diff --git a/config/crd/kustomization.yaml b/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
index 931ed265da..2b6a4d1dcd 100644
--- a/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
 - patches/cainjection_in_metal3remediationtemplates.yaml
 # +kubebuilder:scaffold:crdkustomizecainjectionpatch
 
+# [ANNOTATION] To add CRD name check skip, uncomment the section with [ANNOTATION] prefix.
+# patch here is for adding an annotation for specific CRD (Metal3Data)
+- patches/skipcrdnamecheck_in_metal3datas.yaml
+
 # the following config is for teaching kustomize how to do kustomization for CRDs.
 configurations:
 - kustomizeconfig.yaml
diff --git a/config/crd/patches/skipcrdnamecheck_in_metal3datas.yaml b/config/crd/patches/skipcrdnamecheck_in_metal3datas.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8cdd9820a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/crd/patches/skipcrdnamecheck_in_metal3datas.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# The following patch adds "clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io/skip-crd-name-preflight-check" 
+# CAPI annotation for clusterctl to inject annotation into the CRD. See more why this is needed
+# here: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/issues/5686#issuecomment-1238255937
+# CRD conversion requires k8s 1.13 or later.
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io/skip-crd-name-preflight-check: ""
+  name: metal3datas.infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
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