diff --git a/pkg/cache/cache.go b/pkg/cache/cache.go
index dee523fe23..69ffe08ba2 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/cache.go
@@ -46,6 +46,23 @@ type Cache interface {
 	Informers
 }
 
+// InformerOptions gives the caller some options for greater control over the lifecycle of the informer
+type InformerOptions struct {
+	// StopperCh in a channel that when closed, instructs the informer to stop running.
+	StopperCh chan struct{}
+	// ErrorHandler passed to the informer's SetWatchErrorHandler and handles any errors
+	// from ListAndWatch calls made by the informer's underlying reflector.
+	ErrorHandler func(r *toolscache.Reflector, err error)
+}
+
+// InformerInfo provides information when retrieving an informer.
+type InformerInfo struct {
+	// Informer is the Informer retrieved.
+	Informer Informer
+	// StopCh is a channel that is closed when the informer is stopped.
+	StopCh <-chan struct{}
+}
+
 // Informers knows how to create or fetch informers for different
 // group-version-kinds, and add indices to those informers.  It's safe to call
 // GetInformer from multiple threads.
@@ -54,6 +71,12 @@ type Informers interface {
 	// API kind and resource.
 	GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object) (Informer, error)
 
+	// GetInformerWithOptions retrieves an existing informer for the given object along with it's stop channel
+	// that fires when the informer has stopped.
+	//
+	// If the informer does not already exist, it constructs an informer with the supplied InformerOptions.
+	GetInformerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object, options *InformerOptions) (*InformerInfo, error)
+
 	// GetInformerForKind is similar to GetInformer, except that it takes a group-version-kind, instead
 	// of the underlying object.
 	GetInformerForKind(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) (Informer, error)
diff --git a/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go b/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go
index 8ec3b921d9..bb587260e5 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (ip *informerCache) Get(ctx context.Context, key client.ObjectKey, out clie
 		return err
 	}
 
-	started, cache, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, out)
+	started, cache, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, out, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (ip *informerCache) List(ctx context.Context, out client.ObjectList, opts .
 		return err
 	}
 
-	started, cache, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, *gvk, cacheTypeObj)
+	started, cache, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, *gvk, cacheTypeObj, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (ip *informerCache) GetInformerForKind(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.Grou
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	_, i, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+	_, i, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -152,13 +152,32 @@ func (ip *informerCache) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object) (In
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	_, i, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+	_, i, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return i.Informer, err
 }
 
+// GetInformerWithOptions retrieves the informer and its stop channel, creating and starting a
+// new informer with the supplied options if necessary.
+func (ip *informerCache) GetInformerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object, options *InformerOptions) (*InformerInfo, error) {
+	gvk, err := apiutil.GVKForObject(obj, ip.Scheme)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	_, i, err := ip.InformersMap.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, options.StopperCh, options.ErrorHandler)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &InformerInfo{
+		i.Informer,
+		i.StopCh,
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
 // NeedLeaderElection implements the LeaderElectionRunnable interface
 // to indicate that this can be started without requiring the leader lock
 func (ip *informerCache) NeedLeaderElection() bool {
diff --git a/pkg/cache/informertest/fake_cache.go b/pkg/cache/informertest/fake_cache.go
index eb78e0bb65..abc60eefd5 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/informertest/fake_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/informertest/fake_cache.go
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ func (c *FakeInformers) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object) (cac
 	return c.informerFor(gvk, obj)
 }
 
+// GetInformerWithOptions implements Informers
+func (c *FakeInformers) GetInformerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object, options *cache.InformerOptions) (*cache.InformerInfo, error) {
+	i, err := c.GetInformer(ctx, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// fake informer is never started and therefore never stopped
+	// so stop channel is nil
+	return &cache.InformerInfo{
+		Informer: i,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 // WaitForCacheSync implements Informers
 func (c *FakeInformers) WaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	if c.Synced == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cache/internal/deleg_map.go b/pkg/cache/internal/deleg_map.go
index 2242d9b674..047b21db1f 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/internal/deleg_map.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/internal/deleg_map.go
@@ -91,18 +91,18 @@ func (m *InformersMap) WaitForCacheSync(ctx context.Context) bool {
 
