diff --git a/charts/community-operator/templates/database_roles.yaml b/charts/community-operator/templates/database_roles.yaml
index b5662ff6..1bbe3e95 100644
--- a/charts/community-operator/templates/database_roles.yaml
+++ b/charts/community-operator/templates/database_roles.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.database.name }}
-  namespace: {{ if .Values.database.namespace }} {{ .Values.database.namespace }} {{ else }} {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ end }}
+  namespace: {{ if .Values.database.namespace }} {{ .Values.database.namespace }} {{ else }} {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }} {{ end }}
 
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Role
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.database.name }}
-  namespace: {{ if .Values.database.namespace }} {{ .Values.database.namespace }} {{ else }} {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ end }}
+  namespace: {{ if .Values.database.namespace }} {{ .Values.database.namespace }} {{ else }} {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }} {{ end }}
 rules:
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ kind: RoleBinding
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.database.name }}
-  namespace: {{ if .Values.database.namespace }} {{ .Values.database.namespace }} {{ else }} {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ end }}
+  namespace: {{ if .Values.database.namespace }} {{ .Values.database.namespace }} {{ else }} {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }} {{ end }}
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ .Values.database.name }}
diff --git a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml
index 15af4014..61fad3f4 100644
--- a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml
+++ b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     owner: mongodb
   name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 spec:
   replicas:  {{ .Values.operator.replicas }}
   selector:
diff --git a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_namespace.yaml b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00fe1283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{{- if .Values.operator.namespaceOverride }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.operator.namespaceOverride }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_roles.yaml b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_roles.yaml
index 0f0988b9..635a49b3 100644
--- a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_roles.yaml
+++ b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator_roles.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ metadata:
   {{- if not (eq (.Values.operator.watchNamespace | default "*") "*") }}
   namespace: {{ .Values.operator.watchNamespace }}
   {{- else }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
   {{- end }}
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ metadata:
   {{- if ne (.Values.operator.watchNamespace | default "*") "*" }}
   namespace: {{ .Values.operator.watchNamespace }}
   {{- else }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
   {{- end }}
 subjects:
 - kind: ServiceAccount
   name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.operator.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 roleRef:
   kind: {{ if eq (.Values.operator.watchNamespace | default "") "*" }} ClusterRole {{ else }} Role {{ end }}
   name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
diff --git a/charts/community-operator/values.yaml b/charts/community-operator/values.yaml
index b04749bf..3ebc4d30 100644
--- a/charts/community-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/community-operator/values.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ operator:
   # Deployment, ServiceAccount, Role etc.
   name: mongodb-kubernetes-operator
 
+  # Allow the operator namespace to be overridden which is useful when having this operator
+  # be a subchart dependency
+  #namespaceOverride: mongodb-solution
+
   # Name of the operator image
   operatorImageName: mongodb-kubernetes-operator