diff --git a/cmd/ftl-controller/main.go b/cmd/ftl-controller/main.go
index e8b9e21e75..2c26db2fed 100644
--- a/cmd/ftl-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ftl-controller/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/controller"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/controller/scaling"
+	cf "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/common/configuration"
 	_ "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/automaxprocs" // Set GOMAXPROCS to match Linux container CPU quota.
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/log"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/observability"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ var cli struct {
 	ObservabilityConfig observability.Config `embed:"" prefix:"o11y-"`
 	LogConfig           log.Config           `embed:"" prefix:"log-"`
 	ControllerConfig    controller.Config    `embed:""`
+	ConfigFlag          []string             `name:"config" short:"C" help:"Paths to FTL project configuration files." env:"FTL_CONFIG" placeholder:"FILE[,FILE,...]"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -38,6 +40,28 @@ func main() {
 	err = observability.Init(ctx, "ftl-controller", ftl.Version, cli.ObservabilityConfig)
 	kctx.FatalIfErrorf(err, "failed to initialize observability")
 
+	// This is duplicating the logic in the `ftl/main.go` to resolve the current panic
+	// However, this should be updated to only allow providers that are supported on the current environment
+	// See https://github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/issues/1473 for more information
+	sr := cf.ProjectConfigResolver[cf.Secrets]{Config: cli.ConfigFlag}
+	cr := cf.ProjectConfigResolver[cf.Configuration]{Config: cli.ConfigFlag}
+	kctx.BindTo(sr, (*cf.Resolver[cf.Secrets])(nil))
+	kctx.BindTo(cr, (*cf.Resolver[cf.Configuration])(nil))
+
+	// Add config manager to context.
+	cm, err := cf.NewConfigurationManager(ctx, cr)
+	if err != nil {
+		kctx.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	ctx = cf.ContextWithConfig(ctx, cm)
+
+	// Add secrets manager to context.
+	sm, err := cf.NewSecretsManager(ctx, sr)
+	if err != nil {
+		kctx.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	ctx = cf.ContextWithSecrets(ctx, sm)
+
 	err = controller.Start(ctx, cli.ControllerConfig, scaling.NewK8sScaling())
 	kctx.FatalIfErrorf(err)
 }