diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2c2a29c..30a4ba0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Applications & Projects
 +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
 | Ingress-Nginx_               | `Ingress Controller`_                                          | |ingress-nginx_status|  |
 +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
+| Kube-State-Metrics_          | `Kubernetes Metrics`_                                          | |ksm_status|            |
++------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
 | Local-Path-Provisioner_      | `Rancher Local-Path`_                                          | |local-path_status|     |
 +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
 | Victoria-Metrics-Operator_   | `Victoria Metrics Operator`_                                   | |vm-op_status|          |
@@ -72,6 +74,10 @@ Applications & Projects
 .. _Ingress Controller: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx
 .. |ingress-nginx_status| image:: https://argocd.ioot.xyz/api/badge?name=ingress-nginx&revision=true
 
+.. _Kube-State-Metrics: https://argocd.ioot.xyz/applications/argocd/kube-state-metrics
+.. _Kubernetes Metrics: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics
+.. |ksm_status| image:: https://argocd.ioot.xyz/api/badge?name=kube-state-metrics&revision=true
+
 .. _Grafana-Operator: https://argocd.ioot.xyz/applications/argocd/grafana-operator
 .. _Grafana Operator: https://github.com/grafana-operator/grafana-operator
 .. |grafana-op_status| image:: https://argocd.ioot.xyz/api/badge?name=grafana-operator&revision=true
diff --git a/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/kube-state-metrics/application.yaml b/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/kube-state-metrics/application.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8be1b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/kube-state-metrics/application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  labels:
+    stack: observability
+spec:
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: kube-state-metrics
+  project: system
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+  sources:
+    - repoURL: https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+      chart: kube-state-metrics
+      targetRevision: 5.13.0
+      helm:
+        values: |
+          # https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/kube-state-metrics
+          prometheus:
+            monitor:
+              enabled: true
+              honorLabels: true