diff --git a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/apply.go b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/apply.go
index da9e6a6714d..3aad9aeab28 100644
--- a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/apply.go
+++ b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/apply.go
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ func NewCmdApply() *cobra.Command {
 		WithExample("Hydrate Kubernetes pod manifest first", "render --output rendered-pod.yaml").
 		WithExample("Then create resources on your cluster from that hydrated manifest", "apply rendered-pod.yaml").
 		WithCommonFlags().
+		WithFlags([]*Flag{
+			{Value: &opts.InventoryNamespace, Name: "inventory-namespace", Hidden: true, DefValue: "",
+				Usage: " The namespace for the ResourceGroup resource that contains the inventory"},
+			{Value: &opts.InventoryID, Name: "inventory-id", Hidden: true, DefValue: "",
+				Usage: "the inventory name, default to `.kpt-pipeline`"},
+			{Value: &opts.InventoryName, Name: "inventory-name", Hidden: true, DefValue: "",
+				Usage: "Inventory identifier."},
+		}).
 		WithHouseKeepingMessages().
 		WithArgs(func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) < 1 {
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/config/options.go b/pkg/skaffold/config/options.go
index 77819217a61..ac273214e16 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/config/options.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/config/options.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ type SkaffoldOptions struct {
 	ConfigurationFilter  []string
 	HydratedManifests    []string
 	HydrationDir         string
+	InventoryNamespace   string
+	InventoryID          string
+	InventoryName        string
 	GlobalConfig         string
 	EventLogFile         string
 	RenderOutput         string
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt.go
index b2be8252f24..bb4223686a3 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/access"
+	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/config"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/debug"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/deploy"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/deploy/kubectl"
@@ -87,8 +88,18 @@ type Config interface {
 }
 
 // NewDeployer generates a new Deployer object contains the kptDeploy schema.
-func NewDeployer(cfg Config, labels map[string]string, provider deploy.ComponentProvider, d *latestV2.KptV2Deploy) *Deployer {
+func NewDeployer(cfg Config, labels map[string]string, provider deploy.ComponentProvider, d *latestV2.KptV2Deploy,
+	opts config.SkaffoldOptions) *Deployer {
 	podSelector := kubernetes.NewImageList()
+	if opts.InventoryNamespace != "" {
+		d.InventoryNamespace = opts.InventoryNamespace
+	}
+	if opts.InventoryID != "" {
+		d.InventoryID = opts.InventoryID
+	}
+	if opts.InventoryName != "" {
+		d.Name = opts.InventoryName
+	}
 	return &Deployer{
 		KptV2Deploy: d,
 		applyDir:    d.Dir,
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt_test.go
index 4c362798770..fa5a3c83b2f 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/v2/kpt/kpt_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/config"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/deploy"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/graph"
 	v2 "github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/runner/runcontext/v2"
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ func TestKptfileInitIfNot(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			tmpDir.Chdir()
 
-			k := NewDeployer(&kptConfig{}, nil, deploy.NoopComponentProvider, &latestV2.KptV2Deploy{Dir: "."})
+			k := NewDeployer(&kptConfig{}, nil, deploy.NoopComponentProvider, &latestV2.KptV2Deploy{Dir: "."},
+				config.SkaffoldOptions{})
 			err := kptfileInitIfNot(context.Background(), ioutil.Discard, k)
 			if !test.shouldErr {
 				t.CheckNoError(err)
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ func TestDeploy(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Override(&util.DefaultExecCommand, test.commands)
 			kptInitFunc = func(context.Context, io.Writer, *Deployer) error { return nil }
 
-			k := NewDeployer(&kptConfig{}, nil, deploy.NoopComponentProvider, &test.kpt)
+			k := NewDeployer(&kptConfig{}, nil, deploy.NoopComponentProvider, &test.kpt, config.SkaffoldOptions{})
 			ns, err := k.Deploy(context.Background(), ioutil.Discard, test.builds)
 			t.CheckNoError(err)
 			t.CheckDeepEqual(ns, []string{"test-kptv2"})
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/runner/deployer.go b/pkg/skaffold/runner/deployer.go
index 8fd9df1b470..0d193307a19 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/runner/deployer.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/runner/deployer.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func GetDeployer(runCtx *v2.RunContext, provider deploy.ComponentProvider, label
 				logrus.Infof("manifests are deployed from render path %v\n", hydrationDir)
 				p.Deploy.KptV2Deploy.Dir = hydrationDir
 			}
-			deployer := kptV2.NewDeployer(dCtx, labels, provider, p.Deploy.KptV2Deploy)
+			deployer := kptV2.NewDeployer(dCtx, labels, provider, p.Deploy.KptV2Deploy, runCtx.Opts)
 			deployers = append(deployers, deployer)
 		}
 	}