diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassReferences.test.tsx b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassReferences.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d573be5cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassReferences.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { act } from 'react'
+import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { IngressRenderer } from './IngressRenderer'
+import { IngressClassRenderer } from './IngressClassRenderer'
+import { ingressClassParametersResourceRef } from '../../../utils/ingress-class-references'
+
+describe('ingressClassParametersResourceRef', () => {
+  it('defaults to the core group and cluster scope, and requires a namespace for namespaced parameters', () => {
+    expect(ingressClassParametersResourceRef({ kind: 'IngressClassParams', apiGroup: 'elbv2.k8s.aws', name: 'shared' }))
+      .toEqual({ kind: 'IngressClassParams', group: 'elbv2.k8s.aws', namespace: '', name: 'shared' })
+    expect(ingressClassParametersResourceRef({ kind: 'ConfigMap', scope: 'Namespace', namespace: 'controller', name: 'settings' }))
+      .toEqual({ kind: 'ConfigMap', group: '', namespace: 'controller', name: 'settings' })
+    expect(ingressClassParametersResourceRef({ kind: 'ConfigMap', scope: 'Namespace', name: 'settings' })).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('Ingress class navigation', () => {
+  it('links the Ingress class and both parameter scopes, but leaves the legacy annotation as text', async () => {
+    Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true })
+    const container = document.createElement('div')
+    const root = createRoot(container)
+    const onNavigate = vi.fn()
+    const click = async (name: string) => {
+      const button = [...container.querySelectorAll('button')].find(button => button.textContent === name)
+      expect(button).toBeDefined()
+      await act(async () => button!.click())
+    }
+    try {
+      await act(async () => root.render(<IngressRenderer onNavigate={onNavigate} data={{ metadata: { namespace: 'app', annotations: { 'kubernetes.io/ingress.class': 'old-controller' } }, spec: { ingressClassName: 'public' } }} />))
+      await click('public')
+      expect(onNavigate).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ kind: 'ingressclasses', group: 'networking.k8s.io', namespace: '', name: 'public' })
+
+      await act(async () => root.render(<IngressRenderer onNavigate={onNavigate} data={{ metadata: { annotations: { 'kubernetes.io/ingress.class': 'old-controller' } }, spec: {} }} />))
+      expect(container.textContent).toContain('old-controller')
+      expect([...container.querySelectorAll('button')].some(button => button.textContent === 'old-controller')).toBe(false)
+
+      for (const parameters of [
+        { name: 'shared', kind: 'IngressClassParams', apiGroup: 'elbv2.k8s.aws' },
+        { name: 'settings', kind: 'ConfigMap', scope: 'Namespace' as const, namespace: 'controller' },
+      ]) {
+        await act(async () => root.render(<IngressClassRenderer onNavigate={onNavigate} data={{ spec: { controller: 'example.test/ingress', parameters } }} />))
+        await click(parameters.name)
+        expect(onNavigate).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(ingressClassParametersResourceRef(parameters))
+      }
+    } finally {
+      await act(async () => root.unmount())
+      Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: false })
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassRenderer.tsx b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassRenderer.tsx
index cdd8706790..f447bfa98e 100644
--- a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassRenderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressClassRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import { Globe } from 'lucide-react'
 import { clsx } from 'clsx'
-import { Section, PropertyList, Property } from '../../ui/drawer-components'
+import { Section, PropertyList, Property, ResourceLink } from '../../ui/drawer-components'
+import type { ResourceRef } from '../../../types'
+import { ingressClassParametersResourceRef } from '../../../utils/ingress-class-references'
 import { BADGE_INACTIVE } from '../../../utils/badge-colors'
 
 interface IngressClassRendererProps {
   data: any
+  onNavigate?: (ref: ResourceRef) => void
 }
 
-export function IngressClassRenderer({ data }: IngressClassRendererProps) {
+export function IngressClassRenderer({ data, onNavigate }: IngressClassRendererProps) {
   const spec = data.spec || {}
+  const parametersRef = spec.parameters ? ingressClassParametersResourceRef(spec.parameters) : null
   const annotations = data.metadata?.annotations || {}
 
   const isDefault = annotations['ingressclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class'] === 'true'
@@ -39,7 +43,10 @@ export function IngressClassRenderer({ data }: IngressClassRendererProps) {
           <PropertyList>
             {spec.parameters.apiGroup && <Property label="API Group" value={spec.parameters.apiGroup} />}
             <Property label="Kind" value={spec.parameters.kind} />
-            <Property label="Name" value={spec.parameters.name} />
+            <Property label="Name" value={parametersRef
+              ? <ResourceLink {...parametersRef} onNavigate={onNavigate} />
+              : spec.parameters.name
+            } />
             {spec.parameters.namespace && <Property label="Namespace" value={spec.parameters.namespace} />}
             {spec.parameters.scope && <Property label="Scope" value={spec.parameters.scope} />}
           </PropertyList>
diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressRenderer.tsx b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressRenderer.tsx
index 3ef9c12f34..d0e3740094 100644
--- a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressRenderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/resources/renderers/IngressRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Globe, Shield, Clock } from 'lucide-react'
+import type { ResourceRef } from '../../../types'
 import { Section, PropertyList, Property, AlertBanner, ResourceLink } from '../../ui/drawer-components'
 
 interface IngressRendererProps {
   data: any
-  onNavigate?: (ref: { kind: string; namespace: string; name: string }) => void
+  onNavigate?: (ref: ResourceRef) => void
 }
 
 export function IngressRenderer({ data, onNavigate }: IngressRendererProps) {
@@ -42,7 +43,10 @@ export function IngressRenderer({ data, onNavigate }: IngressRendererProps) {
 
