diff --git a/pkg/model/model.go b/pkg/model/model.go
index a7947103..bd780efe 100644
--- a/pkg/model/model.go
+++ b/pkg/model/model.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Object struct {
 	ObjectMeta      *ResourceObjectMeta `json:"metadata" gorm:"foreignkey:ID;references:id;constraint:OnUpdate:CASCADE,OnDelete:SET NULL;"`
 	Spec            *ResourceSpec       `json:"spec,omitempty" gorm:"foreignkey:ID;references:id;constraint:OnUpdate:CASCADE,OnDelete:SET NULL;"`
 	Status          *ResourceStatus     `json:"status,omitempty" gorm:"foreignkey:ID;references:id;constraint:OnUpdate:CASCADE,OnDelete:SET NULL;"`
+	ClusterID       string              `json:"cluster_id"`
 	PatternResource *uuid.UUID          `json:"pattern_resource"`
 
 	// Secondary fields for configsmaps and secrets
diff --git a/pkg/model/model_converter.go b/pkg/model/model_converter.go
index f180ea6c..8c3c1fee 100644
--- a/pkg/model/model_converter.go
+++ b/pkg/model/model_converter.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/utils"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshsync/internal/config"
+	iutils "github.com/layer5io/meshsync/pkg/utils"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ func ParseList(object unstructured.Unstructured) Object {
 		result.Type = string(objType)
 	}
 
+	result.ClusterID = iutils.GetClusterID()
+
 	return result
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ func IsObject(obj Object) bool {
 func SetID(obj *Object) {
 	if obj != nil {
 		id := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.%s", obj.Kind, obj.APIVersion, obj.ObjectMeta.Namespace, obj.ObjectMeta.Name),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.%s.%s", obj.ClusterID, obj.Kind, obj.APIVersion, obj.ObjectMeta.Namespace, obj.ObjectMeta.Name),
 		))
 		obj.ID = id
 		obj.ObjectMeta.ID = id
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..279a3ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/utils/kubernetes"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+// clusterID is a unique identifier for the cluster
+// in which MeshSync is running
+var clusterID *string = nil
+
+// GetClusterID returns a unique identifier for the cluster in which
+// meshsync is running
+//
+// Notes:
+// 1. If MeshSync is running out of cluster then the function will return
+// an empty string
+// 2. Function caches the cluster ID whenever it is invoked for the first time
+// assuming that the cluster ID cannot and will not change throughout MeshSync's
+// lifecycle
+func GetClusterID() string {
+	if clusterID != nil {
+		return *clusterID
+	}
+
+	client, err := kubernetes.New(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	ksns, err := client.KubeClient.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(context.TODO(), "kube-system", v1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	uid := string(ksns.ObjectMeta.GetUID())
+	clusterID = &uid
+
+	return *clusterID
+}