diff --git a/charts/quickstart-openshift/templates/knp.yaml b/charts/quickstart-openshift/templates/knp.yaml
index dbd89d277..6858889b8 100644
--- a/charts/quickstart-openshift/templates/knp.yaml
+++ b/charts/quickstart-openshift/templates/knp.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: NetworkPolicy
 metadata:
-  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-openshift-ingress
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-openshift-ingress-to-frontend
   labels: {{- include "selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
-  podSelector: {}
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: frontend
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   ingress:
     - from:
         - namespaceSelector:
@@ -17,13 +20,44 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: NetworkPolicy
 metadata:
-  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-allow-same-namespace
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-allow-backend-to-db
   labels: {{- include "selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
-  podSelector: {}
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.global.databaseAlias}}
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   ingress:
-    - from:
-        - podSelector: {}
+    - ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 5432
+      from:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: backend
+              app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   policyTypes:
     - Ingress
 
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-allow-frontend-to-backend
+  labels: {{- include "selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: backend
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  ingress:
+    - ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 3000
+      from:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: frontend
+              app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress