diff --git a/class/defaults.yml b/class/defaults.yml
index bd8640b..a27adad 100644
--- a/class/defaults.yml
+++ b/class/defaults.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ parameters:
       multi_tenant: true
     namespace: syn-external-secrets-operator
 
+    namespaceAnnotations: {}
+    namespaceLabels: {}
+
     images:
       external-secrets:
         registry: ghcr.io
diff --git a/component/main.jsonnet b/component/main.jsonnet
index 61a9a15..95b88a5 100644
--- a/component/main.jsonnet
+++ b/component/main.jsonnet
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ local params = inv.parameters.external_secrets_operator;
     metadata+: {
       labels+: {
         'openshift.io/cluster-monitoring': 'true',
-      },
+      } + params.namespaceLabels,
+      annotations+: params.namespaceAnnotations,
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/tests/golden/openshift/external-secrets-operator/external-secrets-operator/00_namespace.yaml b/tests/golden/openshift/external-secrets-operator/external-secrets-operator/00_namespace.yaml
index 2cd15b3..aae05b8 100644
--- a/tests/golden/openshift/external-secrets-operator/external-secrets-operator/00_namespace.yaml
+++ b/tests/golden/openshift/external-secrets-operator/external-secrets-operator/00_namespace.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
-  annotations: {}
+  annotations:
+    test: '1'
   labels:
     name: syn-external-secrets-operator
     openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: 'true'
+    test: '1'
   name: syn-external-secrets-operator
diff --git a/tests/openshift.yml b/tests/openshift.yml
index 97d8e9b..2fdf3a3 100644
--- a/tests/openshift.yml
+++ b/tests/openshift.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 parameters:
   facts:
     distribution: openshift4
+
+  external_secrets_operator:
+    namespaceAnnotations:
+      test: "1"
+    namespaceLabels:
+      test: "1"