diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/external-dns/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/external-dns/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3fff7ec54bb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/external-dns/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT; this file is auto-generated using tools/populate-owners.
+# from https://github.com/openshift/hive/blob/6b31677c041380d632b67d7bef7ddfde8cf34b68/OWNERS
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+approvers:
+- abutcher
+- csrwng
+- dgoodwin
+- joelddiaz
+- twiest
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2e6edfdcc42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+tag_specification:
+  name: '4.0'
+  namespace: ocp
+promotion:
+  name: hive-v4.0
+  namespace: openshift
+base_images:
+  base:
+    name: '4.0'
+    namespace: ocp
+    tag: base
+binary_build_commands: make build
+canonical_go_repository: github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-dns
+images:
+- dockerfile_path: Dockerfile.ci
+  from: base
+  to: external-dns
+resources:
+  '*':
+    limits:
+      memory: 4Gi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 200Mi
+  unit:
+    limits:
+      memory: 4Gi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 500m
+      memory: 1Gi
+  integration:
+    limits:
+      memory: 4Gi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 1000m
+      memory: 2Gi
+build_root:
+  image_stream_tag:
+    cluster: https://api.ci.openshift.org
+    name: release
+    namespace: openshift
+    tag: golang-1.10
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3fff7ec54bb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT; this file is auto-generated using tools/populate-owners.
+# from https://github.com/openshift/hive/blob/6b31677c041380d632b67d7bef7ddfde8cf34b68/OWNERS
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+approvers:
+- abutcher
+- csrwng
+- dgoodwin
+- joelddiaz
+- twiest
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-postsubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-postsubmits.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c935891e58ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-postsubmits.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+postsubmits:
+  openshift/external-dns:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    branches:
+    - ^openshift-4\.0$
+    context: ""
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/prowgen-controlled: "true"
+    name: branch-ci-openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --artifact-dir=$(ARTIFACTS)
+        - --give-pr-author-access-to-namespace=true
+        - --promote
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        env:
+        - name: CONFIG_SPEC
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              key: openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0.yaml
+              name: ci-operator-4.0-configs
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-presubmits.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3b7351b0c44c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/external-dns/openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-presubmits.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+presubmits:
+  openshift/external-dns:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - openshift-4.0
+    context: ci/prow/images
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/prowgen-controlled: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0-images
+    rerun_command: /test images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --artifact-dir=$(ARTIFACTS)
+        - --give-pr-author-access-to-namespace=true
+        - --target=[images]
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        env:
+        - name: CONFIG_SPEC
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              key: openshift-external-dns-openshift-4.0.yaml
+              name: ci-operator-4.0-configs
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    trigger: '(?m)^/test (?:.*? )?images(?: .*?)?$'
diff --git a/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml b/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml
index 422d5ab48ccac..3a7e9bf5422e7 100644
--- a/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml
+++ b/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ tide:
     - openshift/images
     - kiegroup/kie-cloud-operator
     - openshift/hive
+    - openshift/external-dns
     - openshift/odo
     - openshift/odo-supervisord-image
     - openshift/external-storage
@@ -429,6 +430,9 @@ branch-protection:
         hive:
           protect: true
           enforce_admins: true
+        external-dns:
+          protect: true
+          enforce_admins: true
         jenkins-client-plugin:
           protect: true
           enforce_admins: false
diff --git a/cluster/ci/config/prow/plugins.yaml b/cluster/ci/config/prow/plugins.yaml
index d05adb9561f7b..259b7760ed66e 100644
--- a/cluster/ci/config/prow/plugins.yaml
+++ b/cluster/ci/config/prow/plugins.yaml
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ plugins:
   openshift/hive:
   - approve
 
+  openshift/external-dns:
+  - approve
+
   openshift/odo:
   - approve