diff --git a/kustomize.mk b/kustomize.mk
index 0ce8f8d..115a44a 100644
--- a/kustomize.mk
+++ b/kustomize.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ start-kustomize:
 	@- echo "\n### setting kubernetes context to $(K8S_CONTEXT)"
 	@- kubectl config use-context $(K8S_CONTEXT)
 
+	@- echo "\n### create namespace $(K8S_NAMESPACE)"
+	@- kubectl create namespace "$(K8S_NAMESPACE)" --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f - 
+
 	@- echo "\n### generating imagePullSecrets"
 	@- imagePullSecretsOut.sh > $(KUSTOMIZE_FOLDER)/base/imagepullsecrets.yaml