diff --git a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
index 8d9244c4..d26d3637 100644
--- a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
+++ b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ func runTroubleshoot(v *viper.Viper, arg []string) error {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "unable to parse selector")
 		}
 
-		namespace := ""
-		if v.GetString("namespace") != "" {
-			namespace = v.GetString("namespace")
-		}
-
 		config, err := k8sutil.GetRESTConfig()
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to convert kube flags to rest config")
@@ -129,6 +124,22 @@ func runTroubleshoot(v *viper.Viper, arg []string) error {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to convert create k8s client")
 		}
 
+		namespace := ""
+
+		if v.GetString("namespace") != "" {
+			namespace = v.GetString("namespace")
+		} else {
+			IsNamespacedScopeRBAC, err := k8sutil.IsNamespacedScopeRBAC(client)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to check if cluster is namespaced")
+			}
+
+			if !IsNamespacedScopeRBAC {
+				kubeconfig := k8sutil.GetKubeconfig()
+				namespace, _, _ = kubeconfig.Namespace()
+			}
+		}
+
 		var bundlesFromCluster []string
 
 		// Search cluster for Troubleshoot objects in cluster
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/namespace.go b/pkg/k8sutil/namespace.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d6ec0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/namespace.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package k8sutil
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	authorizationv1 "k8s.io/api/authorization/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+)
+
+func IsNamespacedScopeRBAC(client kubernetes.Interface) (bool, error) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	sar := &authorizationv1.SelfSubjectAccessReview{
+		Spec: authorizationv1.SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec{
+			ResourceAttributes: &authorizationv1.ResourceAttributes{
+				Namespace: "",
+				Verb:      "list",
+				Resource:  "secrets,configmaps",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.AuthorizationV1().SelfSubjectAccessReviews().Create(ctx, sar, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if resp.Status.Allowed {
+		return true, nil
+	} else {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+}