diff --git a/pkg/cmd/verify/deployments.go b/pkg/cmd/verify/deployments.go
index 12a9dd2..6898fb6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/verify/deployments.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/verify/deployments.go
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 const defaultTimeout = 2 * time.Minute
+
 var defaultInstallationNamespace = "cert-manager"
 
 type Options struct {
-	ConfigFlags *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags
-	Streams     *genericclioptions.IOStreams
-	DebugLogs   bool
+	ConfigFlags          *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags
+	Streams              *genericclioptions.IOStreams
+	DebugLogs            bool
 	CertManagerNamespace string
-	Timeout time.Duration
+	DeploymentPrefix     string
+	Timeout              time.Duration
 }
 
 func NewOptions() *Options {
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.DebugLogs, "debug", false, "If true, will print out debug logs (default false)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&options.CertManagerNamespace, "namespace", "n", defaultInstallationNamespace, "Namespace in which cert-manager is installed")
 	rootCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&options.Timeout, "timeout", defaultTimeout, "Timeout after which we give up waiting for cert-manager to be ready.")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&options.DeploymentPrefix, "prefix", "p", "", "Prefix for the cert-manager deployment names. Default is empty")
 
 	options.ConfigFlags.AddFlags(rootCmd.Flags())
 	rootCmd.SetOut(options.Streams.Out)
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ func (o *Options) Execute() error {
 	logrus.Infof("Waiting for deployments in namespace %s:\n", o.CertManagerNamespace)
 	result, err := verify.Verify(ctx, config, &verify.Options{
 		o.CertManagerNamespace,
+		o.DeploymentPrefix,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/verify/deployment.go b/pkg/verify/deployment.go
index 650fa17..d4e1d4d 100644
--- a/pkg/verify/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/verify/deployment.go
@@ -26,13 +26,19 @@ type Deployment struct {
 	Required bool
 }
 
-func DeploymentDefinitionDefault(namespace string) DeploymentDefinition {
+func DeploymentDefinitionDefault(namespace, deploymentPrefix string) DeploymentDefinition {
 	// TODO make sure these Deployments work also with helm chart installation
 	// TODO make sure we support cert-manager that does not have all these deployments
-	return DeploymentDefinition{
+	def := DeploymentDefinition{
 		Namespace:   namespace,
 		Deployments: []Deployment{{"cert-manager", true}, {"cert-manager-cainjector", false}, {"cert-manager-webhook", false}},
 	}
+	if deploymentPrefix != "" {
+		for _, d := range def.Deployments {
+			d.Name = deploymentPrefix + d.Name
+		}
+	}
+	return def
 }
 
 type DeploymentResult struct {
diff --git a/pkg/verify/verify.go b/pkg/verify/verify.go
index 5fe21b3..579a5a4 100644
--- a/pkg/verify/verify.go
+++ b/pkg/verify/verify.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package verify
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -15,16 +16,17 @@ type VerifyResult struct {
 	CertificateSuccess bool
 
 	DeploymentsResult []DeploymentResult
-	CertificateError error
+	CertificateError  error
 }
 
 type CertificateResult struct {
 	Success bool
-	Error error
+	Error   error
 }
 
 type Options struct {
 	CertManagerNamespace string
+	DeploymentPrefix     string
 }
 
 func Verify(ctx context.Context, config *rest.Config, options *Options) (*VerifyResult, error) {
@@ -37,11 +39,11 @@ func Verify(ctx context.Context, config *rest.Config, options *Options) (*Verify
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get kubernetes client: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	deployments := DeploymentDefinitionDefault(options.CertManagerNamespace)
+	deployments := DeploymentDefinitionDefault(options.CertManagerNamespace, options.DeploymentPrefix)
 	deploymentResult := DeploymentsReady(ctx, kubeClient, deployments)
 
 	result := &VerifyResult{
-		Success: false,
+		Success:           false,
 		DeploymentsResult: deploymentResult,
 	}