diff --git a/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go b/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go
index 0a4e9e974..bd9c69929 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func runMizuCheck() {
 func checkKubernetesApi() (*kubernetes.Provider, *semver.SemVersion, bool) {
 	logger.Log.Infof("\nkubernetes-api\n--------------------")
 
-	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(config.Config.KubeConfigPath())
+	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(config.Config.KubeConfigPath(), config.Config.KubeContext)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Log.Errorf("%v can't initialize the client, err: %v", fmt.Sprintf(uiUtils.Red, "✗"), err)
 		return nil, nil, false
diff --git a/cli/cmd/common.go b/cli/cmd/common.go
index 8b9435e6e..b822097d5 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/common.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func startProxyReportErrorIfAny(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx con
 }
 
 func getKubernetesProviderForCli() (*kubernetes.Provider, error) {
-	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(config.Config.KubeConfigPath())
+	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(config.Config.KubeConfigPath(), config.Config.KubeContext)
 	if err != nil {
 		handleKubernetesProviderError(err)
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/cli/config/configStruct.go b/cli/config/configStruct.go
index c64c795a0..8ef12f5b6 100644
--- a/cli/config/configStruct.go
+++ b/cli/config/configStruct.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type ConfigStruct struct {
 	Telemetry              bool                        `yaml:"telemetry" default:"true"`
 	DumpLogs               bool                        `yaml:"dump-logs" default:"false"`
 	KubeConfigPathStr      string                      `yaml:"kube-config-path"`
+	KubeContext            string                      `yaml:"kube-context"`
 	ConfigFilePath         string                      `yaml:"config-path,omitempty" readonly:""`
 	HeadlessMode           bool                        `yaml:"headless" default:"false"`
 	LogLevelStr            string                      `yaml:"log-level,omitempty" default:"INFO" readonly:""`
diff --git a/shared/kubernetes/provider.go b/shared/kubernetes/provider.go
index b4157d198..764e6bc68 100644
--- a/shared/kubernetes/provider.go
+++ b/shared/kubernetes/provider.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ const (
 	sysfsMountPath   = "/sys"
 )
 
-func NewProvider(kubeConfigPath string) (*Provider, error) {
-	kubernetesConfig := loadKubernetesConfiguration(kubeConfigPath)
+func NewProvider(kubeConfigPath string, contextName string) (*Provider, error) {
+	kubernetesConfig := loadKubernetesConfiguration(kubeConfigPath, contextName)
 	restClientConfig, err := kubernetesConfig.ClientConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		if clientcmd.IsEmptyConfig(err) {
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ func ValidateKubernetesVersion(serverVersionSemVer *semver.SemVersion) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func loadKubernetesConfiguration(kubeConfigPath string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
+func loadKubernetesConfiguration(kubeConfigPath string, context string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
 	logger.Log.Debugf("Using kube config %s", kubeConfigPath)
 	configPathList := filepath.SplitList(kubeConfigPath)
 	configLoadingRules := &clientcmd.ClientConfigLoadingRules{}
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ func loadKubernetesConfiguration(kubeConfigPath string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
 	} else {
 		configLoadingRules.Precedence = configPathList
 	}
-	contextName := ""
+	contextName := context
 	return clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(
 		configLoadingRules,
 		&clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{