diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
index 5b330ea439c8..ace99b32dd98 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ name: cluster-autoscaler
 sources:
   - https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/cluster-autoscaler
 type: application
-version: 9.15.0
+version: 9.16.0
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
index a55d3efd0f87..5ac0858892ab 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ Though enough for the majority of installations, the default PodSecurityPolicy _
 | cloudConfigPath | string | `"/etc/gce.conf"` | Configuration file for cloud provider. |
 | cloudProvider | string | `"aws"` | The cloud provider where the autoscaler runs. Currently only `gce`, `aws`, `azure`, `magnum` and `clusterapi` are supported. `aws` supported for AWS. `gce` for GCE. `azure` for Azure AKS. `magnum` for OpenStack Magnum, `clusterapi` for Cluster API. |
 | clusterAPICloudConfigPath | string | `"/etc/kubernetes/mgmt-kubeconfig"` | Path to kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API Management Cluster, only used if `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig or incluster-kubeconfig` |
+| clusterAPIConfigMapsNamespace | string | `""` | Namespace on the workload cluster to store Leader election and status configmaps |
 | clusterAPIKubeconfigSecret | string | `""` | Secret containing kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API managed workloadcluster Required if `cloudProvider=clusterapi` and `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig,kubeconfig-incluster or incluster-kubeconfig` |
 | clusterAPIMode | string | `"incluster-incluster"` | Cluster API mode, see https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/master/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/README.md#connecting-cluster-autoscaler-to-cluster-api-management-and-workload-clusters Syntax: workloadClusterMode-ManagementClusterMode for `kubeconfig-kubeconfig`, `incluster-kubeconfig` and `single-kubeconfig` you always must mount the external kubeconfig using either `extraVolumeSecrets` or `extraMounts` and `extraVolumes` if you dont set `clusterAPIKubeconfigSecret`and thus use an in-cluster config or want to use a non capi generated kubeconfig you must do so for the workload kubeconfig as well |
 | clusterAPIWorkloadKubeconfigPath | string | `"/etc/kubernetes/value"` | Path to kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API managed workloadcluster, only used if `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig or kubeconfig-incluster` |
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index d9153eeca417..e3d36557ffd4 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ rules:
     verbs:
     - use
 {{- end -}}
-{{- if and ( and ( eq .Values.cloudProvider "clusterapi" ) ( .Values.rbac.clusterScoped ) ( or ( eq .Values.clusterAPIMode "incluster-incluster" ) ( eq .Values.clusterAPIMode "incluster-kubeconfig" ) ))}}
+{{- if and ( and ( eq .Values.cloudProvider "clusterapi" ) ( .Values.rbac.clusterScoped ) ( or ( eq .Values.clusterAPIMode "incluster-incluster" ) ( eq .Values.clusterAPIMode "kubeconfig-incluster" ) ))}}
   - apiGroups:
     - cluster.x-k8s.io
     resources:
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
index b6980da89bb1..043b98bda83e 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ spec:
           command:
             - ./cluster-autoscaler
             - --cloud-provider={{ .Values.cloudProvider }}
+          {{- if and (eq .Values.cloudProvider "clusterapi") (eq .Values.clusterAPIMode "kubeconfig-incluster") }}
+            - --namespace={{ .Values.clusterAPIConfigMapsNamespace | default "kube-system" }}
+          {{- else }}
             - --namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }}
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.autoscalingGroups }}
             {{- range .Values.autoscalingGroups }}
             - --nodes={{ .minSize }}:{{ .maxSize }}:{{ .name }}
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ spec:
           securityContext:
             {{ toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | nindent 12 | trim }}
           {{- end }}
-          {{- if or (eq .Values.cloudProvider "magnum") .Values.extraVolumeSecrets .Values.extraVolumeMounts }}
+          {{- if or (eq .Values.cloudProvider "magnum") .Values.extraVolumeSecrets .Values.extraVolumeMounts .Values.clusterAPIKubeconfigSecret }}
           volumeMounts:
           {{- if eq .Values.cloudProvider "magnum" }}
             - name: cloudconfig
@@ -245,7 +249,7 @@ spec:
       securityContext:
         {{ toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 8 | trim }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- if or (eq .Values.cloudProvider "magnum") .Values.extraVolumeSecrets .Values.extraVolumes }}
+      {{- if or (eq .Values.cloudProvider "magnum") .Values.extraVolumeSecrets .Values.extraVolumes .Values.clusterAPIKubeconfigSecret }}
       volumes:
       {{- if eq .Values.cloudProvider "magnum" }}
         - name: cloudconfig
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml
index bc82e01220be..a701456cc6a9 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ clusterAPIWorkloadKubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/value
 # clusterAPICloudConfigPath -- Path to kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API Management Cluster, only used if `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig or incluster-kubeconfig`
 clusterAPICloudConfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/mgmt-kubeconfig
 
+# clusterAPIConfigMapsNamespace -- Namespace on the workload cluster to store Leader election and status configmaps
+clusterAPIConfigMapsNamespace: ""
+
 # cloudConfigPath -- Configuration file for cloud provider.
 cloudConfigPath: /etc/gce.conf