diff --git a/rollouts-app/rollouts.yaml b/rollouts-app/rollouts.yaml
index 289428b..6fd6543 100644
--- a/rollouts-app/rollouts.yaml
+++ b/rollouts-app/rollouts.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# create argo-rollouts namespace
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: argo-rollouts
+
 # This is an auto-generated file. DO NOT EDIT
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition