diff --git a/kustomize/apisix/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/apisix/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c19a34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/apisix/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+bases:
+  - ../base/flagger/
+  - ../base/prometheus/
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - patch.yaml
diff --git a/kustomize/apisix/namespace.yaml b/kustomize/apisix/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f7400c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/apisix/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: flagger-system
diff --git a/kustomize/apisix/patch.yaml b/kustomize/apisix/patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c481229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/apisix/patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: flagger
+          args:
+            - -log-level=info
+            - -include-label-prefix=app.kubernetes.io
+            - -mesh-provider=apisix
+            - -metrics-server=http://flagger-prometheus:9090
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml
index 3da112ce..69ea8445 100644
--- a/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/rbac.yaml
@@ -229,6 +229,18 @@ rules:
       - update
       - patch
       - delete
+  - apiGroups:
+      - apisix.apache.org
+    resources:
+      - apisixroutes
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - create
+      - update
+      - patch
+      - delete
   - nonResourceURLs:
       - /version
     verbs:
diff --git a/test/apisix/test-canary.sh b/test/apisix/test-canary.sh
index fc6d7115..f51e9332 100755
--- a/test/apisix/test-canary.sh
+++ b/test/apisix/test-canary.sh
@@ -143,4 +143,19 @@ until ${ok}; do
     fi
 done
 
+echo '>>> Waiting for canary finalization'
+retries=50
+count=0
+ok=false
+until ${ok}; do
+    kubectl -n test get canary/podinfo | grep 'Succeeded' && ok=true || ok=false
+    sleep 5
+    count=$(($count + 1))
+    if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
+        kubectl -n apisix logs deployment/flagger
+        echo "No more retries left"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
 echo '✔ Canary promotion test passed'