diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89ea050e..fbca7d9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ version-set:
 	sed -i '' "s/tag: $$current/tag: $$next/g" charts/flagger/values.yaml && \
 	sed -i '' "s/appVersion: $$current/appVersion: $$next/g" charts/flagger/Chart.yaml && \
 	sed -i '' "s/version: $$current/version: $$next/g" charts/flagger/Chart.yaml && \
-	echo "Version $$next set in code, deployment and charts"
+	sed -i '' "s/newTag: $$current/newTag: $$next/g" kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml && \
+	echo "Version $$next set in code, deployment, chart and kustomize"
 
 version-up:
 	@next="$(VERSION_MINOR).$$(($(PATCH) + 1))" && \
diff --git a/docs/gitbook/install/flagger-install-on-kubernetes.md b/docs/gitbook/install/flagger-install-on-kubernetes.md
index 80013f75..659face1 100644
--- a/docs/gitbook/install/flagger-install-on-kubernetes.md
+++ b/docs/gitbook/install/flagger-install-on-kubernetes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Flagger install on Kubernetes
 
-This guide walks you through setting up Flagger on a Kubernetes cluster.
+This guide walks you through setting up Flagger on a Kubernetes cluster with Helm or Kustomize.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
@@ -9,18 +9,7 @@ Flagger requires a Kubernetes cluster **v1.11** or newer with the following admi
 * MutatingAdmissionWebhook
 * ValidatingAdmissionWebhook 
 
-Flagger depends on [Istio](https://istio.io/docs/setup/kubernetes/quick-start/) **v1.0.3** or newer 
-with traffic management, telemetry and Prometheus enabled. 
-
-A minimal Istio installation should contain the following services:
-
-* istio-pilot
-* istio-ingressgateway
-* istio-sidecar-injector
-* istio-telemetry
-* prometheus
-
-### Install Flagger
+### Install Flagger with Helm
 
 Add Flagger Helm repository:
 
@@ -28,15 +17,25 @@ Add Flagger Helm repository:
 helm repo add flagger https://flagger.app
 ```
 
-Deploy Flagger in the _**istio-system**_ namespace:
+Deploy Flagger for Istio:
 
 ```bash
 helm upgrade -i flagger flagger/flagger \
 --namespace=istio-system \
---set metricsServer=http://prometheus.istio-system:9090
+--set meshProvider=istio \
+--set metricsServer=http://prometheus:9090
 ```
 
-You can install Flagger in any namespace as long as it can talk to the Istio Prometheus service on port 9090.
+Deploy Flagger for Linkerd:
+
+```bash
+helm upgrade -i flagger flagger/flagger \
+--namespace=linkerd \
+--set meshProvider=linkerd \
+--set metricsServer=http://linkerd-prometheus:9090
+```
+
+You can install Flagger in any namespace as long as it can talk to the Prometheus service on port 9090.
 
 Enable **Slack** notifications:
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ If you want to remove all the objects created by Flagger you have delete the Can
 kubectl delete crd canaries.flagger.app
 ```
 
-### Install Grafana
+### Install Grafana with Helm
 
 Flagger comes with a Grafana dashboard made for monitoring the canary analysis.
 
@@ -115,31 +114,94 @@ You can access Grafana using port forwarding:
 kubectl -n istio-system port-forward svc/flagger-grafana 3000:80
 ```
 
-###  Install Load Tester
+### Install Flagger with Kustomize
 
-Flagger comes with an optional load testing service that generates traffic 
-during canary analysis when configured as a webhook.
+As an alternative to Helm, Flagger can be installed with Kustomize.
 
-Deploy the load test runner with Helm:
+**Service mesh specific installers**
+
+Install Flagger for Istio:
 
 ```bash
-helm upgrade -i flagger-loadtester flagger/loadtester \
---namespace=test \
---set cmd.timeout=1h
+kubectl apply -k github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/istio
 ```
 
-Deploy with kubectl:
+This deploys Flagger in the `istio-system` namespace and sets the metrics server URL to `http://prometheus.istio-system:9090`.
+
+Install Flagger for Linkerd:
 
 ```bash
-helm fetch --untar --untardir . flagger/loadtester &&
-helm template loadtester \
---name flagger-loadtester \
---namespace=test
-> $HOME/flagger-loadtester.yaml
-
-# apply
-kubectl apply -f $HOME/flagger-loadtester.yaml
+kubectl apply -k github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/linkerd
 ```
 
-> **Note** that the load tester should be deployed in a namespace with Istio sidecar injection enabled.
+This deploys Flagger in the `linkerd` namespace and sets the metrics server URL to `http://linkerd-prometheus.linkerd:9090`.
 
+**Generic installer**
+
+Install Flagger and Prometheus:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/kubernetes
+```
+
+This deploys Flagger and Prometheus in the `flagger-system` namespace,
+sets the metrics server URL to `http://flagger-prometheus.flagger-system:9090` and the mesh provider to `kubernetes`.
+
+The Prometheus instance has a two hours data retention and is configured to scrape all pods in your cluster that
+have the `prometheus.io/scrape: "true"` annotation.
+
+To target a specific provider you need to specify it in the canary custom resource:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: flagger.app/v1alpha3
+kind: Canary
+metadata:
+  name: app
+  namespace: test
+spec:
+  # can be: kubernetes, istio, appmesh, linkerd, smi, nginx, gloo, supergloo
+  # use the kubernetes provider for Blue/Green style deployments
+  provider: nginx
+```
+
+**Customized installer**
+
+Create a kustomization file using flagger as base:
+
+```bash
+cat > kustomization.yaml <<EOF
+namespace: istio-system
+bases:
+  - github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/base/flagger
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - patch.yaml
+EOF
+```
+
+Create a patch and enable Slack notifications by setting the slack channel and hook URL:
+
+```bash
+cat > patch.yaml <<EOF
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: flagger
+          args:
+            - -mesh-provider=istio
+            - -metrics-server=http://prometheus.istio-system:9090
+            - -slack-user=flagger
+            - -slack-channel=alerts
+            - -slack-url=https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/SLACK/WEBHOOK
+EOF
+```
+
+Install Flagger with Slack:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k .
+```
diff --git a/kustomize/README.md b/kustomize/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..343725aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Flagger Kustomize installer
+
+As an alternative to Helm, Flagger can be installed with Kustomize.
+
+## Service mesh specific installers
+
+Install Flagger for Istio:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/istio
+```
+
+This deploys Flagger in the `istio-system` namespace and sets the metrics server URL to `http://prometheus.istio-system:9090`.
+
+Install Flagger for Linkerd:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/linkerd
+```
+
+This deploys Flagger in the `linkerd` namespace and sets the metrics server URL to `http://linkerd-prometheus.linkerd:9090`.
+
+## Generic installer
+
+Install Flagger and Prometheus:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/kubernetes
+```
+
+This deploys Flagger and Prometheus in the `flagger-system` namespace,
+sets the metrics server URL to `http://flagger-prometheus.flagger-system:9090` and the mesh provider to `kubernetes`.
+
+To target a specific provider you need to specify it in the canary custom resource:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: flagger.app/v1alpha3
+kind: Canary
+metadata:
+  name: app
+  namespace: test
+spec:
+  # can be: kubernetes, istio, appmesh, linkerd, smi, nginx, gloo, supergloo
+  # use the kubernetes provider for Blue/Green style deployments
+  provider: nginx
+```
+
+## Customized installer
+
+Create a kustomization file using flagger as base:
+
+```bash
+cat > kustomization.yaml <<EOF
+namespace: istio-system
+bases:
+  - github.com/weaveworks/flagger/kustomize/base/flagger
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - patch.yaml
+EOF
+```
+
+Create a patch and enable Slack notifications by setting the slack channel and hook URL:
+
+```bash
+cat > patch.yaml <<EOF
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: flagger
+          args:
+            - -mesh-provider=istio
+            - -metrics-server=http://prometheus.istio-system:9090
+            - -slack-user=flagger
+            - -slack-channel=alerts
+            - -slack-url=https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/SLACK/WEBHOOK
+EOF
+```
+
+Install Flagger with Slack:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k .
+```
+
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/account.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/account.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95980a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/account.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+  namespace: flagger-system
+
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/crd.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1467d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: canaries.flagger.app
+  annotations:
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
+spec:
+  group: flagger.app
+  version: v1alpha3
+  versions:
+    - name: v1alpha3
+      served: true
+      storage: true
+    - name: v1alpha2
+      served: true
+      storage: false
+    - name: v1alpha1
+      served: true
+      storage: false
+  names:
+    plural: canaries
+    singular: canary
+    kind: Canary
+    categories:
+      - all
+  scope: Namespaced
+  subresources:
+    status: {}
+  additionalPrinterColumns:
+    - name: Status
+      type: string
+      JSONPath: .status.phase
+    - name: Weight
+      type: string
+      JSONPath: .status.canaryWeight
+    - name: LastTransitionTime
+      type: string
+      JSONPath: .status.lastTransitionTime
+  validation:
+    openAPIV3Schema:
+      properties:
+        spec:
+          required:
+            - targetRef
+            - service
+            - canaryAnalysis
+          properties:
+            provider:
+              type: string
+            progressDeadlineSeconds:
+              type: number
+            targetRef:
+              type: object
+              required: ['apiVersion', 'kind', 'name']
+              properties:
+                apiVersion:
+                  type: string
+                kind:
+                  type: string
+                name:
+                  type: string
+            autoscalerRef:
+              anyOf:
+                - type: string
+                - type: object
+              required: ['apiVersion', 'kind', 'name']
+              properties:
+                apiVersion:
+                  type: string
+                kind:
+                  type: string
+                name:
+                  type: string
+            ingressRef:
+              anyOf:
+                - type: string
+                - type: object
+              required: ['apiVersion', 'kind', 'name']
+              properties:
+                apiVersion:
+                  type: string
+                kind:
+                  type: string
+                name:
+                  type: string
+            service:
+              type: object
+              required: ['port']
+              properties:
+                port:
+                  type: number
+                portName:
+                  type: string
+                portDiscovery:
+                  type: boolean
+                meshName:
+                  type: string
+                timeout:
+                  type: string
+            skipAnalysis:
+              type: boolean
+            canaryAnalysis:
+              properties:
+                interval:
+                  type: string
+                  pattern: "^[0-9]+(m|s)"
+                iterations:
+                  type: number
+                threshold:
+                  type: number
+                maxWeight:
+                  type: number
+                stepWeight:
+                  type: number
+                metrics:
+                  type: array
+                  properties:
+                    items:
+                      type: object
+                      required: ['name', 'threshold']
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          type: string
+                        interval:
+                          type: string
+                          pattern: "^[0-9]+(m|s)"
+                        threshold:
+                          type: number
+                        query:
+                          type: string
+                webhooks:
+                  type: array
+                  properties:
+                    items:
+                      type: object
+                      required: ['name', 'url', 'timeout']
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          type: string
+                        type:
+                          type: string
+                          enum:
+                            - ""
+                            - pre-rollout
+                            - rollout
+                            - post-rollout
+                        url:
+                          type: string
+                          format: url
+                        timeout:
+                          type: string
+                          pattern: "^[0-9]+(m|s)"
+        status:
+          properties:
+            phase:
+              type: string
+              enum:
+                - ""
+                - Initialized
+                - Progressing
+                - Succeeded
+                - Failed
+            canaryWeight:
+              type: number
+            failedChecks:
+              type: number
+            iterations:
+              type: number
+            lastAppliedSpec:
+              type: string
+            lastTransitionTime:
+              type: string
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/deployment.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17bcc3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+  namespace: flagger-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: flagger
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: flagger
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: flagger
+      containers:
+      - name: flagger
+        image: weaveworks/flagger:0.16.0
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 8080
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - wget
+            - --quiet
+            - --tries=1
+            - --timeout=2
+            - --spider
+            - http://localhost:8080/healthz
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - wget
+            - --quiet
+            - --tries=1
+            - --timeout=2
+            - --spider
+            - http://localhost:8080/healthz
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            memory: "512Mi"
+            cpu: "1000m"
+          requests:
+            memory: "32Mi"
+            cpu: "10m"
+        securityContext:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          runAsUser: 10001
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..620bece3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace: flagger-system
+commonLabels:
+  app: flagger
+resources:
+  - account.yaml
+  - rbac.yaml
+  - crd.yaml
+  - deployment.yaml
+images:
+  - name: weaveworks/flagger
+    newTag: 0.16.0
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a7d0745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - events
+      - configmaps
+      - secrets
+      - services
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - apps
+    resources:
+      - deployments
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - autoscaling
+    resources:
+      - horizontalpodautoscalers
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "extensions"
+    resources:
+      - ingresses
+      - ingresses/status
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - flagger.app
+    resources:
+      - canaries
+      - canaries/status
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - networking.istio.io
+    resources:
+      - virtualservices
+      - virtualservices/status
+      - destinationrules
+      - destinationrules/status
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - appmesh.k8s.aws
+    resources:
+      - meshes
+      - meshes/status
+      - virtualnodes
+      - virtualnodes/status
+      - virtualservices
+      - virtualservices/status
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - split.smi-spec.io
+    resources:
+      - trafficsplits
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - gloo.solo.io
+    resources:
+      - settings
+      - upstreams
+      - upstreamgroups
+      - proxies
+      - virtualservices
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - gateway.solo.io
+    resources:
+      - virtualservices
+      - gateways
+    verbs: ["*"]
+  - nonResourceURLs:
+      - /version
+    verbs:
+      - get
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: flagger
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: flagger
+  namespace: flagger-system
diff --git a/kustomize/base/prometheus/account.yaml b/kustomize/base/prometheus/account.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67b446df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/prometheus/account.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+  namespace: flagger-system
diff --git a/kustomize/base/prometheus/deployment.yaml b/kustomize/base/prometheus/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d5a2736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/prometheus/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+  namespace: flagger-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: flagger-prometheus
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: flagger-prometheus
+      annotations:
+        appmesh.k8s.aws/sidecarInjectorWebhook: disabled
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: flagger-prometheus
+      containers:
+          - name: prometheus
+            image: prom/prometheus:v2.10.0
+            imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+            args:
+              - '--storage.tsdb.retention=2h'
+              - '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
+            ports:
+              - containerPort: 9090
+                name: http
+            livenessProbe:
+              httpGet:
+                path: /-/healthy
+                port: 9090
+            readinessProbe:
+              httpGet:
+                path: /-/ready
+                port: 9090
+            resources:
+              requests:
+                cpu: 10m
+                memory: 128Mi
+            volumeMounts:
+              - name: config-volume
+                mountPath: /etc/prometheus
+              - name: data-volume
+                mountPath: /prometheus/data
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: flagger-prometheus
+        - name: data-volume
+          emptyDir: {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kustomize/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e93975f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+namespace: flagger-system
+commonLabels:
+  app: flagger-prometheus
+resources:
+  - account.yaml
+  - rbac.yaml
+  - service.yaml
+  - deployment.yaml
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: flagger-prometheus
+    files:
+      - prometheus.yml
+images:
+  - name: prom/prometheus
+    newTag: v2.10.0
diff --git a/kustomize/base/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/kustomize/base/prometheus/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cb993e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 5s
+scrape_configs:
+
+# Scrape config for AppMesh Envoy sidecar
+- job_name: 'appmesh-envoy'
+  metrics_path: /stats/prometheus
+  kubernetes_sd_configs:
+  - role: pod
+
+  relabel_configs:
+  - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name]
+    action: keep
+    regex: '^envoy$'
+  - source_labels: [__address__, __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port]
+    action: replace
+    regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
+    replacement: ${1}:9901
+    target_label: __address__
+  - action: labelmap
+    regex: __meta_kubernetes_pod_label_(.+)
+  - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_namespace]
+    action: replace
+    target_label: kubernetes_namespace
+  - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_pod_name]
+    action: replace
+    target_label: kubernetes_pod_name
+
+  # Exclude high cardinality metrics
+  metric_relabel_configs:
+  - source_labels: [ cluster_name ]
+    regex: '(outbound|inbound|prometheus_stats).*'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ tcp_prefix ]
+    regex: '(outbound|inbound|prometheus_stats).*'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ listener_address ]
+    regex: '(.+)'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ http_conn_manager_listener_prefix ]
+    regex: '(.+)'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ http_conn_manager_prefix ]
+    regex: '(.+)'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ __name__ ]
+    regex: 'envoy_tls.*'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ __name__ ]
+    regex: 'envoy_tcp_downstream.*'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ __name__ ]
+    regex: 'envoy_http_(stats|admin).*'
+    action: drop
+  - source_labels: [ __name__ ]
+    regex: 'envoy_cluster_(lb|retry|bind|internal|max|original).*'
+    action: drop
+
+# Scrape config for API servers
+- job_name: 'kubernetes-apiservers'
+  kubernetes_sd_configs:
+  - role: endpoints
+    namespaces:
+      names:
+      - default
+  scheme: https
+  tls_config:
+    ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+  bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+  relabel_configs:
+  - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_service_name, __meta_kubernetes_endpoint_port_name]
+    action: keep
