diff --git a/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go b/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go
index 3cb8bea9425..e580d184a95 100644
--- a/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/cgrouprate"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/defaults"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/encoder"
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/k8s/client/informers/externalversions"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metricsconfig"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/observer"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/policyfilter"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	k8stypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 )
 
@@ -586,6 +588,18 @@ func (f *fakeK8sWatcher) GetInformer(_ string) cache.SharedIndexInformer {
 
 func (f *fakeK8sWatcher) Start() {}
 
+func (f *fakeK8sWatcher) GetK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeK8sWatcher) GetLocalK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeK8sWatcher) GetCRDInformerFactory() externalversions.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Used to wait for a process to start, we do a lookup on PROCFS because this
 // may be called before obs is created.
 func WaitForProcess(process string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/watcher/fake.go b/pkg/watcher/fake.go
index 4f10f7c55e5..b5d6e40eb36 100644
--- a/pkg/watcher/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/watcher/fake.go
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/k8s/client/informers/externalversions"
 )
 
 // FakeK8sWatcher is used as an "empty" PodAccessor when --enable-k8s-api flag is not set.
@@ -73,3 +76,15 @@ func (watcher *FakeK8sWatcher) GetInformer(_ string) cache.SharedIndexInformer {
 }
 
 func (watcher *FakeK8sWatcher) Start() {}
+
+func (watcher *FakeK8sWatcher) GetK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (watcher *FakeK8sWatcher) GetLocalK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (watcher *FakeK8sWatcher) GetCRDInformerFactory() externalversions.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/watcher/pod.go b/pkg/watcher/pod.go
index d73e97f200b..09c7b14d21b 100644
--- a/pkg/watcher/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/watcher/pod.go
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ func AddPodInformer(w *K8sWatcher, local bool) error {
 	if w == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("k8s watcher not initialized")
 	}
-	factory := w.K8sInformerFactory
+	factory := w.GetK8sInformerFactory()
 	if local {
-		factory = w.LocalK8sInformerFactory
+		factory = w.GetLocalK8sInformerFactory()
 	}
 	if factory == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("k8s informer factory not initialized")
diff --git a/pkg/watcher/watcher.go b/pkg/watcher/watcher.go
index 2ce0363a0c4..c0ba8302258 100644
--- a/pkg/watcher/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/watcher/watcher.go
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ type Watcher interface {
 	AddInformer(name string, informer cache.SharedIndexInformer, indexers cache.Indexers) error
 	GetInformer(name string) cache.SharedIndexInformer
 	Start()
+	GetK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory
+	GetLocalK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory
+	GetCRDInformerFactory() externalversions.SharedInformerFactory
 }
 
 type K8sWatcher struct {
-	K8sInformerFactory      informers.SharedInformerFactory        // for k8s built-in resources
-	LocalK8sInformerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory        // for k8s built-in resources local to the node
-	CRDInformerFactory      externalversions.SharedInformerFactory // for Tetragon CRDs
+	k8sInformerFactory      informers.SharedInformerFactory        // for k8s built-in resources
+	localK8sInformerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory        // for k8s built-in resources local to the node
+	crdInformerFactory      externalversions.SharedInformerFactory // for Tetragon CRDs
 	informers               map[string]cache.SharedIndexInformer
 	deletedPodCache         *deletedPodCache
 }
@@ -55,9 +58,9 @@ func NewK8sWatcher(
 	}
 
 	return &K8sWatcher{
-		K8sInformerFactory:      k8sInformerFactory,
-		LocalK8sInformerFactory: localK8sInformerFactory,
-		CRDInformerFactory:      crdInformerFactory,
+		k8sInformerFactory:      k8sInformerFactory,
+		localK8sInformerFactory: localK8sInformerFactory,
+		crdInformerFactory:      crdInformerFactory,
 		informers:               make(map[string]cache.SharedIndexInformer),
 	}
 }
@@ -78,17 +81,17 @@ func (w *K8sWatcher) GetInformer(name string) cache.SharedIndexInformer {
 }
 
 func (w *K8sWatcher) Start() {
-	if w.K8sInformerFactory != nil {
-		w.K8sInformerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
-		w.K8sInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(wait.NeverStop)
+	if w.k8sInformerFactory != nil {
+		w.k8sInformerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
+		w.k8sInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(wait.NeverStop)
 	}
-	if w.LocalK8sInformerFactory != nil {
-		w.LocalK8sInformerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
-		w.LocalK8sInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(wait.NeverStop)
+	if w.localK8sInformerFactory != nil {
+		w.localK8sInformerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
+		w.localK8sInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(wait.NeverStop)
 	}
-	if w.CRDInformerFactory != nil {
-		w.CRDInformerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
-		w.CRDInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(wait.NeverStop)
+	if w.crdInformerFactory != nil {
+		w.crdInformerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
+		w.crdInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(wait.NeverStop)
 	}
 	for name, informer := range w.informers {
 		logger.GetLogger().WithFields(logrus.Fields{
@@ -97,3 +100,15 @@ func (w *K8sWatcher) Start() {
 		}).Info("Initialized informer cache")
 	}
 }
+
+func (w *K8sWatcher) GetK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return w.k8sInformerFactory
+}
+
+func (w *K8sWatcher) GetLocalK8sInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return w.localK8sInformerFactory
+}
+
+func (w *K8sWatcher) GetCRDInformerFactory() externalversions.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return w.crdInformerFactory
+}