diff --git a/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/expansion_generated.go b/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/expansion_generated.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f37f2e4f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/expansion_generated.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by lister-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	kyverno "github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/api/kyverno/v1alpha1"
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/api/kyverno/v1alpha1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+)
+
+// PolicyListerExpansion allows custom methods to be added to
+// PolicyLister.
+type PolicyListerExpansion interface {
+	GetPolicyForPolicyViolation(pv *kyverno.PolicyViolation) ([]*kyverno.Policy, error)
+	ListResources(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.Policy, err error)
+}
+
+// PolicyViolationListerExpansion allows custom methods to be added to
+// PolicyViolationLister.
+type PolicyViolationListerExpansion interface {
+	// List lists all PolicyViolations in the indexer with GVK.
+	// List lists all PolicyViolations in the indexer with GVK.
+	ListResources(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation, err error)
+}
+
+//ListResources is a wrapper to List and adds the resource kind information
+// as the lister is specific to a gvk we can harcode the values here
+func (pvl *policyViolationLister) ListResources(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation, err error) {
+	policyviolations, err := pvl.List(selector)
+	for index := range policyviolations {
+		policyviolations[index].SetGroupVersionKind(kyverno.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("PolicyViolation"))
+	}
+	return policyviolations, nil
+}
+
+//ListResources is a wrapper to List and adds the resource kind information
+// as the lister is specific to a gvk we can harcode the values here
+func (pl *policyLister) ListResources(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.Policy, err error) {
+	policies, err := pl.List(selector)
+	for index := range policies {
+		policies[index].SetGroupVersionKind(kyverno.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("Policy"))
+	}
+	return policies, err
+}
+
+func (pl *policyLister) GetPolicyForPolicyViolation(pv *kyverno.PolicyViolation) ([]*kyverno.Policy, error) {
+	if len(pv.Labels) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no Policy found for PolicyViolation %v because it has no labels", pv.Name)
+	}
+
+	pList, err := pl.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var policies []*kyverno.Policy
+	for _, p := range pList {
+		policyLabelmap := map[string]string{"policy": p.Name}
+
+		ls := &metav1.LabelSelector{}
+		err = metav1.Convert_Map_string_To_string_To_v1_LabelSelector(&policyLabelmap, ls, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate label sector of Policy name %s: %v", p.Name, err)
+		}
+		selector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(ls)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid label selector: %v", err)
+		}
+		// If a policy with a nil or empty selector creeps in, it should match nothing, not everything.
+		if selector.Empty() || !selector.Matches(labels.Set(pv.Labels)) {
+			continue
+		}
+		policies = append(policies, p)
+	}
+
+	if len(policies) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find Policy set for PolicyViolation %s with labels: %v", pv.Name, pv.Labels)
+	}
+
+	return policies, nil
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/policy.go b/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/policy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c981855c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/policy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by lister-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/api/kyverno/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+)
+
+// PolicyLister helps list Policies.
+type PolicyLister interface {
+	// List lists all Policies in the indexer.
+	List(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.Policy, err error)
+	// Get retrieves the Policy from the index for a given name.
+	Get(name string) (*v1alpha1.Policy, error)
+	PolicyListerExpansion
+}
+
+// policyLister implements the PolicyLister interface.
+type policyLister struct {
+	indexer cache.Indexer
+}
+
+// NewPolicyLister returns a new PolicyLister.
+func NewPolicyLister(indexer cache.Indexer) PolicyLister {
+	return &policyLister{indexer: indexer}
+}
+
+// List lists all Policies in the indexer.
+func (s *policyLister) List(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.Policy, err error) {
+	err = cache.ListAll(s.indexer, selector, func(m interface{}) {
+		ret = append(ret, m.(*v1alpha1.Policy))
+	})
+	return ret, err
+}
+
+// Get retrieves the Policy from the index for a given name.
+func (s *policyLister) Get(name string) (*v1alpha1.Policy, error) {
+	obj, exists, err := s.indexer.GetByKey(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !exists {
+		return nil, errors.NewNotFound(v1alpha1.Resource("policy"), name)
+	}
+	return obj.(*v1alpha1.Policy), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/policyviolation.go b/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/policyviolation.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e93ec95228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/listers/kyverno/v1alpha1/policyviolation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by lister-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/api/kyverno/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+)
+
+// PolicyViolationLister helps list PolicyViolations.
+type PolicyViolationLister interface {
+	// List lists all PolicyViolations in the indexer.
+	List(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation, err error)
+	// Get retrieves the PolicyViolation from the index for a given name.
+	Get(name string) (*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation, error)
+	PolicyViolationListerExpansion
+}
+
+// policyViolationLister implements the PolicyViolationLister interface.
+type policyViolationLister struct {
+	indexer cache.Indexer
+}
+
+// NewPolicyViolationLister returns a new PolicyViolationLister.
+func NewPolicyViolationLister(indexer cache.Indexer) PolicyViolationLister {
+	return &policyViolationLister{indexer: indexer}
+}
+
+// List lists all PolicyViolations in the indexer.
+func (s *policyViolationLister) List(selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation, err error) {
+	err = cache.ListAll(s.indexer, selector, func(m interface{}) {
+		ret = append(ret, m.(*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation))
+	})
+	return ret, err
+}
+
+// Get retrieves the PolicyViolation from the index for a given name.
+func (s *policyViolationLister) Get(name string) (*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation, error) {
+	obj, exists, err := s.indexer.GetByKey(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !exists {
+		return nil, errors.NewNotFound(v1alpha1.Resource("policyviolation"), name)
+	}
+	return obj.(*v1alpha1.PolicyViolation), nil
+}