       <Section title="Ingress" icon={Globe}>
         <PropertyList>
-          <Property label="Class" value={spec.ingressClassName || data.metadata?.annotations?.['kubernetes.io/ingress.class']} />
+          <Property label="Class" value={spec.ingressClassName
+            ? <ResourceLink name={spec.ingressClassName} kind="ingressclasses" group="networking.k8s.io" onNavigate={onNavigate} />
+            : data.metadata?.annotations?.['kubernetes.io/ingress.class']
+          } />
           {lbIngress.length > 0 && (
             <Property label="Address" value={lbIngress[0].ip || lbIngress[0].hostname} />
           )}
diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/shared/ResourceRendererDispatch.tsx b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/shared/ResourceRendererDispatch.tsx
index 68969915d1..6f5d0be65f 100644
--- a/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/shared/ResourceRendererDispatch.tsx
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/components/shared/ResourceRendererDispatch.tsx
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ export function ResourceRendererDispatch({
         {kind === 'authorizationpolicies' && <IstioAuthorizationPolicyRenderer data={data} />}
         {kind === 'mutatingwebhookconfigurations' && <WebhookConfigRenderer data={data} isMutating />}
         {kind === 'validatingwebhookconfigurations' && <WebhookConfigRenderer data={data} />}
-        {kind === 'ingressclasses' && <IngressClassRenderer data={data} />}
+        {kind === 'ingressclasses' && <IngressClassRenderer data={data} onNavigate={onNavigate} />}
         {kind === 'priorityclasses' && <PriorityClassRenderer data={data} />}
         {kind === 'runtimeclasses' && <RuntimeClassRenderer data={data} />}
         {kind === 'leases' && <LeaseRenderer data={data} />}
diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/ingress-class-references.ts b/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/ingress-class-references.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba42340765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/ingress-class-references.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import type { ResourceRef } from '../types'
+
+interface IngressClassParametersReference {
+  name: string
+  kind: string
+  apiGroup?: string
+  scope?: 'Cluster' | 'Namespace'
+  namespace?: string
+}
+
+/** IngressClass parameters default to cluster scope and the core API group.
+ * A namespaced reference requires its own namespace; the class has none.
+ */
+export function ingressClassParametersResourceRef(ref: IngressClassParametersReference): ResourceRef | null {
+  if (ref.scope === 'Namespace' && !ref.namespace) return null
+  return {
+    kind: ref.kind,
+    group: ref.apiGroup ?? '',
+    namespace: ref.scope === 'Namespace' ? ref.namespace! : '',
+    name: ref.name,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.test.ts b/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.test.ts
index b1b413edb6..5fb6ba2b97 100644
--- a/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.test.ts
@@ -305,6 +305,19 @@ describe('refToSelectedResource', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test('resolves AWS IngressClassParams without discovery', () => {
+    expect(refToSelectedResource({ kind: 'IngressClassParams', name: 'alb', group: 'elbv2.k8s.aws' })).toEqual({
+      kind: 'ingressclassparams',
+      name: 'alb',
+      namespace: '',
+      group: 'elbv2.k8s.aws',
+    })
+    expect(knownKindForPluralWithGroup('ingressclassparams', 'elbv2.k8s.aws')).toBe('IngressClassParams')
+    // Hosts without discovery fold the plural back to a Kind and re-pluralize it.
+    expect(pluralToKind('ingressclassparams')).toBe('IngressClassParams')
+    expect(kindToPlural(pluralToKind('ingressclassparams'))).toBe('ingressclassparams')
+  })
+
   test('normalizes an omitted namespace for cluster-scoped references', () => {
     expect(refToSelectedResource({ kind: 'NodePool', name: 'spot' })).toEqual({
       kind: 'nodepools',
diff --git a/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.ts b/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.ts
index b355930142..6140770517 100644
--- a/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s-ui/src/utils/navigation.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ const BUILTIN_PLURAL_TO_KIND: Record<string, string> = {
   clusterrolebindings: 'ClusterRoleBinding',
   serviceaccounts: 'ServiceAccount',
   networkpolicies: 'NetworkPolicy',
+  // AWS Load Balancer Controller's IngressClass parameters. The Kind is
+  // singular and plural at once, so English rules cannot recover it in hosts
+  // that never load discovery.
+  ingressclassparams: 'IngressClassParams',
 }
 
 const BUILTIN_GROUP_KIND_TO_PLURAL: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ const BUILTIN_GROUP_PLURAL_TO_KIND: Record<string, string> = {
   'metrics.k8s.io/pods': 'PodMetrics',
   'metrics.k8s.io/nodes': 'NodeMetrics',
   'scheduling.k8s.io/podgroups': 'PodGroup',
+  'elbv2.k8s.aws/ingressclassparams': 'IngressClassParams',
 }
 
 // Dynamic map built from API discovery — populated by initNavigationMap().