diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index 259d753..862d21d 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       "name": "system-upgrade-controller",
       "slug": "system-upgrade-controller",
       "parameter_key": "system_upgrade_controller",
-      "test_cases": "defaults",
+      "test_cases": "defaults cattle-system",
       "add_lib": "y",
       "add_pp": "n",
       "add_golden": "y",
diff --git a/Makefile.vars.mk b/Makefile.vars.mk
index dc9eb37..b2ad019 100644
--- a/Makefile.vars.mk
+++ b/Makefile.vars.mk
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ KUBENT_IMAGE    ?= ghcr.io/doitintl/kube-no-trouble:latest
 KUBENT_DOCKER   ?= $(DOCKER_CMD) $(DOCKER_ARGS) $(root_volume) --entrypoint=/app/kubent $(KUBENT_IMAGE)
 
 instance ?= defaults
+test_instances = tests/defaults.yml tests/cattle-system.yml
diff --git a/component/main.jsonnet b/component/main.jsonnet
index 779733f..0d56a7c 100644
--- a/component/main.jsonnet
+++ b/component/main.jsonnet
@@ -21,7 +21,20 @@ local sucImage =
   else
     '%(registry)s/%(repository)s:%(tag)s' % params.images.system_upgrade_controller;
 
-local namespace = kube.Namespace(params.namespace);
+local cattleSystemNamespaceNoPrune =
+  if params.namespace == 'cattle-system' then
+    {
+      metadata+: {
+        annotations+: {
+          'argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options': 'Prune=false',
+        },
+      },
+    }
+  else
+    {};
+
+local namespace = kube.Namespace(params.namespace) +
+                  cattleSystemNamespaceNoPrune;
 
 local serviceaccount = kube.ServiceAccount(params.service_account) {
   metadata+: {
diff --git a/tests/cattle-system.yml b/tests/cattle-system.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00d65d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cattle-system.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+parameters:
+  system_upgrade_controller:
+    namespace: cattle-system
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/apps/system-upgrade-controller.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/apps/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/00_namespace.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/00_namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..770b46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/00_namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Prune=false
+  labels:
+    name: cattle-system
+  name: cattle-system
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/01_serviceaccount.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/01_serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92332f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/01_serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  annotations: {}
+  labels:
+    name: system-upgrade
+  name: system-upgrade
+  namespace: cattle-system
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/02_clusterrolebinding.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/02_clusterrolebinding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d5bdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/02_clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  annotations: {}
+  labels:
+    name: system-upgrade
+  name: system-upgrade
+  namespace: cattle-system
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: cluster-admin
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: system-upgrade
+    namespace: cattle-system
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/03_configmap.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/03_configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deff944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/03_configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_CONTROLLER_DEBUG: 'false'
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_CONTROLLER_THREADS: '2'
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_ACTIVE_DEADLINE_SECONDS: '900'
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_BACKOFF_LIMIT: '3'
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY: Always
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_KUBECTL_IMAGE: rancher/kubectl:v1.17.0
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_PRIVILEGED: 'true'
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_TTL_SECONDS_AFTER_FINISH: '900'
+  SYSTEM_UPGRADE_PLAN_POLLING_INTERVAL: 15m
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  annotations: {}
+  labels:
+    name: default-controller-env
+  name: default-controller-env
+  namespace: cattle-system
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/04_deployment.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/04_deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72a36d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/04_deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  annotations: {}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: c-green-test-1234
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: syn
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: system-upgrade-controller
+    name: system-upgrade-controller
+  name: system-upgrade-controller
+  namespace: cattle-system
+spec:
+  minReadySeconds: 30
+  replicas: 1
+  revisionHistoryLimit: 10
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      upgrade.cattle.io/controller: system-upgrade-controller
+  strategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 25%
+      maxUnavailable: 25%
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        upgrade.cattle.io/controller: system-upgrade-controller
+    spec:
+      affinity: {}
+      containers:
+        - args: []
+          env:
+            - name: SYSTEM_UPGRADE_CONTROLLER_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.labels['upgrade.cattle.io/controller']
+            - name: SYSTEM_UPGRADE_CONTROLLER_NAMESPACE
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: default-controller-env
+          image: docker.io/rancher/system-upgrade-controller:v0.13.1
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          name: system-upgrade-controller
+          ports: []
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 500m