+    regex: kubernetes;https
+
+# Scrape config for nodes
+- job_name: 'kubernetes-nodes'
+  scheme: https
+  tls_config:
+    ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+  bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+  kubernetes_sd_configs:
+  - role: node
+  relabel_configs:
+  - action: labelmap
+    regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
+  - target_label: __address__
+    replacement: kubernetes.default.svc:443
+  - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_node_name]
+    regex: (.+)
+    target_label: __metrics_path__
+    replacement: /api/v1/nodes/${1}/proxy/metrics
+
+# scrape config for cAdvisor
+- job_name: 'kubernetes-cadvisor'
+  scheme: https
+  tls_config:
+    ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+  bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+  kubernetes_sd_configs:
+  - role: node
+  relabel_configs:
+  - action: labelmap
+    regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
+  - target_label: __address__
+    replacement: kubernetes.default.svc:443
+  - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_node_name]
+    regex: (.+)
+    target_label: __metrics_path__
+    replacement: /api/v1/nodes/${1}/proxy/metrics/cadvisor
+
+# scrape config for pods
+- job_name: kubernetes-pods
+  kubernetes_sd_configs:
+  - role: pod
+  relabel_configs:
+  - action: keep
+    regex: true
+    source_labels:
+    - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape
+  - source_labels: [ __address__ ]
+    regex: '.*9901.*'
+    action: drop
+  - action: replace
+    regex: (.+)
+    source_labels:
+    - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_path
+    target_label: __metrics_path__
+  - action: replace
+    regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
+    replacement: $1:$2
+    source_labels:
+    - __address__
+    - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port
+    target_label: __address__
+  - action: labelmap
+    regex: __meta_kubernetes_pod_label_(.+)
+  - action: replace
+    source_labels:
+    - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
+    target_label: kubernetes_namespace
+  - action: replace
+    source_labels:
+    - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name
+    target_label: kubernetes_pod_name
diff --git a/kustomize/base/prometheus/rbac.yaml b/kustomize/base/prometheus/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f5d2c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/prometheus/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+      - services
+      - endpoints
+      - pods
+      - nodes/proxy
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+    verbs: ["get"]
+  - nonResourceURLs: ["/metrics"]
+    verbs: ["get"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+  namespace: flagger-system
diff --git a/kustomize/base/prometheus/service.yaml b/kustomize/base/prometheus/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad0df80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/prometheus/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-prometheus
+  namespace: flagger-system
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: flagger-prometheus
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      protocol: TCP
+      port: 9090
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kustomize/istio/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/istio/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fba329ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/istio/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace: istio-system
+bases:
+  - ../base/flagger/
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - patch.yaml
diff --git a/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml b/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b78e3514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: flagger
+          args:
+            - -mesh-provider=istio
+            - -metrics-server=http://prometheus:9090
+            - -slack-user=flagger
+            - -slack-channel=
+            - -slack-url=
diff --git a/kustomize/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31063f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace: flagger-system
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+bases:
+  - ../base/flagger/
+  - ../base/prometheus/
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - patch.yaml
diff --git a/kustomize/kubernetes/namespace.yaml b/kustomize/kubernetes/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad234f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/kubernetes/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-system
+  annotations:
+    linkerd.io/inject: disabled
+  labels:
+    istio-injection: disabled
+    appmesh.k8s.aws/sidecarInjectorWebhook: disabled
diff --git a/kustomize/kubernetes/patch.yaml b/kustomize/kubernetes/patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..466ce184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/kubernetes/patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: flagger
+          args:
+            - -mesh-provider=kubernetes
+            - -metrics-server=http://flagger-prometheus:9090
+            - -slack-user=flagger
+            - -slack-channel=
+            - -slack-url=
diff --git a/kustomize/linkerd/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/linkerd/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b11fff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/linkerd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace: linkerd
+bases:
+  - ../base/flagger/
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - patch.yaml
diff --git a/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml b/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..def51ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: flagger
+          args:
+            - -mesh-provider=linkerd
+            - -metrics-server=http://linkerd-prometheus:9090
+            - -slack-user=flagger
+            - -slack-channel=
+            - -slack-url=