diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70c24acb09..d7414fc404 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ REGISTRY             ?= ghcr.io
 REPO                 ?= kyverno
 KIND_IMAGE           ?= kindest/node:v1.27.3
 KIND_NAME            ?= kind
+KIND_CONFIG          ?= default
 GOOS                 ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
 GOARCH               ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 KOCACHE              ?= /tmp/ko-cache
@@ -794,7 +795,7 @@ docker-save-image-all: $(KIND) image-build-all ## Save docker images in archive
 .PHONY: kind-create-cluster
 kind-create-cluster: $(KIND) ## Create kind cluster
 	@echo Create kind cluster... >&2
-	@$(KIND) create cluster --name $(KIND_NAME) --image $(KIND_IMAGE) --config ./scripts/config/kind.yaml
+	@$(KIND) create cluster --name $(KIND_NAME) --image $(KIND_IMAGE) --config ./scripts/config/kind/$(KIND_CONFIG).yaml
 
 .PHONY: kind-delete-cluster
 kind-delete-cluster: $(KIND) ## Delete kind cluster
diff --git a/scripts/config/kind.yaml b/scripts/config/kind/default.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/config/kind.yaml
rename to scripts/config/kind/default.yaml
diff --git a/scripts/config/kind/vap.yaml b/scripts/config/kind/vap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6d1c2a070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config/kind/vap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+featureGates:
+  ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: true
+runtimeConfig:
+  admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1alpha1: true
+kubeadmConfigPatches:
+  - |-
+    kind: ClusterConfiguration
+    controllerManager:
+      extraArgs:
+        bind-address: 0.0.0.0
+    etcd:
+      local:
+        extraArgs:
+          listen-metrics-urls: http://0.0.0.0:2382
+    scheduler:
+      extraArgs:
+        bind-address: 0.0.0.0
+  - |-
+    kind: KubeProxyConfiguration
+    metricsBindAddress: 0.0.0.0
+nodes:
+  - role: control-plane
+    kubeadmConfigPatches:
+      - |-
+        kind: InitConfiguration
+        nodeRegistration:
+          kubeletExtraArgs:
+            node-labels: "ingress-ready=true"
+    extraPortMappings:
+      - containerPort: 80
+        hostPort: 80
+        protocol: TCP
+      - containerPort: 443
+        hostPort: 443
+        protocol: TCP
+  - role: worker
+  - role: worker
+  - role: worker