diff --git a/controllers/toolchainclustercache/namespace_predicate.go b/controllers/toolchainclustercache/namespace_predicate.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b80c21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/toolchainclustercache/namespace_predicate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package toolchainclustercache
+
+import (
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
+)
+
+// CreateAndUpdateOnlyPredicate will filter out all events out of the provided namespace
+type namespacePredicate struct {
+	namespace string
+}
+
+// Update allows events only in the given namespace
+func (p namespacePredicate) Update(e event.UpdateEvent) bool {
+	return e.ObjectNew.GetNamespace() == p.namespace
+}
+
+// Create allows events only in the given namespace
+func (p namespacePredicate) Create(e event.CreateEvent) bool {
+	return e.Object.GetNamespace() == p.namespace
+}
+
+// Delete allows events only in the given namespace
+func (p namespacePredicate) Delete(e event.DeleteEvent) bool {
+	return e.Object.GetNamespace() == p.namespace
+}
+
+// Generic allows events only in the given namespace
+func (p namespacePredicate) Generic(e event.GenericEvent) bool {
+	return e.Object.GetNamespace() == p.namespace
+}
diff --git a/controllers/toolchainclustercache/namespace_predicate_test.go b/controllers/toolchainclustercache/namespace_predicate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..192623ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/toolchainclustercache/namespace_predicate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package toolchainclustercache
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	toolchainv1alpha1 "github.com/codeready-toolchain/api/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
+)
+
+func TestNamespacePredicate(t *testing.T) {
+	// given
+	predicate := namespacePredicate{
+		namespace: "matching-namespace",
+	}
+
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		namespace string
+		expected  bool
+	}{
+		"with matching namespace": {
+			namespace: "matching-namespace",
+			expected:  true,
+		},
+
+		"without matching namespace": {
+			namespace: "non-matching-namespace",
+			expected:  false,
+		},
+
+		"without any namespace": {
+			namespace: "",
+			expected:  false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for testName, data := range tests {
+		t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tc := &toolchainv1alpha1.ToolchainCluster{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "tc-name",
+					Namespace: data.namespace,
+				},
+			}
+			t.Run("update event", func(t *testing.T) {
+				// given
+				ev := event.UpdateEvent{
+					ObjectNew: tc,
+					// we don't care about the old version of the object
+					ObjectOld: nil,
+				}
+
+				// when
+				shouldReconcile := predicate.Update(ev)
+
+				// then
+				assert.Equal(t, data.expected, shouldReconcile)
+			})
+
+			t.Run("create event", func(t *testing.T) {
+				// given
+				ev := event.CreateEvent{
+					Object: tc,
+				}
+
+				// when
+				shouldReconcile := predicate.Create(ev)
+
+				// then
+				assert.Equal(t, data.expected, shouldReconcile)
+			})
+
+			t.Run("generic event", func(t *testing.T) {
+				// given
+				ev := event.GenericEvent{
+					Object: tc,
+				}
+
+				// when
+				shouldReconcile := predicate.Generic(ev)
+
+				// then
+				assert.Equal(t, data.expected, shouldReconcile)
+			})
+
+			t.Run("delete event", func(t *testing.T) {
+				// given
+				ev := event.DeleteEvent{
+					Object: tc,
+				}
+
+				// when
+				shouldReconcile := predicate.Delete(ev)
+
+				// then
+				assert.Equal(t, data.expected, shouldReconcile)
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/controllers/toolchainclustercache/toolchaincluster_cache_controller.go b/controllers/toolchainclustercache/toolchaincluster_cache_controller.go
index 9adb8fbb..b39f64fd 100644
--- a/controllers/toolchainclustercache/toolchaincluster_cache_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/toolchainclustercache/toolchaincluster_cache_controller.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
@@ -23,13 +24,14 @@ func NewReconciler(mgr manager.Manager, namespace string, timeout time.Duration)
 		client:              mgr.GetClient(),
 		scheme:              mgr.GetScheme(),
 		clusterCacheService: clusterCacheService,
+		namespace:           namespace,
 	}
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
 func (r *Reconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
-		For(&toolchainv1alpha1.ToolchainCluster{}).
+		For(&toolchainv1alpha1.ToolchainCluster{}, builder.WithPredicates(namespacePredicate{namespace: r.namespace})).
 		Complete(r)
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 	client              client.Client
 	scheme              *runtime.Scheme
 	clusterCacheService cluster.ToolchainClusterService
+	namespace           string
 }
 
 // Reconcile reads that state of the cluster for a ToolchainCluster object and makes changes based on the state read