diff --git a/controllers/dataplane/openstackdataplanedeployment_controller.go b/controllers/dataplane/openstackdataplanedeployment_controller.go
index 60ce925dc..4f439c2cb 100644
--- a/controllers/dataplane/openstackdataplanedeployment_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/dataplane/openstackdataplanedeployment_controller.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 
+	certmgrv1 "github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	condition "github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/condition"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/helper"
@@ -443,5 +444,6 @@ func (r *OpenStackDataPlaneDeploymentReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manag
 				predicate.AnnotationChangedPredicate{},
 				predicate.LabelChangedPredicate{}))).
 		Owns(&ansibleeev1.OpenStackAnsibleEE{}).
+		Owns(&certmgrv1.Certificate{}).
 		Complete(r)
 }