konnector/config.go b/pkg/konnector/config.go
index 7fc395650..6edca5eb2 100644
--- a/pkg/konnector/config.go
+++ b/pkg/konnector/config.go
@@ -54,8 +54,14 @@ func NewConfig(options *options.CompletedOptions) (*Config, error) {
 	// create clients
 	rules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
 	rules.ExplicitPath = options.KubeConfigPath
+	var overrides *clientcmd.ConfigOverrides
+	if options.Context != "" {
+		overrides = &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{
+			CurrentContext: options.Context,
+		}
+	}
 	var err error
-	config.ClientConfig, err = clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(rules, nil).ClientConfig()
+	config.ClientConfig, err = clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(rules, overrides).ClientConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/konnector/options/options.go b/pkg/konnector/options/options.go
index 50d305ff3..062014f5e 100644
--- a/pkg/konnector/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/konnector/options/options.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Options struct {
 
 type ExtraOptions struct {
 	KubeConfigPath string
+	Context        string
 
 	LeaseLockName      string
 	LeaseLockNamespace string
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ func (options *Options) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	logsv1.AddFlags(options.Logs, fs)
 
 	fs.StringVar(&options.KubeConfigPath, "kubeconfig", options.KubeConfigPath, "Kubeconfig file for the local cluster.")
+	fs.StringVar(&options.Context, "context", options.Context, "The name of the kubeconfig context to use.")
 	fs.StringVar(&options.LeaseLockName, "lease-name", options.LeaseLockName, "Name of lease lock")
 	fs.StringVar(&options.LeaseLockNamespace, "lease-namespace", options.LeaseLockNamespace, "Name of lease lock namespace")
 	fs.StringVar(&options.ServerAddr, "server-address", options.ServerAddr, "Address for server")