diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index 1745bd9..cc14e7f 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 VERSION 0.7
 FROM alpine
 
+kustomize-build:
+    # renovate: datasource=docker depName=registry.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize versioning=docker
+    ARG KUSTOMIZE_VERSION=v5.1.1
+    FROM registry.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize:$KUSTOMIZE_VERSION
+    COPY kustomization kustomization
+    RUN ls
+    RUN find kustomization/components/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print | xargs -r -n1 kustomize build > /dev/null
+
 renovate-validate:
     # renovate: datasource=docker depName=renovate/renovate versioning=docker
     ARG RENOVATE_VERSION=37
@@ -10,6 +18,7 @@ renovate-validate:
     RUN renovate-config-validator
 
 validate:
+    BUILD +kustomize-build
     BUILD +renovate-validate
 
 prettier-lint:
diff --git a/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager/README.md b/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0fcfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Operator Lifecycle Manager Component
+
+This will deploy the
+[Operator Lifecycle Manager](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager)
+and its CRDs.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```yaml
+---
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+components:
+  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marinatedconcrete/config/main/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager
+patches:
+  # A number of operators do not work in the baseline pod-security profile, alas.
+  - target:
+      kind: Namespace
+      name: operators
+    path: patches/downgrade_pod-security.yml
+```
diff --git a/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.yml b/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86a689a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomization/components/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+
+resources:
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases
+  - https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/releases/download/v0.25.0/crds.yaml
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases
+  - https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/releases/download/v0.25.0/olm.yaml