diff --git a/k8s/base.py b/k8s/base.py
index ffe8658..db975a4 100644
--- a/k8s/base.py
+++ b/k8s/base.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, cls, bases, attrs):
             bases += (ApiMixIn,)
         meta = {
             "url_template": getattr(attr_meta, "url_template", ""),
+            "list_url": getattr(attr_meta, "list_url", ""),
             "watch_list_url": getattr(attr_meta, "watch_list_url", ""),
             "watch_list_url_template": getattr(attr_meta, "watch_list_url_template", ""),
             "fields": [],
@@ -64,7 +65,12 @@ def _build_url(cls, **kwargs):
 
     @classmethod
     def find(cls, name, namespace="default", labels=None):
-        url = cls._build_url(name="", namespace=namespace)
+        if namespace is None:
+            if not cls._meta.list_url:
+                raise NotImplementedError("Cannot find without namespace, no list_url defined on class {}".format(cls))
+            url = cls._meta.list_url
+        else:
+            url = cls._build_url(name="", namespace=namespace)
         if labels:
             selector = ",".join("{}={}".format(k, v) for k, v in labels.items())
         else:
@@ -74,7 +80,12 @@ def find(cls, name, namespace="default", labels=None):
 
     @classmethod
     def list(cls, namespace="default"):
-        url = cls._build_url(name="", namespace=namespace)
+        if namespace is None:
+            if not cls._meta.list_url:
+                raise NotImplementedError("Cannot list without namespace, no list_url defined on class {}".format(cls))
+            url = cls._meta.list_url
+        else:
+            url = cls._build_url(name="", namespace=namespace)
         resp = cls._client.get(url)
         return [cls.from_dict(item) for item in resp.json()[u"items"]]
 
diff --git a/tests/k8s/test_client.py b/tests/k8s/test_client.py
index b868a78..fc52340 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/k8s/test_client.py
@@ -106,6 +106,61 @@ def test_watch_list_with_namespace(self, session):
             "GET", _absolute_url("/watch/explicitly-set/example"), json=None, timeout=None, stream=True
         )
 
+    def test_list_without_namespace_should_raise_exception_when_list_url_is_not_set_on_metaclass(self, session):
+        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+            WatchListExampleUnsupported.list(namespace=None)
+
+    def test_list_default_namespace(self, session):
+        WatchListExample.list()
+        session.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            "GET", _absolute_url("/apis/namespaces/default/example"), json=None, timeout=10
+        )
+
+    def test_list_explicit_namespace(self, session):
+        WatchListExample.list(namespace="explicitly-set")
+        session.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            "GET", _absolute_url("/apis/namespaces/explicitly-set/example"), json=None, timeout=10
+        )
+
+    def test_list_without_namespace(self, session):
+        WatchListExample.list(namespace=None)
+        session.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            "GET", _absolute_url("/example/list"), json=None, timeout=10
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("key", SENSITIVE_HEADERS)
+    def test_redacts_sensitive_headers(self, key):
+        message = []
+        sensitive_value = "super sensitive data that should not be exposed"
+        Client._add_headers(message, {key: sensitive_value}, "")
+        text = "".join(message)
+        assert sensitive_value not in text
+
+    def test_find_without_namespace_should_raise_exception_when_list_url_is_not_set_on_metaclass(self, session):
+        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+            list(WatchListExampleUnsupported.find("foo", namespace=None))
+
+    def test_find_default_namespace(self, session):
+        WatchListExample.find("foo")
+        session.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            "GET", _absolute_url("/apis/namespaces/default/example"), json=None, timeout=10,
+            params={"labelSelector": "app=foo"}
+        )
+
+    def test_find_explicit_namespace(self, session):
+        WatchListExample.find("foo", namespace="explicitly-set")
+        session.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            "GET", _absolute_url("/apis/namespaces/explicitly-set/example"), json=None, timeout=10,
+            params={"labelSelector": "app=foo"}
+        )
+
+    def test_find_without_namespace(self, session):
+        WatchListExample.find("foo", namespace=None)
+        session.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            "GET", _absolute_url("/example/list"), json=None, timeout=10,
+            params={"labelSelector": "app=foo"}
+        )
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("key", SENSITIVE_HEADERS)
     def test_redacts_sensitive_headers(self, key):
         message = []
@@ -121,7 +176,8 @@ def _absolute_url(url):
 
 class WatchListExample(Model):
     class Meta:
-        url_template = "/example"
+        list_url = "/example/list"
+        url_template = "/apis/namespaces/{namespace}/example"
         watch_list_url = "/watch/example"
         watch_list_url_template = "/watch/{namespace}/example"