diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 90f19e2..ad2286f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
           cluster_name: kind
       - run: helm dependency update ./charts/argocd
       - run: go mod download
-      - run: go test ./test/integration/
+      - run: go test ./test/integration/ --create-crds "true"
diff --git a/test/integration/install_test.go b/test/integration/install_test.go
index ae1bd32..52a2bdb 100644
--- a/test/integration/install_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/install_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestTemplateBase(t *testing.T) {
 	argocd := &helm.Options{
 		KubectlOptions: kubectlOptions,
 		ValuesFiles:    []string{argoCdChartPath + "/values.yaml"},
-		SetValues:      map[string]string{"argo-cd.crds.install": "false"},
+		SetValues:      map[string]string{"argo-cd.crds.install": *createCrds},
 		ExtraArgs: map[string][]string{
 			"upgrade": {"--timeout", "60s", "--install", "--wait-for-jobs", "--wait", "--create-namespace", "--namespace", *kubeNamespace},
 		},
diff --git a/test/integration/main_test.go b/test/integration/main_test.go
index b75ab99..7262aef 100644
--- a/test/integration/main_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/main_test.go
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ var kubeContext = flag.String("kubecontext", "kind-kind", "kubernetes context to
 var kubeNamespace = flag.String("kubenamespace", "bienhoa", "kubernetes namespace to run tests against")
 var appName = flag.String("appname", "argobot", "application to deploy")
 var appVersion = flag.String("appversion", "60a4727c6c", "application version to deploy")
+var createCrds = flag.String("create-crds", "false", "create crds")