+              memory: 128Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 64Mi
+          stdin: false
+          tty: false
+          volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: /etc/ssl
+              name: etc-ssl
+            - mountPath: /tmp
+              name: tmp
+      imagePullSecrets: []
+      initContainers: []
+      serviceAccountName: system-upgrade
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      volumes:
+        - hostPath:
+            path: /etc/ssl
+            type: Directory
+          name: etc-ssl
+        - emptyDir: {}
+          name: tmp
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/05_plans.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/05_plans.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/06_dashboard.yaml b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/06_dashboard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f2fd74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/cattle-system/system-upgrade-controller/system-upgrade-controller/06_dashboard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,555 @@
+apiVersion: integreatly.org/v1alpha1
+kind: GrafanaDashboard
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: platform-grafana
+  name: system-upgrade-controller
+  namespace: cattle-system
+spec:
+  json: |-
+    {
+      "annotations": {
+        "list": [
+          {
+            "builtIn": 1,
+            "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
+            "enable": true,
+            "hide": true,
+            "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+            "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+            "type": "dashboard"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "editable": true,
+      "gnetId": null,
+      "graphTooltip": 0,
+      "id": 3,
+      "links": [
+
+      ],
+      "panels": [
+        {
+          "aliasColors": {
+            "Jobs failed": "dark-red",
+            "Nodes completed": "dark-green",
+            "Running Jobs": "dark-purple"
+          },
+          "bars": false,
+          "dashLength": 10,
+          "dashes": false,
+          "datasource": "RANCHER_MONITORING",
+          "fill": 1,
+          "fillGradient": 0,
+          "gridPos": {
+            "h": 9,
+            "w": 12,
+            "x": 0,
+            "y": 0
+          },
+          "hiddenSeries": false,
+          "id": 2,
+          "legend": {
+            "avg": false,
+            "current": false,
+            "max": false,
+            "min": false,
+            "show": true,
+            "total": false,
+            "values": false
+          },
+          "lines": true,
+          "linewidth": 1,
+          "nullPointMode": "null as zero",
+          "options": {
+            "dataLinks": [
+
+            ]
+          },
+          "percentage": false,
+          "pointradius": 2,
+          "points": false,
+          "renderer": "flot",
+          "seriesOverrides": [
+
+          ],
+          "spaceLength": 10,
+          "stack": false,
+          "steppedLine": false,
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "expr": "count(kube_job_status_succeeded{namespace=\"cattle-system\"} == 1) by (node)",
+              "instant": false,
+              "interval": "",
+              "legendFormat": "Nodes completed",
+              "refId": "A"
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "sum(kube_node_info)",
+              "instant": false,
+              "interval": "",
+              "legendFormat": "Nodes",
+              "refId": "B"
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "count(kube_job_status_failed{namespace=\"cattle-system\"} > 1) by (node)",
+              "interval": "",
+              "legendFormat": "Jobs failed",
+              "refId": "C"
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "sum(kube_job_status_active{namespace=\"cattle-system\"} == 1) by (node)",
+              "interval": "",
+              "legendFormat": "Running Jobs",
+              "refId": "D"
+            }
+          ],
+          "thresholds": [
+
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeRegions": [
+
+          ],
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Upgrade Jobs completed",
+          "tooltip": {
+            "shared": true,
+            "sort": 0,
+            "value_type": "individual"
+          },
+          "type": "graph",
+          "xaxis": {
+            "buckets": null,
+            "mode": "time",
+            "name": null,
+            "show": true,
+            "values": [
+
+            ]
+          },
+          "yaxes": [
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": "0",
+              "show": true
+            },
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            }
+          ],
+          "yaxis": {
+            "align": false,
+            "alignLevel": null
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "aliasColors": {
+            "Cordoned nodes": "dark-red",
+            "Total nodes": "green"
+          },
+          "bars": false,
+          "dashLength": 10,
+          "dashes": false,
+          "datasource": "RANCHER_MONITORING",
+          "fill": 1,
+          "fillGradient": 0,
+          "gridPos": {
+            "h": 9,
+            "w": 12,
+            "x": 12,
+            "y": 0
+          },
+          "hiddenSeries": false,
+          "id": 4,
+          "legend": {
+            "avg": false,
+            "current": false,
+            "max": false,
+            "min": false,
+            "show": true,
+            "total": false,
+            "values": false
+          },
+          "lines": true,
+          "linewidth": 1,
+          "nullPointMode": "null",
+          "options": {
+            "dataLinks": [
+
+            ]
+          },
+          "percentage": false,
+          "pointradius": 2,
+          "points": false,
+          "renderer": "flot",
+          "seriesOverrides": [
+
+          ],
+          "spaceLength": 10,
+          "stack": false,
+          "steppedLine": false,
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "expr": "sum(kube_node_spec_unschedulable)",
+              "interval": "",
