diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/daemon_set.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/daemon_set.rs
index 04c88429c4..4616551d1a 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/daemon_set.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/daemon_set.rs
@@ -140,4 +140,13 @@ impl yaml::K8sResource for DaemonSet {
         }
         false
     }
+
+    fn get_runtime_class_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.spec
+            .template
+            .spec
+            .runtimeClassName
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| Some(String::new()))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/deployment.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/deployment.rs
index 45b80c83f7..2296bc9eb2 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/deployment.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/deployment.rs
@@ -138,4 +138,13 @@ impl yaml::K8sResource for Deployment {
         }
         false
     }
+
+    fn get_runtime_class_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.spec
+            .template
+            .spec
+            .runtimeClassName
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| Some(String::new()))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
index c897729936..c7a6ffb29b 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub struct PodSpec {
     restartPolicy: Option<String>,
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    runtimeClassName: Option<String>,
+    pub runtimeClassName: Option<String>,
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub initContainers: Option<Vec<Container>>,
@@ -755,6 +755,13 @@ impl yaml::K8sResource for Pod {
         }
         false
     }
+
+    fn get_runtime_class_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.spec
+            .runtimeClassName
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| Some(String::new()))
+    }
 }
 
 impl Container {
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
index 87b78adda6..f0834524b9 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use crate::config_map;
 use crate::containerd;
 use crate::mount_and_storage;
+use crate::no_policy;
 use crate::pod;
 use crate::policy;
 use crate::registry;
@@ -380,6 +381,22 @@ impl AgentPolicy {
                 let yaml_string = serde_yaml::to_string(&doc_mapping)?;
                 let silent = config.silent_unsupported_fields;
                 let (mut resource, kind) = yaml::new_k8s_resource(&yaml_string, silent)?;
+
+                // Filter out resources that don't match the runtime class name.
+                if let Some(resource_runtime_name) = resource.get_runtime_class_name() {
+                    if !config.runtime_class_names.is_empty()
+                        && !config
+                            .runtime_class_names
+                            .iter()
+                            .any(|prefix| resource_runtime_name.starts_with(prefix))
+                    {
+                        resource =
+                            boxed::Box::new(no_policy::NoPolicyResource { yaml: yaml_string });
+                        resources.push(resource);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 resource.init(config, &doc_mapping, silent).await;
 
                 // ConfigMap and Secret documents contain additional input for policy generation.
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs
index 5b078eaf5b..1c712002b7 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs
@@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ impl yaml::K8sResource for StatefulSet {
         }
         false
     }
+
+    fn get_runtime_class_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.spec
+            .template
+            .spec
+            .runtimeClassName
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| Some(String::new()))
+    }
 }
 
 impl StatefulSet {
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
index fc95479514..e0d4b84be5 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ struct CommandLineOptions {
         help = "Registry that uses plain HTTP. Can be passed more than once to configure multiple insecure registries."
     )]
     insecure_registry: Vec<String>,
+
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        help = "If specified, resources that have a runtimeClassName field defined will only receive a policy if the parameter is a prefix one of the given runtime class names."
+    )]
+    runtime_class_names: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 /// Application configuration, derived from on command line parameters.
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ struct CommandLineOptions {
 pub struct Config {
     pub use_cache: bool,
     pub insecure_registries: Vec<String>,
+    pub runtime_class_names: Vec<String>,
 
     pub yaml_file: Option<String>,
     pub rego_rules_path: String,
@@ -121,6 +128,7 @@ impl Config {
         Self {
             use_cache: args.use_cached_files,
             insecure_registries: args.insecure_registry,
+            runtime_class_names: args.runtime_class_names,
             yaml_file: args.yaml_file,
             rego_rules_path: args.rego_rules_path,
             settings,
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs
index 6b7bf0065c..d2c905cde0 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ pub trait K8sResource {
     fn use_sandbox_pidns(&self) -> bool {
         panic!("Unsupported");
     }
+
+    fn get_runtime_class_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        None
+    }
 }
 
