diff --git a/config/admission/kustomization.yaml b/config/admission/kustomization.yaml
index 14407db0c..4e1629d33 100644
--- a/config/admission/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/admission/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+configurations:
+- kustomizeconfig.yaml
+
 resources:
 - admission.yaml
diff --git a/config/admission/kustomizeconfig.yaml b/config/admission/kustomizeconfig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55fc4088a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/admission/kustomizeconfig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This file is for teaching kustomize how to substitute name in ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
+# This might become obsolete depending on the outcome of https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/5674
+nameReference:
+- kind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
+  group: admissionregistration.k8s.io
+  fieldSpecs:
+  - kind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
+    group: admissionregistration.k8s.io
+    path: spec/policyName