+              "legendFormat": "Cordoned nodes",
+              "refId": "A"
+            },
+            {
+              "expr": "count(kube_node_info)",
+              "interval": "",
+              "legendFormat": "Total nodes",
+              "refId": "B"
+            }
+          ],
+          "thresholds": [
+
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeRegions": [
+
+          ],
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Cordoned Nodes",
+          "tooltip": {
+            "shared": true,
+            "sort": 0,
+            "value_type": "individual"
+          },
+          "type": "graph",
+          "xaxis": {
+            "buckets": null,
+            "mode": "time",
+            "name": null,
+            "show": true,
+            "values": [
+
+            ]
+          },
+          "yaxes": [
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            },
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            }
+          ],
+          "yaxis": {
+            "align": false,
+            "alignLevel": null
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "columns": [
+
+          ],
+          "datasource": "RANCHER_MONITORING",
+          "fontSize": "100%",
+          "gridPos": {
+            "h": 8,
+            "w": 12,
+            "x": 0,
+            "y": 9
+          },
+          "hideTimeOverride": false,
+          "id": 6,
+          "interval": "",
+          "options": {
+
+          },
+          "pageSize": null,
+          "repeat": null,
+          "showHeader": true,
+          "sort": {
+            "col": 15,
+            "desc": true
+          },
+          "styles": [
+            {
+              "alias": "Node Hashes",
+              "align": "left",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "link": false,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "Metric",
+              "preserveFormat": false,
+              "rangeMaps": [
+
+              ],
+              "sanitize": false,
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "string",
+              "unit": "short",
+              "valueMaps": [
+
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "",
+              "align": "auto",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "Time",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "hidden",
+              "unit": "short"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "/label_k3s:*|Value|kubernetes_.*|__name__|instance|app_kubernetes_io_.*|job|helm.*/",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "hidden",
+              "unit": "short"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "Node",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "node",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "number",
+              "unit": "short"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "Upgrade Hash",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "/label_plan_upgrade_cattle_io_.*/",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "string",
+              "unit": "short"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "/.*/",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "string",
+              "unit": "short"
+            }
+          ],
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "expr": "kube_node_labels",
+              "format": "table",
+              "hide": false,
+              "instant": true,
+              "interval": "",
+              "intervalFactor": 1,
+              "legendFormat": "",
+              "refId": "A"
+            }
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Node table",
+          "transform": "table",
+          "type": "table"
+        },
+        {
+          "columns": [
+
+          ],
+          "datasource": "RANCHER_MONITORING",
+          "fontSize": "100%",
+          "gridPos": {
+            "h": 8,
+            "w": 12,
+            "x": 12,
+            "y": 9
+          },
+          "id": 8,
+          "options": {
+
+          },
+          "pageSize": null,
+          "showHeader": true,
+          "sort": {
+            "col": 0,
+            "desc": true
+          },
+          "styles": [
+            {
+              "alias": "Time",
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "pattern": "Time",
+              "type": "hidden"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "Value",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "hidden",
+              "unit": "short"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "mappingType": 1,
+              "pattern": "/__name__|endpoint|job|namespace|pod|service/",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "hidden",
+              "unit": "short"
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "",
+              "colorMode": null,
+              "colors": [
+                "rgba(245, 54, 54, 0.9)",
+                "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+                "rgba(50, 172, 45, 0.97)"
+              ],
+              "decimals": 2,
+              "pattern": "/.*/",
+              "thresholds": [
+
+              ],
+              "type": "number",
+              "unit": "short"
+            }
+          ],
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "expr": "suc_package_upgraded",
+              "format": "table",
+              "instant": true,
+              "refId": "A"
+            }
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Updated Packages",
+          "transform": "table",
+          "type": "table"
+        }
+      ],
+      "refresh": "5s",
+      "schemaVersion": 21,
+      "style": "dark",
+      "tags": [
+
+      ],
+      "templating": {
+        "list": [
+
+        ]
+      },
+      "time": {
+        "from": "now-1h",
+        "to": "now"
+      },
+      "timepicker": {
+        "refresh_intervals": [
+          "5s",
+          "10s",
+          "30s",
+          "1m",
+          "5m",
+          "15m",
+          "30m",
+          "1h",
+          "2h",
+          "1d"
+        ]
+      },
+      "timezone": "",
+      "title": "SUC overview",
+      "uid": "Ut3fVneZz",
+      "version": 1
+    }
+  name: system-upgrade-controller.json