diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d327403f5..fc29fc759 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ ifndef MANIFESTSUFFIX
 	MANIFESTSUFFIX := -dev
 endif
 endif
+MANIFESTPATHCRD := manifests/arango-crd$(MANIFESTSUFFIX).yaml
 MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENT := manifests/arango-deployment$(MANIFESTSUFFIX).yaml
 MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENTREPLICATION := manifests/arango-deployment-replication$(MANIFESTSUFFIX).yaml
 MANIFESTPATHSTORAGE := manifests/arango-storage$(MANIFESTSUFFIX).yaml
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: manifests
 manifests: $(GOBUILDDIR)
+	echo Building manifests
 	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) go run $(ROOTDIR)/tools/manifests/manifest_builder.go \
 		--output-suffix=$(MANIFESTSUFFIX) \
 		--image=$(OPERATORIMAGE) \
@@ -299,6 +301,7 @@ ifneq ($(DEPLOYMENTNAMESPACE), default)
 	$(ROOTDIR)/scripts/kube_delete_namespace.sh $(DEPLOYMENTNAMESPACE)
 	kubectl create namespace $(DEPLOYMENTNAMESPACE)
 endif
+	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHCRD)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHSTORAGE)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENT)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENTREPLICATION)
@@ -403,9 +406,11 @@ delete-operator:
 	kubectl delete -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENT) --ignore-not-found
 	kubectl delete -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENTREPLICATION) --ignore-not-found
 	kubectl delete -f $(MANIFESTPATHSTORAGE) --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete -f $(MANIFESTPATHCRD) --ignore-not-found
 
 .PHONY: redeploy-operator
 redeploy-operator: delete-operator manifests
+	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHCRD)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHSTORAGE)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENT)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENTREPLICATION)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c09c48cdd..e867589af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ it is intended to be.
 ## Installation of latest release using Helm
 
 ```bash
+# The following will install the custom resources required by the operators.
+helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/0.3.2/kube-arangodb-crd.tgz
 # The following will install the operator for `ArangoDeployment` &
 # `ArangoDeplomentReplication` resources.
 helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/0.3.1/kube-arangodb.tgz
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/0.3.1/k
 ## Installation of latest release using Kubectl
 
 ```bash
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/0.3.2/manifests/arango-crd.yaml
 kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/0.3.1/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml
 # To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, also run
 kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/0.3.1/manifests/arango-storage.yaml
diff --git a/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/Usage.md b/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/Usage.md
index dac960c3b..12b2d2944 100644
--- a/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/Usage.md
+++ b/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/Usage.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ run (replace `<version>` with the version of the operator that you want to insta
 
 ```bash
 export URLPREFIX=https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/<version>
+helm install $URLPREFIX/kube-arangodb-crd.tgz
 helm install $URLPREFIX/kube-arangodb.tgz
 ```
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ run (replace `<version>` with the version of the operator that you want to insta
 
 ```bash
 export URLPREFIX=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/<version>/manifests
+kubectl apply -f $URLPREFIX/arango-crd.yaml
 kubectl apply -f $URLPREFIX/arango-deployment.yaml
 ```
 
diff --git a/manifests/.gitignore b/manifests/.gitignore
index 0c8b9cdf1..7f3592412 100644
--- a/manifests/.gitignore
+++ b/manifests/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ arango-deployment-dev.yaml
 arango-deployment-replication-dev.yaml
 arango-storage-dev.yaml
 arango-test-dev.yaml
+arango-crd-dev.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/templates/deployment-replication/crd.yaml b/manifests/templates/crd/deployment-replication.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from manifests/templates/deployment-replication/crd.yaml
rename to manifests/templates/crd/deployment-replication.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/templates/deployment/crd.yaml b/manifests/templates/crd/deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from manifests/templates/deployment/crd.yaml
rename to manifests/templates/crd/deployment.yaml
diff --git a/scripts/patch_readme.sh b/scripts/patch_readme.sh
index 97a802323..73aaa4228 100755
--- a/scripts/patch_readme.sh
+++ b/scripts/patch_readme.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ function replaceInFile {
 
 
 f=README.md
+replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-crd.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-crd.yaml@g" ${f}
 replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml@g" ${f}
 replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yaml@g" ${f}
 replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-storage.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-storage.yaml@g" ${f}
 
+replaceInFile "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb-crd.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb-crd.tgz@g" ${f}
 replaceInFile "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb.tgz@g" ${f}
 replaceInFile "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz@g" ${f}
diff --git a/tools/manifests/manifest_builder.go b/tools/manifests/manifest_builder.go
index b170bb994..5a6df54b2 100644
--- a/tools/manifests/manifest_builder.go
+++ b/tools/manifests/manifest_builder.go
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ var (
 		RBAC                              bool
 		AllowChaos                        bool
 	}
+	crdTemplateNames = []Template{
+		Template{Name: "deployment.yaml"},
+		Template{Name: "deployment-replication.yaml"},
+	}
 	deploymentTemplateNames = []Template{
-		Template{Name: "crd.yaml"},
 		Template{Name: "rbac.yaml", Predicate: hasRBAC},
 		Template{Name: "deployment.yaml"},
 		Template{Name: "service.yaml"},
 	}
 	deploymentReplicationTemplateNames = []Template{
-		Template{Name: "crd.yaml"},
 		Template{Name: "rbac.yaml", Predicate: hasRBAC},
 		Template{Name: "deployment-replication.yaml"},
 		Template{Name: "service.yaml"},
@@ -119,6 +121,15 @@ description: |
   Kube-ArangoDB-Storage is a cluster-wide operator used to provision PersistentVolumes on disks attached locally to Nodes
 home: https://arangodb.com
 `
+	kubeArangoDBCRDChartTemplate = `
+apiVersion: v1
+name: kube-arangodb-crd
+version: "{{ .Version }}"
+description: |
+  Kube-ArangoDB-crd contains the custom resource definitions for ArangoDeployment and ArangoDeploymentReplication resources.
+home: https://arangodb.com
+`
+
 	kubeArangoDBValuesTemplate = `
 # Image containing the kube-arangodb operators
 Image: {{ .Image | quote }}
@@ -155,6 +166,8 @@ Storage:
     ServiceAccountName: {{ .Storage.Operator.ServiceAccountName | quote }}
     ServiceType: {{ .Storage.Operator.ServiceType | quote }}
 `
+	kubeArangoDBCRDValuesTemplate = ``
+
 	kubeArangoDBNotesText = `
 kube-arangodb has been deployed successfully!
 
@@ -180,11 +193,23 @@ You can now deploy an ArangoLocalStorage resource.
 
 See https://docs.arangodb.com/devel/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/StorageResource.html
 for further instructions.
+`
+	kubeArangoDBCRDNotesText = `
+kube-arangodb-crd has been deployed successfully!
+
+Your release is named '{{ .Release.Name }}'.
+
+You can now continue install kube-arangodb chart.
 `
 )
 
 var (
 	chartTemplateGroups = map[string]chartTemplates{
+		"kube-arangodb-crd": chartTemplates{
+			"Chart.yaml":          kubeArangoDBCRDChartTemplate,
+			"values.yaml":         kubeArangoDBCRDValuesTemplate,
+			"templates/NOTES.txt": kubeArangoDBCRDNotesText,
+		},
 		"kube-arangodb": chartTemplates{
 			"Chart.yaml":          kubeArangoDBChartTemplate,
 			"values.yaml":         kubeArangoDBValuesTemplate,
@@ -272,6 +297,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Prepare templates to include
 	templateInfoSet := map[string]TemplateGroup{
+		"crd":                    TemplateGroup{ChartName: "kube-arangodb-crd", Templates: crdTemplateNames},
 		"deployment":             TemplateGroup{ChartName: "kube-arangodb", Templates: deploymentTemplateNames},
 		"deployment-replication": TemplateGroup{ChartName: "kube-arangodb", Templates: deploymentReplicationTemplateNames},
 		"storage":                TemplateGroup{ChartName: "kube-arangodb-storage", Templates: storageTemplateNames},
diff --git a/tools/release/release.go b/tools/release/release.go
index 84e008c2d..c4f47e689 100644
--- a/tools/release/release.go
+++ b/tools/release/release.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 	binaries = map[string]string{
 		"kube-arangodb.tgz":         "charts/kube-arangodb.tgz",
 		"kube-arangodb-storage.tgz": "charts/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz",
+		"kube-arangodb-crd.tgz":     "charts/kube-arangodb-crd.tgz",
 	}
 )