diff --git a/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/defaults/main.yml
index 64b8ef9..f51bd98 100644
--- a/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/defaults/main.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform_disable_eda: false
 ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform_disable_hub: true
 ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform_disable_lightspeed: true
 ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform_extra_wait_minutes: 10
+# Additional manifest overrides to be merged into the Template used to deploy AAP
+ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform_aap_manifest_overrides: {}
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 # OCP bearer token lifecycle
diff --git a/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/tasks/workload.yml b/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/tasks/workload.yml
index 3ff249e..729fea6 100644
--- a/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/tasks/workload.yml
+++ b/roles/ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform/tasks/workload.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 - name: Create Ansible Automation Platform
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
     state: present
-    template: aap.yaml.j2
+    resource_definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'aap.yaml.j2') | from_yaml | ansible.builtin.combine(ocp4_workload_ansible_automation_platform_aap_manifest_overrides | default({}), recursive=true) }}"
+    apply: true
 
 - name: Wait until the Ansible Automation Platform is fully deployed
   kubernetes.core.k8s_info: