diff --git a/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/plugin.go b/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/plugin.go
index 7b458c133..e38353d66 100644
--- a/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/plugin.go
+++ b/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/plugin.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ type PluginEntry struct {
 	// Boolean that indicates if kubernetes resources that this plugin is responsible for should include OwnerReferences.
 	// Ingoring is only useful if resources will be created in a remote cluster.
 	IgnoreOwnerReferences bool
+	// Boolean flag that indicates if a finalizer should be injected.
+	// This will override the `inject-finalizer` set under k8s config.
+	InjectFinalizers *bool
 }
 
 // A proxy object for k8s resource