diff --git a/manifests/function/synclabeller/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/function/synclabeller/kustomization.yaml
index 733300e7e..5f836ec83 100644
--- a/manifests/function/synclabeller/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/function/synclabeller/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
+namespace: synclabeller
 resources:
+- namespace.yaml
 - upstream/default
diff --git a/manifests/function/synclabeller/namespace.yaml b/manifests/function/synclabeller/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fbf89f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/function/synclabeller/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: synclabeller