diff --git a/apps/cluster-infrastructure/system-upgrade-controller.yaml b/apps/cluster-infrastructure/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67d956f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/cluster-infrastructure/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: system-upgrade-controller
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "5"
+spec:
+  project: cluster-infrastructure
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+  source:
+    path: manifests/
+    repoURL: https://github.com/rancher/system-upgrade-controller.git
+    targetRevision: 0.13.1
+  destination:
+    server: "https://kubernetes.default.svc"
+    namespace: system-upgrade