diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/base/kustomization.yaml
index 99fe9419597..0daf7b16455 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ bases:
 - crds
 - pipeline
 - proxy
+- metadata
 
 images:
 - name: argoproj/workflow-controller
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac11f97c4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - metadata-deployment.yaml
+  - metadata-service.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/metadata-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/metadata-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d37aa76eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/metadata-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: metadata-deployment
+  labels:
+    component: metadata-server
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      component: metadata-server
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        component: metadata-server
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: container
+        image: gcr.io/kubeflow-images-public/metadata:v0.1.8
+        command: ["./server/server",
+                  "--http_port=8080",
+                  "--mysql_service_host=mysql",
+                  "--mysql_service_port=3306",
+                  "--mlmd_db_name=metadb"]
+        ports:
+        - name: md-backendapi
+          containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/metadata-service.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/metadata-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18f9ab3de14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/base/metadata/metadata-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: metadata
+  name: metadata-service
+spec:
+  selector:
+    component: metadata-server
+  type: ClusterIP
+  ports:
+  - port: 8080
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: md-backendapi
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/kustomization.yaml
index 0f2b82b68db..a51088ef1fe 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/kustomization.yaml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ resources:
 - ml-pipeline-visualization-service.yaml
 - pipeline-runner-role.yaml
 - pipeline-runner-rolebinding.yaml
-- pipeline-runner-sa.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+- pipeline-runner-sa.yaml