diff --git a/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.auto.tfvars b/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.auto.tfvars
index 91660ee..0af2f45 100644
--- a/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.auto.tfvars
+++ b/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.auto.tfvars
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-xray_namespace = "aws-cloudwatch"
-xray_name      = "aws-xray"
+xray_namespace        = "aws-cloudwatch"
+create_xray_namespace = true
+xray_name             = "aws-xray"
 xray_charts = {
   "xray" = {
     name          = "aws-xray"
diff --git a/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.tf b/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.tf
index c466dd9..0709c04 100644
--- a/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.tf
+++ b/examples/extras/xray/variables.xray.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ variable "xray_namespace" {
   default     = "default"
 }
 
+variable "create_xray_namespace" {
+  description = "Flag to enable or disable creation of namespace"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "xray_name" {
   description = "Service account name"
   type        = string
diff --git a/examples/extras/xray/xray.tf b/examples/extras/xray/xray.tf
index 5832f5d..e87cf0b 100644
--- a/examples/extras/xray/xray.tf
+++ b/examples/extras/xray/xray.tf
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ locals {
   xray_images_output = { for k, v in module.images_xray.images : v.name => v }
 }
 
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "namespace" {
+  count = var.create_xray_namespace ? 1 : 0
+  metadata {
+    name = var.xray_namespace
+  }
+}
+
 module "images_xray" {
   source = "git@github.e.it.census.gov:terraform-modules/aws-ecr-copy-images.git?ref=tf-upgrade"
 
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ resource "helm_release" "xray" {
   repository = var.xray_charts["xray"].use_remote ? var.xray_charts["xray"].repository : "${path.module}/charts"
   version    = var.xray_charts["xray"].use_remote ? var.xray_charts["xray"].version : null
 
-  depends_on = [module.images_xray]
+  depends_on = [module.images_xray, kubernetes_namespace.namespace]
   set {
     name  = "image.repository"
     value = split(":", local.xray_images_output["aws-xray-daemon"].dest_full_path)[0]