diff --git a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/Chart.yaml b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/Chart.yaml
index 99c40a2..4c9d52c 100644
--- a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: eurofurence-registration-system
-version: 0.0.1
+version: 0.0.2
 description: A helm chart that can deploy the Eurofurence Registration System.
 type: application
 home: https://github.com/eurofurence/reg-helm-chart
diff --git a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/templates/namespace.yaml b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/templates/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5433b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/templates/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{- if (.Values.namespace).create }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: '{{ .Values.global.namespace }}'
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-10"
+---
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/tests/namespace_test.yaml b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/tests/namespace_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b31c1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/tests/namespace_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+suite: test ingress
+templates:
+  - namespace.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: should not create anything by default
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 0
+  - it: should create a namespace if enabled
+    set:
+      global:
+        namespace: hellospace
+      namespace:
+        create: true
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Namespace
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 1
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata
+          value:
+            name: hellospace
+            annotations:
+              argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-10"
+
diff --git a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values-example.yaml b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values-example.yaml
index a01fdc2..1fbfc9e 100644
--- a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values-example.yaml
+++ b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values-example.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 global:
   namespace: my-namespace
 
+namespace:
+  create: true
+
 ingress:
   enable: true
 
diff --git a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values.schema.json b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values.schema.json
index 44a630b..940e43f 100644
--- a/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/eurofurence-registration-system/values.schema.json
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "namespace": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "settings for an ingress (optional, off by default)",
+      "properties": {
+        "create": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "enable creating the namespace",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "ingress": {
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "type": "object",