diff --git a/apps/base/grafana-system/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/grafana-system/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5122f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/base/grafana-system/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
diff --git a/apps/base/grafana-system/namespace.yaml b/apps/base/grafana-system/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e1326d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/base/grafana-system/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: grafana-system
+  name: grafana-system
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/grafana-system/kustomization.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/grafana-system/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f981e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/grafana-system/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+namespace: grafana-system
+
+resources:
+  - ../../../base/grafana-system
+
+helmCharts:
+  - name: grafana-operator
+    repo: https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/api/v1/virtual/helm
+    version: "5.24.0"
+    releaseName: grafana-operator
+    namespace: grafana-system
+    valuesFile: values.yaml
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/grafana-system/values.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/grafana-system/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c1edd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/grafana-system/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Watches all namespaces by default (namespaceScope: false) so it can manage the
+# Grafana instance + dashboards/datasources in the `grafana` namespace.
+#
+# Render the CRDs as normal templated manifests (instead of the helm `crds/`
+# subchart, which `helm template`/kustomize skip) so ArgoCD installs and manages
+# them alongside the operator.
+crds:
+  immutable: false
+replicas: 1
+resources:
+  requests:
+    cpu: 50m
+    memory: 128Mi
+  limits:
+    cpu: 500m
+    memory: 512Mi
diff --git a/argocd/applicationsets/platform.yaml b/argocd/applicationsets/platform.yaml
index 634fcf4..3e99f87 100644
--- a/argocd/applicationsets/platform.yaml
+++ b/argocd/applicationsets/platform.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ spec:
       - path: apps/overlays/*/elastic-system
       - path: apps/overlays/*/encapi
       - path: apps/overlays/*/externaldns
+      - path: apps/overlays/*/grafana-system
       - path: apps/overlays/*/inteldeviceplugins-system
       - path: apps/overlays/*/jfrog
       - path: apps/overlays/*/kanidm