 // Get will create a new Informer and add it to the map of InformersMap if none exists.  Returns
 // the Informer from the map.
-func (m *InformersMap) Get(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object) (bool, *MapEntry, error) {
+func (m *InformersMap) Get(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object, stopperCh chan struct{}, errorHandler func(r *cache.Reflector, err error)) (bool, *MapEntry, error) {
 	switch obj.(type) {
 	case *unstructured.Unstructured:
-		return m.unstructured.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+		return m.unstructured.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, stopperCh, errorHandler)
 	case *unstructured.UnstructuredList:
-		return m.unstructured.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+		return m.unstructured.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, stopperCh, errorHandler)
 	case *metav1.PartialObjectMetadata:
-		return m.metadata.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+		return m.metadata.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, stopperCh, errorHandler)
 	case *metav1.PartialObjectMetadataList:
-		return m.metadata.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+		return m.metadata.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, stopperCh, errorHandler)
 	default:
-		return m.structured.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
+		return m.structured.Get(ctx, gvk, obj, stopperCh, errorHandler)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cache/internal/informers_map.go b/pkg/cache/internal/informers_map.go
index 5c9bd0b0a0..04f3058899 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/internal/informers_map.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/internal/informers_map.go
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ type MapEntry struct {
 
 	// CacheReader wraps Informer and implements the CacheReader interface for a single type
 	Reader CacheReader
+
+	// StopCh is a channel that is closed after
+	// the informer stops
+	StopCh <-chan struct{}
 }
 
 // specificInformersMap create and caches Informers for (runtime.Object, schema.GroupVersionKind) pairs.
@@ -169,9 +173,9 @@ func (ip *specificInformersMap) HasSyncedFuncs() []cache.InformerSynced {
 	return syncedFuncs
 }
 
-// Get will create a new Informer and add it to the map of specificInformersMap if none exists.  Returns
+// Get will create a new Informer and add it to the map of specificInformersMap if none exists. Returns
 // the Informer from the map.
-func (ip *specificInformersMap) Get(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object) (bool, *MapEntry, error) {
+func (ip *specificInformersMap) Get(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object, stopperCh chan struct{}, errorHandler func(r *cache.Reflector, err error)) (bool, *MapEntry, error) {
 	// Return the informer if it is found
 	i, started, ok := func() (*MapEntry, bool, bool) {
 		ip.mu.RLock()
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ func (ip *specificInformersMap) Get(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersion
 
 	if !ok {
 		var err error
-		if i, started, err = ip.addInformerToMap(gvk, obj); err != nil {
+		if i, started, err = ip.addInformerToMap(gvk, obj, stopperCh, errorHandler); err != nil {
 			return started, nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ func (ip *specificInformersMap) Get(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersion
 	return started, i, nil
 }
 
-func (ip *specificInformersMap) addInformerToMap(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object) (*MapEntry, bool, error) {
+func (ip *specificInformersMap) addInformerToMap(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object, stopperCh chan struct{}, errorHandler func(r *cache.Reflector, err error)) (*MapEntry, bool, error) {
 	ip.mu.Lock()
 	defer ip.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -228,17 +232,33 @@ func (ip *specificInformersMap) addInformerToMap(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, ob
 	default:
 	}
 
+	informerStop := make(chan struct{})
 	i := &MapEntry{
 		Informer: ni,
 		Reader:   CacheReader{indexer: ni.GetIndexer(), groupVersionKind: gvk, scopeName: rm.Scope.Name()},
+		StopCh:   informerStop,
 	}
 	ip.informersByGVK[gvk] = i
 
+	go func() {
+		select {
+		case <-ip.stop:
+			close(informerStop)
+		case <-stopperCh:
+			close(informerStop)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	i.Informer.SetWatchErrorHandler(errorHandler)
+
 	// Start the Informer if need by
 	// TODO(seans): write thorough tests and document what happens here - can you add indexers?
 	// can you add eventhandlers?
 	if ip.started {
-		go i.Informer.Run(ip.stop)
+		go func() {
+			i.Informer.Run(informerStop)
+			delete(ip.informersByGVK, gvk)
+		}()
 	}
 	return i, ip.started, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
index f3520bf8d7..3ec7e807e1 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/multi_namespace_cache.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cache
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -115,6 +116,35 @@ func (c *multiNamespaceCache) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object
 	return &multiNamespaceInformer{namespaceToInformer: informers}, nil
 }
 
+// Methods for multiNamespaceCache to conform to the Informers interface
+func (c *multiNamespaceCache) GetInformerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object, options *InformerOptions) (*InformerInfo, error) {
+	informers := map[string]Informer{}
+	multiStopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for ns, cache := range c.namespaceToCache {
+		info, err := cache.GetInformerWithOptions(ctx, obj, options)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		informers[ns] = info.Informer
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			<-stopCh
+
+		}(info.StopCh)
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		defer close(multiStopCh)
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	return &InformerInfo{
+		Informer: &multiNamespaceInformer{namespaceToInformer: informers},
+		StopCh:   multiStopCh,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 func (c *multiNamespaceCache) GetInformerForKind(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) (Informer, error) {
 	informers := map[string]Informer{}