diff --git a/controllers/kuadrant_controller.go b/controllers/kuadrant_controller.go
index 1184c5d40..3ef523bae 100644
--- a/controllers/kuadrant_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/kuadrant_controller.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	authorinov1beta1 "github.com/kuadrant/authorino-operator/api/v1beta1"
 	limitadorv1alpha1 "github.com/kuadrant/limitador-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	istioapiv1alpha1 "istio.io/api/operator/v1alpha1"
 	iopv1alpha1 "istio.io/istio/operator/pkg/apis/istio/v1alpha1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -43,8 +43,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	kuadrantFinalizer = "kuadrant.kuadrant.io/finalizer"
-	extAuthorizerName = "kuadrant-authorization"
+	kuadrantFinalizer           = "kuadrant.kuadrant.io/finalizer"
+	extAuthorizerName           = "kuadrant-authorization"
+	envLimitadorServiceName     = "LIMITADOR_SERVICE_NAME"
+	envLimitadorServiceGrpcPort = "LIMITADOR_SERVICE_GRPC_PORT"
+)
+
+var (
+	limitadorServiceName     = common.FetchEnv(envLimitadorServiceName, "limitador")
+	limitadorServiceGrpcPort = common.FetchEnv(envLimitadorServiceGrpcPort, "8081")
 )
 
 // KuadrantReconciler reconciles a Kuadrant object
@@ -386,9 +393,19 @@ func (r *KuadrantReconciler) createOnlyInKuadrantNSCb(ctx context.Context, kObj
 			return err
 		}
 
+		switch obj := k8sObj.(type) {
+		case *appsv1.Deployment: // If it's a Deployment obj, it adds the required env vars
+			obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env = []v1.EnvVar{
+				{Name: "LIMITADOR_NAMESPACE", Value: kObj.Namespace, ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{}},
+				{Name: envLimitadorServiceName, Value: limitadorServiceName, ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{}},
+				{Name: envLimitadorServiceGrpcPort, Value: limitadorServiceGrpcPort, ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{}},
+			}
+			err = r.Client().Create(ctx, obj)
+		default:
+			err = r.Client().Create(ctx, k8sObj)
+		}
 		k8sObjKind := k8sObj.DeepCopyObject().GetObjectKind()
 
-		err = r.Client().Create(ctx, k8sObj)
 		logger.V(1).Info("create resource", "GKV", k8sObjKind.GroupVersionKind(), "name", k8sObj.GetName(), "error", err)
 		if err != nil {
 			if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {