diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7617d13a2..313e8ac37 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ IMAGE_REPO := $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
 IMAGE_TAG := $(IMAGE_REPO):$(IMAGE_TAG_NAME)
 IMAGE_EXTRA_TAGS := $(foreach tag,$(IMAGE_EXTRA_TAG_NAMES),$(IMAGE_REPO):$(tag))
 
-K8S_NAMESPACE ?= kube-system
+K8S_NAMESPACE ?= node-feature-discovery
 
 # We use different mount prefix for local and container builds.
 # Take CONTAINER_HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX from HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX if only the latter is specified