diff --git a/apis/common/v1/resource.go b/apis/common/v1/resource.go
index 9919c5f..edb4331 100644
--- a/apis/common/v1/resource.go
+++ b/apis/common/v1/resource.go
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ type Reference struct {
 	Policy *Policy `json:"policy,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// A TypedReference refers to an object by Name, Kind, and APIVersion. It is
-// commonly used to reference cluster-scoped objects or objects where the
-// namespace is already known.
+// A TypedReference refers to an object by Name, Namespace, Kind, and
+// APIVersion. It is commonly used to reference cluster-scoped objects
+// and can also be used for namespace-scoped objects.
 type TypedReference struct {
 	// APIVersion of the referenced object.
 	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion"`
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ type TypedReference struct {
 	// Name of the referenced object.
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 
+	// Namespace of the referenced object.
+	// +optional
+	Namespace string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
+
 	// UID of the referenced object.
 	// +optional
 	UID types.UID `json:"uid,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/meta/meta.go b/pkg/meta/meta.go
index 7528ea0..52c268e 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/meta.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func TypedReferenceTo(o metav1.Object, of schema.GroupVersionKind) *xpv1.TypedRe
 		APIVersion: v,
 		Kind:       k,
 		Name:       o.GetName(),
+		Namespace:  o.GetNamespace(),
 		UID:        o.GetUID(),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/meta/meta_test.go b/pkg/meta/meta_test.go
index 9759983..cd061bb 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/meta_test.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/meta_test.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ func TestTypedReferenceTo(t *testing.T) {
 			want: &xpv1.TypedReference{
 				APIVersion: groupVersion,
 				Kind:       kind,
+				Namespace:  namespace,
 				Name:       name,
 				UID:        uid,
 			},