diff --git a/test/examples/operator-acceptance/argocd.yaml b/test/examples/operator-acceptance/argocd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eea6bcecb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/examples/operator-acceptance/argocd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ArgoCD
+metadata:
+  name: argocd
+  namespace: test-1-27-custom
diff --git a/test/examples/operator-acceptance/kustomization.yaml b/test/examples/operator-acceptance/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56253cb4744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/examples/operator-acceptance/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+  - argocd.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/examples/operator-acceptance/namespace.yaml b/test/examples/operator-acceptance/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efb550d06ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/examples/operator-acceptance/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: test-1-27-custom
+  labels:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/managed-by: argocd-027