 /// See Reference / Kubernetes API / Common Definitions / LabelSelector.
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
index 5a6be1c1eb..5c53ae03fb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
@@ -17,13 +17,22 @@ setup() {
 	get_pod_config_dir
 
 	correct_configmap_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-configmap.yaml"
+	pre_generate_configmap_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-configmap-pre-generation.yaml"
 	incorrect_configmap_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-configmap-incorrect.yaml"
+	testcase_pre_generate_configmap_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-configmap-testcase-pre-generation.yaml"
 
 	correct_pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-pod.yaml"
+	pre_generate_pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-pod-pre-generation.yaml"
 	incorrect_pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-pod-incorrect.yaml"
+	testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-pod-testcase-pre-generation.yaml"
+
 
     # Save some time by executing genpolicy a single time.
     if [ "${BATS_TEST_NUMBER}" == "1" ]; then
+		# Save pre-generated yaml files
+		cp "${correct_configmap_yaml}" "${pre_generate_configmap_yaml}" 
+		cp "${correct_pod_yaml}" "${pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
+
 		# Add policy to the correct pod yaml file
 		auto_generate_policy "${pod_config_dir}" "${correct_pod_yaml}" "${correct_configmap_yaml}"
 	fi
@@ -31,6 +40,10 @@ setup() {
     # Start each test case with a copy of the correct yaml files.
 	cp "${correct_configmap_yaml}" "${incorrect_configmap_yaml}"
 	cp "${correct_pod_yaml}" "${incorrect_pod_yaml}"
+
+	# Also give each testcase a copy of the pre-generated yaml files.
+	cp "${pre_generate_configmap_yaml}" "${testcase_pre_generate_configmap_yaml}"
+	cp "${pre_generate_pod_yaml}" "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Successful pod with auto-generated policy" {
@@ -39,6 +52,17 @@ setup() {
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready "--timeout=${timeout}" pod "${pod_name}"
 }
 
+@test "Successful pod with auto-generated policy and runtimeClassName filter" {
+	runtime_class_name=$(yq read "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}" "spec.runtimeClassName")
+
+	auto_generate_policy "${pod_config_dir}" "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}" "${testcase_pre_generate_configmap_yaml}" \
+		"--runtime-class-names=other-runtime-class-name --runtime-class-names=${runtime_class_name}" 
+
+	kubectl create -f "${testcase_pre_generate_configmap_yaml}"
+	kubectl create -f "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready "--timeout=${timeout}" pod "${pod_name}"
+}
+
 # Common function for several test cases from this bats script.
 test_pod_policy_error() {
 	kubectl create -f "${correct_configmap_yaml}"
@@ -143,6 +167,17 @@ test_pod_policy_error() {
 	waitForProcess "${wait_time}" "$sleep_time" "${command}" | grep -v "Message:"
 }
 
+@test "RuntimeClassName filter: no policy" {
+	# The policy should not be generated because the pod spec does not have a runtimeClassName.
+	runtime_class_name=$(yq read "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}" "spec.runtimeClassName")
+
+	auto_generate_policy "${pod_config_dir}" "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}" "${testcase_pre_generate_configmap_yaml}" \
+		"--runtime-class-names=other-${runtime_class_name}"
+
+	# Check that the pod yaml does not contain a policy annotation.
+	run ! grep -q "io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy" "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
+}
+
 teardown() {
 	auto_generate_policy_enabled || skip "Auto-generated policy tests are disabled."
 
@@ -154,4 +189,6 @@ teardown() {
 	kubectl delete configmap "${configmap_name}"
 	rm -f "${incorrect_pod_yaml}"
 	rm -f "${incorrect_configmap_yaml}"
+	rm -f "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
+	rm -f "${testcase_pre_generate_configmap_yaml}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
index 5e631f5c3b..2d3bc01972 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ auto_generate_policy() {
 	declare -r settings_dir="$1"
 	declare -r yaml_file="$2"
 	declare -r config_map_yaml_file="$3"
+	declare -r additional_flags="$4"
 
 	auto_generate_policy_enabled || return 0
 	local genpolicy_command="RUST_LOG=info /opt/kata/bin/genpolicy -u -y ${yaml_file}"
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ auto_generate_policy() {
 		genpolicy_command+=" -d"
 	fi
 
+	genpolicy_command+=" ${additional_flags}"
+
 	info "Executing: ${genpolicy_command}"
 	eval "${genpolicy_command}"
 }