diff --git a/docs/vsphere-csi.md b/docs/vsphere-csi.md
index d312bf3f9ac..514dbec3389 100644
--- a/docs/vsphere-csi.md
+++ b/docs/vsphere-csi.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ You need to source the vSphere credentials you use to deploy your machines that
 | vsphere_csi_aggressive_node_drain           | FALSE    | boolean |                            | false                     | Enable aggressive node drain strategy                                                                               |
 | vsphere_csi_aggressive_node_unreachable_timeout            | FALSE     | int  | 300   |                           | Timeout till node will be drained when it in an unreachable state                                                           |
 | vsphere_csi_aggressive_node_not_ready_timeout              | FALSE     | int  | 300   |                           | Timeout till node will be drained when it in not-ready state                                                                |
+| vsphere_csi_namespace                       | TRUE     | string  |                            | "vmware-system-csi"       | vSphere CSI namespace to use
 
 ## Usage example
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/defaults/main.yml
index 93beca307fb..62d49cfcb08 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ vsphere_csi_node_driver_registrar_image_tag: "v2.5.0"
 vsphere_csi_driver_image_tag: "v2.5.1"
 vsphere_csi_resizer_tag: "v1.4.0"
 
+vsphere_csi_namespace: "vmware-system-csi"
+
 vsphere_csi_controller_replicas: 1
 
 csi_endpoint: '{% if external_vsphere_version >= "7.0u1" %}/csi{% else %}/var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy{% endif %}'
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/tasks/main.yml
index c2cf62ab9ee..5983fa09529 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item }}"
     mode: 0644
   with_items:
+    - vsphere-csi-namespace.yml
     - vsphere-csi-driver.yml
     - vsphere-csi-controller-rbac.yml
     - vsphere-csi-node-rbac.yml
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
   when: inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
 
 - name: vSphere CSI Driver | Generate a CSI secret manifest
-  command: "{{ kubectl }} create secret generic vsphere-config-secret --from-file=csi-vsphere.conf={{ kube_config_dir }}/vsphere-csi-cloud-config -n kube-system --dry-run --save-config -o yaml"
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} create secret generic vsphere-config-secret --from-file=csi-vsphere.conf={{ kube_config_dir }}/vsphere-csi-cloud-config -n {{ vsphere_csi_namespace }} --dry-run --save-config -o yaml"
   register: vsphere_csi_secret_manifest
   when: inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
   no_log: "{{ not (unsafe_show_logs|bool) }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-config.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-config.yml.j2
index 56a28d0b313..3e16ae1b035 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-config.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-config.yml.j2
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ data:
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: internal-feature-states.csi.vsphere.vmware.com
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-deployment.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-deployment.yml.j2
index 97be182c29e..1c1de2f8feb 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-deployment.yml.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-controller
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 spec:
   replicas: {{ vsphere_csi_controller_replicas }}
   strategy:
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ spec:
           image: {{ gcr_image_repo }}/cloud-provider-vsphere/csi/release/driver:{{ vsphere_csi_controller }}
           args:
             - "--fss-name=internal-feature-states.csi.vsphere.vmware.com"
-            - "--fss-namespace=kube-system"
-            - "--supervisor-fss-namespace=kube-system"
+            - "--fss-namespace={{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
+            - "--supervisor-fss-namespace={{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
             - "--use-gocsi=false"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
           env:
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ spec:
           args:
             - "--leader-election"
             - "--fss-name=internal-feature-states.csi.vsphere.vmware.com"
-            - "--fss-namespace=kube-system"
-            - "--supervisor-fss-namespace=kube-system"
+            - "--fss-namespace={{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
+            - "--supervisor-fss-namespace={{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 2113
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-rbac.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-rbac.yml.j2
index 80797063a50..fd614f9a41f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-rbac.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-rbac.yml.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ kind: ServiceAccount
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-controller
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 ---
 kind: ClusterRole
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ metadata:
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: vsphere-csi-controller
-    namespace: kube-system
+    namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: vsphere-csi-controller-role
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-service.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-service.yml.j2
index ccded9b7217..75967ba5d02 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-service.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-controller-service.yml.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-controller
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
   labels:
     app: vsphere-csi-controller
 spec:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-namespace.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-namespace.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a28bda12c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-namespace.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node-rbac.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node-rbac.yml.j2
index c4c172d6078..42896e140e9 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node-rbac.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node-rbac.yml.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ServiceAccount
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-node
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 ---
 kind: ClusterRole
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ metadata:
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: vsphere-csi-node
-    namespace: kube-system
+    namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: vsphere-csi-node-cluster-role
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ kind: Role
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-node-role
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["configmaps"]
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ kind: RoleBinding
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-node-binding
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: vsphere-csi-node
-    namespace: kube-system
+    namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 roleRef:
   kind: Role
   name: vsphere-csi-node-role
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node.yml.j2
index 322267199c4..fa5620e2292 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/vsphere/templates/vsphere-csi-node.yml.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ kind: DaemonSet
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 metadata:
   name: vsphere-csi-node
-  namespace: kube-system
+  namespace: "{{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
         args:
           - "--fss-name=internal-feature-states.csi.vsphere.vmware.com"
-          - "--fss-namespace=kube-system"
-          - "--supervisor-fss-namespace=kube-system"
+          - "--fss-namespace={{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
+          - "--supervisor-fss-namespace={{ vsphere_csi_namespace }}"
           - "--use-gocsi=false"
         imagePullPolicy: "Always"
         env: