diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b6e3b584b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook/app/rook"]
+	path = kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook/app/rook
+	url = https://github.com/rook/rook.git
diff --git a/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml
index 4c488aa2b14..6403aa7af12 100644
--- a/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ resources:
   - ./prometheus-community.yaml
   - ./stakater.yaml
   - ./weave-gitops.yaml
+  - ./rook.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/rook.yaml b/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/rook.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9396fbb1a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/flux/repositories/helm/rook.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: rook-release
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 30m
+  url: https://charts.rook.io/release