diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 82%
rename from config/default/kustomization.yaml
rename to config/kustomization.yaml
index 9f265f41c01d..6c39a5f49b9b 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ namespace: cluster-api-system
 namePrefix: cluster-api-
 
 bases:
-- ../crds/
-- ../rbac/
-- ../manager/
+- crds/
+- rbac/
+- manager/
 
+patches:
+- default/manager_image_patch.yaml