diff --git a/services/communication/kustomization.yaml b/services/communication/kustomization.yaml
index 39d5890..f301396 100644
--- a/services/communication/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/communication/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 namespace: communication
 resources:
   - namespace.yaml
+  - namespace-comms.yaml
   - synapse-rendered.yaml
   - mas-configmap.yaml
   - mas-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/services/communication/namespace-comms.yaml b/services/communication/namespace-comms.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d037ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/communication/namespace-comms.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# services/communication/namespace-comms.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: comms