diff --git a/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
index 550adc01cb..0623eecec7 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ resources:
 - ../../base/nfd-crds
 - ../../base/master
 - ../../base/worker-daemonset
+- ../../base/gc
 - namespace.yaml
 
 components: