diff --git a/roles/communishift/tasks/create-namespace.yml b/roles/communishift/tasks/create-namespace.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..131ac05204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/communishift/tasks/create-namespace.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: Create a k8s namespace
+  community.okd.k8s:
+    api_key: "{{ communishift_ocp_api_token }}"
+    host: "{{ communishift_ocp_api_host }}"
+    name: "{{ communishift_project_name }}"
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: Namespace
+    state: present
diff --git a/roles/communishift/tasks/main.yml b/roles/communishift/tasks/main.yml
index 4a276dbd97..f778dea0fa 100644
--- a/roles/communishift/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/communishift/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
   with_items: "{{ communishift_projects }}"
   run_once: true
 
+- include_tasks: create-namespace.yml
 - include_tasks: create-efs.yml