diff --git a/base/minio/configurations/tenants.minio.min.io.yaml b/base/minio/configurations/tenants.minio.min.io.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a2b60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/minio/configurations/tenants.minio.min.io.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+nameReference:
+- kind: Secret
+  fieldSpecs:
+  - path: spec/credsSecret/name
+    kind: Tenant
+- kind: Secret
+  fieldSpecs:
+  - path: spec/configuration/name
+    kind: Tenant
+- kind: Secret
+  fieldSpecs:
+  - path: spec/users/name
+    kind: Tenant
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diff --git a/base/minio/kustomization.yaml b/base/minio/kustomization.yaml
index c33be7a..87008e5 100644
--- a/base/minio/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/base/minio/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ commonAnnotations:
   operator.min.io/support: "https://subnet.min.io"
 
 resources:
-  - github.com/minio/operator/resources
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+  - github.com/minio/operator/resources
+
+configurations:
+  - ./configurations/tenants.minio.min.io.yaml
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