diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/class/defaults.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/class/defaults.yml
index 82ac98a..3faed2d 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/class/defaults.yml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/class/defaults.yml	
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ parameters:
     =_metadata:
       multi_tenant: true
     namespace: syn-{{ cookiecutter.slug }}
+    createNamespace: false
+    namespaceLabels: {}
+    namespaceAnnotations: {}
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/main.jsonnet b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/main.jsonnet
index 6e6f704..d1cf697 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/main.jsonnet	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/component/main.jsonnet	
@@ -4,7 +4,23 @@ local kube = import 'lib/kube.libjsonnet';
 local inv = kap.inventory();
 // The hiera parameters for the component
 local params = inv.parameters.{{ cookiecutter.parameter_key }};
+local instance = inv.parameters._instance;
 
 // Define outputs below
 {
+  [if params.createNamespace then '00_namespace']: kube.Namespace(params.namespace) + {
+    metadata+: {
+      labels+:
+        {
+          component: '{{ cookiecutter.slug }}',
+          instance: instance,
+        }
+        + params.namespaceLabels,
+      annotations+:
+        {
+          'syn.tools/source': '{{ cookiecutter.github_url }}',
+        }
+        + params.namespaceAnnotations,
+    },
+  },
 }
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
index 98c2187..a641305 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc	
@@ -10,10 +10,38 @@ default:: `syn-{{ cookiecutter.slug }}`
 
 The namespace in which to deploy this component.
 
+== `createNamespace`
+
+[horizontal]
+type:: boolean
+default:: `true`
+
+Whether to create the namespace.
+
+== `namespaceLabels`
+
+[horizontal]
+type:: dict
+default:: `{}`
+
+Labels to add to the namespace.
+
+== `namespaceAnnotations`
+
+[horizontal]
+type:: dict
+default:: `{}`
+
+Annotations to add to the namespace.
 
 == Example
 
 [source,yaml]
 ----
 namespace: example-namespace
+createNamespace: true
+namespaceLabels:
+  example.com/label: value
+namespaceAnnotations:
+  example.com/annotation: value
 ----