diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a07114b0d..5057e1ac9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ __BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:__
 BUG FIXES:
 
  * core: Fixed a bug where blocking queries would not include the query's maximum wait time when calculating whether it was safe to retry. [[GH-8921](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/8921)]
+ * core: Fixed a bug where ACL handling prevented cross-namespace allocation listing [[GH-9278](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9278)]
  * config (Enterprise): Fixed default enterprise config merging. [[GH-9083](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/pull/9083)]
  * client: Fixed an issue with the Java fingerprinter on macOS causing pop-up notifications when no JVM installed. [[GH-9225](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/pull/9225)] 
  * consul: Fixed a bug to correctly validate task when using script-checks in group-level services [[GH-8952](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/8952)]
diff --git a/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go b/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
index 0d6d7210c..3a32b5f19 100644
--- a/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ func (a *Alloc) List(args *structs.AllocListRequest, reply *structs.AllocListRes
 	}
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"nomad", "alloc", "list"}, time.Now())
 
+	if args.RequestNamespace() == structs.AllNamespacesSentinel {
+		return a.listAllNamespaces(args, reply)
+	}
+
 	// Check namespace read-job permissions
 	aclObj, err := a.srv.ResolveToken(args.AuthToken)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -37,10 +41,6 @@ func (a *Alloc) List(args *structs.AllocListRequest, reply *structs.AllocListRes
 		return structs.ErrPermissionDenied
 	}
 
-	allow := func(ns string) bool {
-		return aclObj.AllowNsOp(ns, acl.NamespaceCapabilityListJobs)
-	}
-
 	// Setup the blocking query
 	opts := blockingOptions{
 		queryOpts: &args.QueryOptions,
@@ -51,16 +51,7 @@ func (a *Alloc) List(args *structs.AllocListRequest, reply *structs.AllocListRes
 			var iter memdb.ResultIterator
 
 			prefix := args.QueryOptions.Prefix
-			if args.RequestNamespace() == structs.AllNamespacesSentinel {
-				allowedNSes, err := allowedNSes(aclObj, state, allow)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				iter, err = state.AllocsByIDPrefixInNSes(ws, allowedNSes, prefix)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			} else if prefix != "" {
+			if prefix != "" {
 				iter, err = state.AllocsByIDPrefix(ws, args.RequestNamespace(), prefix)
 			} else {
 				iter, err = state.AllocsByNamespace(ws, args.RequestNamespace())
@@ -94,6 +85,68 @@ func (a *Alloc) List(args *structs.AllocListRequest, reply *structs.AllocListRes
 	return a.srv.blockingRPC(&opts)
 }
 
+// listAllNamespaces lists all allocations across all namespaces
+func (a *Alloc) listAllNamespaces(args *structs.AllocListRequest, reply *structs.AllocListResponse) error {
+	// Check for read-job permissions
+	aclObj, err := a.srv.ResolveToken(args.AuthToken)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	prefix := args.QueryOptions.Prefix
+	allow := func(ns string) bool {
+		return aclObj.AllowNsOp(ns, acl.NamespaceCapabilityReadJob)
+	}
+
+	// Setup the blocking query
+	opts := blockingOptions{
+		queryOpts: &args.QueryOptions,
+		queryMeta: &reply.QueryMeta,
+		run: func(ws memdb.WatchSet, state *state.StateStore) error {
+			// get list of accessible namespaces
+			allowedNSes, err := allowedNSes(aclObj, state, allow)
+			if err == structs.ErrPermissionDenied {
+				// return empty allocations if token isn't authorized for any
+				// namespace, matching other endpoints
+				reply.Allocations = []*structs.AllocListStub{}
+			} else if err != nil {
+				return err
+			} else {
+				var iter memdb.ResultIterator
+				var err error
+				if prefix != "" {
+					iter, err = state.AllocsByIDPrefixAllNSs(ws, prefix)
+				} else {
+					iter, err = state.Allocs(ws)
+				}
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				var allocs []*structs.AllocListStub
+				for raw := iter.Next(); raw != nil; raw = iter.Next() {
+					alloc := raw.(*structs.Allocation)
+					if allowedNSes != nil && !allowedNSes[alloc.Namespace] {
+						continue
+					}
+					allocs = append(allocs, alloc.Stub(args.Fields))
+				}
+				reply.Allocations = allocs
+			}
+
+			// Use the last index that affected the jobs table
+			index, err := state.Index("allocs")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			reply.Index = index
+
+			// Set the query response
+			a.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+			return nil
+		}}
+	return a.srv.blockingRPC(&opts)
+}
+
 // GetAlloc is used to lookup a particular allocation
 func (a *Alloc) GetAlloc(args *structs.AllocSpecificRequest,
 	reply *structs.SingleAllocResponse) error {
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index d5e5f12f9..e159a0db4 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -3329,35 +3329,17 @@ func allocNamespaceFilter(namespace string) func(interface{}) bool {
 }
 
 // AllocsByIDPrefix is used to lookup allocs by prefix
-func (s *StateStore) AllocsByIDPrefixInNSes(ws memdb.WatchSet, namespaces map[string]bool, prefix string) (memdb.ResultIterator, error) {
+func (s *StateStore) AllocsByIDPrefixAllNSs(ws memdb.WatchSet, prefix string) (memdb.ResultIterator, error) {
 	txn := s.db.ReadTxn()
 
-	var iter memdb.ResultIterator
-	var err error
-	if prefix != "" {
-		iter, err = txn.Get("allocs", "id_prefix", prefix)
-	} else {
-		iter, err = txn.Get("allocs", "id")
-
-	}
+	iter, err := txn.Get("allocs", "id_prefix", prefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("alloc lookup failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ws.Add(iter.WatchCh())
 
-	// Wrap the iterator in a filter
-	nsesFilter := func(raw interface{}) bool {
-		alloc, ok := raw.(*structs.Allocation)
-		if !ok {
-			return true
-		}
-
-		return namespaces[alloc.Namespace]
-	}
-
-	wrap := memdb.NewFilterIterator(iter, nsesFilter)
-	return wrap, nil
+	return iter, nil
 }
 
 // AllocsByNode returns all the allocations by node