diff --git a/config/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml b/config/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
index ed137168a..619a7462b 100644
--- a/config/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/base/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 resources:
 - monitor.yaml
+
+# [PROMETHEUS WITH CERTMANAGER] The following patch configures the ServiceMonitor in ../prometheus
+# to securely reference certificates created and managed by cert-manager.
+# Additionally, ensure that you uncomment the [METRICS WITH CERTMANAGER] patch under config/default/kustomization.yaml
+# to mount the "metrics-server-cert" secret in the Manager Deployment.
+patches:
+  - path: patches/monitor_tls_patch.yaml
+    target:
+      kind: ServiceMonitor
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diff --git a/config/base/prometheus/paches/monitor_tls_patch.yaml b/config/base/prometheus/paches/monitor_tls_patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b367ef4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/base/prometheus/paches/monitor_tls_patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Patch for Prometheus ServiceMonitor to enable secure TLS configuration
+# using certificates managed by cert-manager
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: controller-manager-metrics-monitor
+  namespace: system
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+    - tlsConfig:
+        insecureSkipVerify: false
+        ca:
+          secret:
+            name: olmv1-ca
+            key: ca.crt
+        cert:
+          secret:
+            name: olmv1-ca
+            key: olm-ca.crt
+        keySecret:
+          name: olmv1-ca
+          key: ca.crt
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