diff --git a/manifests-gen/customizations.go b/manifests-gen/customizations.go
index 8b3a95455..a35843954 100644
--- a/manifests-gen/customizations.go
+++ b/manifests-gen/customizations.go
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ import (
 type resourceKey string
 
 const (
-	crdKey        resourceKey = "crds"
-	otherKey      resourceKey = "other"
-	rbacKey       resourceKey = "rbac"
-	deploymentKey resourceKey = "deployment"
-	serviceKey    resourceKey = "service"
+	crdKey   resourceKey = "crds"
+	otherKey resourceKey = "other"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,11 +43,8 @@ var (
 
 func processObjects(objs []unstructured.Unstructured, providerName string) map[resourceKey][]unstructured.Unstructured {
 	resourceMap := map[resourceKey][]unstructured.Unstructured{}
-	finalObjs := []unstructured.Unstructured{}
-	rbacObjs := []unstructured.Unstructured{}
+	providerConfigMapObjs := []unstructured.Unstructured{}
 	crdObjs := []unstructured.Unstructured{}
-	deploymentObjs := []unstructured.Unstructured{}
-	serviceObjs := []unstructured.Unstructured{}
 
 	serviceSecretNames := findWebhookServiceSecretName(objs)
 
@@ -60,9 +54,7 @@ func processObjects(objs []unstructured.Unstructured, providerName string) map[r
 		case "ClusterRole", "Role", "ClusterRoleBinding", "RoleBinding", "ServiceAccount":
 			setOpenShiftAnnotations(obj, false)
 			setTechPreviewAnnotation(obj)
-			rbacObjs = append(rbacObjs, obj)
-
-			finalObjs = append(finalObjs, obj)
+			providerConfigMapObjs = append(providerConfigMapObjs, obj)
 		case "MutatingWebhookConfiguration":
 			// Explicitly remove defaulting webhooks for the cluster-api provider.
 			// We don't need CAPI to set any default to the cluster object because
@@ -70,41 +62,42 @@ func processObjects(objs []unstructured.Unstructured, providerName string) map[r
 			// For more information: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPCLOUD-1506
 			removeClusterDefaultingWebhooks(&obj)
 			replaceCertManagerAnnotations(&obj)
-			finalObjs = append(finalObjs, obj)
+			providerConfigMapObjs = append(providerConfigMapObjs, obj)
 		case "ValidatingWebhookConfiguration":
 			removeClusterValidatingWebhooks(&obj)
 			replaceCertManagerAnnotations(&obj)
-			finalObjs = append(finalObjs, obj)
+			providerConfigMapObjs = append(providerConfigMapObjs, obj)
 		case "CustomResourceDefinition":
 			replaceCertManagerAnnotations(&obj)
 			removeConversionWebhook(&obj)
 			setOpenShiftAnnotations(obj, true)
 			setTechPreviewAnnotation(obj)
-			crdObjs = append(crdObjs, obj)
-			finalObjs = append(finalObjs, obj)
+			// Store Core CAPI CRDs in their own manifest to get them applied by CVO directly.
+			// We want these to be installed independently from whether the cluster-capi-operator is enabled,
+			// as other Openshift components rely on them.
+			if providerName == coreCAPIProvider {
+				crdObjs = append(crdObjs, obj)
+			} else {
+				providerConfigMapObjs = append(providerConfigMapObjs, obj)
+			}
 		case "Service":
 			replaceCertMangerServiceSecret(&obj, serviceSecretNames)
 			setOpenShiftAnnotations(obj, true)
 			setTechPreviewAnnotation(obj)
-			serviceObjs = append(serviceObjs, obj)
-			finalObjs = append(finalObjs, obj)
+			providerConfigMapObjs = append(providerConfigMapObjs, obj)
 		case "Deployment":
 			customizeDeployments(&obj)
 			if providerName == "operator" {
 				setOpenShiftAnnotations(obj, false)
 				setTechPreviewAnnotation(obj)
 			}
-			deploymentObjs = append(deploymentObjs, obj)
-			finalObjs = append(finalObjs, obj)
+			providerConfigMapObjs = append(providerConfigMapObjs, obj)
 		case "Certificate", "Issuer", "Namespace", "Secret": // skip
 		}
 	}
 
-	resourceMap[rbacKey] = rbacObjs
 	resourceMap[crdKey] = crdObjs
-	resourceMap[deploymentKey] = deploymentObjs
-	resourceMap[serviceKey] = serviceObjs
-	resourceMap[otherKey] = finalObjs
+	resourceMap[otherKey] = providerConfigMapObjs
 
 	return resourceMap
 }
diff --git a/manifests-gen/providers.go b/manifests-gen/providers.go
index 97abae275..b3f2587c7 100644
--- a/manifests-gen/providers.go
+++ b/manifests-gen/providers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	powerVSProvider         = "powervs"
 	ibmCloudProvider        = "ibmcloud"
+	coreCAPIProvider        = "cluster-api"
 	metadataFilePath        = "./metadata.yaml"
 	kustomizeComponentsPath = "./config/default"
 )
@@ -84,6 +85,23 @@ func (p *provider) providerTypeName() string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(string(p.Type)), "provider", "")
 }
 
+// writeProviderComponentsToManifest allows to write provider components directly to a manifest.
+// This differs from writeProviderComponentsConfigmap as it won't store the components in a ConfigMap
+// but directly on the YAML manifests as YAML representation of an unstructured objects.
+func (p *provider) writeProviderComponentsToManifest(fileName string, objs []unstructured.Unstructured) error {
+	if len(objs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	combined, err := utilyaml.FromUnstructured(objs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return os.WriteFile(path.Join(*manifestsPath, fileName), ensureNewLine(combined), 0600)
+}
+
+// writeProviderComponentsConfigmap allows to write provider components to the provider (transport) ConfigMap.
 func (p *provider) writeProviderComponentsConfigmap(fileName string, objs []unstructured.Unstructured) error {
 	combined, err := utilyaml.FromUnstructured(objs)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -161,5 +179,16 @@ func importProvider(p provider) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error writing provider ConfigMap: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Optionally write a separate CRD manifest file,
+	// to apply CRDs directly via CVO rather than through the cluster-capi-operator,
+	// useful in cases where the platform is not supported but some CRDs are needed
+	// by other OCP operators other than the cluster-capi-operator.
+	if len(resourceMap[crdKey]) > 0 {
+		cmFileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s04_crd.%s-%s.yaml", manifestPrefix, strings.ToLower(p.providerTypeName()), p.Name)
+		if err := p.writeProviderComponentsToManifest(cmFileName, resourceMap[crdKey]); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing provider CRDs: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }