diff --git a/deploy/install_knative.sh b/deploy/install_knative.sh
index fcc9ec2..ec1bce6 100644
--- a/deploy/install_knative.sh
+++ b/deploy/install_knative.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ cd istio-${ISTIO_VERSION}
 #Install istio CRDs
 for i in install/kubernetes/helm/istio-init/files/crd*yaml; do kubectl apply -f $i; done
 
+kubectl apply -f ../istio-namespace.yml
+
 helm template --namespace=istio-system \
   --set prometheus.enabled=false \
   --set mixer.enabled=false \
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ helm template --namespace=istio-system \
 
 kubectl apply -f istio-lean.yaml
 
+cd..
+
 #Install Knative
 kubectl apply --selector knative.dev/crd-install=true \
 --filename https://github.com/knative/serving/releases/download/v0.9.0/serving.yaml \