diff --git a/pkg/image/definition.go b/pkg/image/definition.go
index c3de85f5..d68b8319 100644
--- a/pkg/image/definition.go
+++ b/pkg/image/definition.go
@@ -120,8 +120,13 @@ type HelmChart struct {
 }
 
 type Kubernetes struct {
-	Version  string `yaml:"version"`
-	NodeType string `yaml:"nodeType"`
+	Version   string    `yaml:"version"`
+	NodeType  string    `yaml:"nodeType"`
+	Manifests Manifests `yaml:"manifests"`
+}
+
+type Manifests struct {
+	URLs []string `yaml:"urls"`
 }
 
 func ParseDefinition(data []byte) (*Definition, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/image/definition_test.go b/pkg/image/definition_test.go
index fb25ecb4..f6727ddf 100644
--- a/pkg/image/definition_test.go
+++ b/pkg/image/definition_test.go
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	kubernetes := definition.Kubernetes
 	assert.Equal(t, "v1.29.0+rke2r1", kubernetes.Version)
 	assert.Equal(t, "server", kubernetes.NodeType)
+	assert.Equal(t, "https://k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml", kubernetes.Manifests.URLs[0])
+
 }
 
 func TestParseBadConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/image/testdata/full-valid-example.yaml b/pkg/image/testdata/full-valid-example.yaml
index 943435e6..32cb4df8 100644
--- a/pkg/image/testdata/full-valid-example.yaml
+++ b/pkg/image/testdata/full-valid-example.yaml
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ operatingSystem:
     getSSL: false
   packages:
     packageList:
-    - wget2
-    - dpdk22
-    - dpdk22-tools
-    - libdpdk-23
-    - libatomic1
-    - libbpf0
+      - wget2
+      - dpdk22
+      - dpdk22-tools
+      - libdpdk-23
+      - libatomic1
+      - libbpf0
     additionalRepos:
-    - https://download.nvidia.com/suse/sle15sp5/
-    - https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/sles15/x86_64/
+      - https://download.nvidia.com/suse/sle15sp5/
+      - https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/sles15/x86_64/
     registrationCode: INTERNAL-USE-ONLY-foo-bar
 embeddedArtifactRegistry:
   images:
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ embeddedArtifactRegistry:
 kubernetes:
   version: v1.29.0+rke2r1
   nodeType: server
+  manifests:
+    urls:
+      - https://k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml
diff --git a/pkg/image/validation.go b/pkg/image/validation.go
index 680d4702..500ad173 100644
--- a/pkg/image/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/image/validation.go
@@ -97,6 +97,32 @@ func validateKubernetes(definition *Definition) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown node type: %s", definition.Kubernetes.NodeType)
 	}
 
+	err := validateManifestURLs(&definition.Kubernetes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("validating manifest urls: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateManifestURLs(kubernetes *Kubernetes) error {
+	if len(kubernetes.Manifests.URLs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	seenManifests := make(map[string]bool)
+
+	for _, manifest := range kubernetes.Manifests.URLs {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(manifest, "http") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid manifest url, does not start with 'http://' or 'https://'")
+		}
+
+		if _, exists := seenManifests[manifest]; exists {
+			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate manifest url found: '%s'", manifest)
+		}
+
+		seenManifests[manifest] = true
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/image/validation_test.go b/pkg/image/validation_test.go
index 03ae764b..e935ab81 100644
--- a/pkg/image/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/image/validation_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,49 @@ func TestValidateKubernetes(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: "unknown node type: worker",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Valid manifest URLs",
+			definition: &Definition{
+				Kubernetes: Kubernetes{
+					Version: "v1.29.0+rke2r1",
+					Manifests: Manifests{
+						URLs: []string{
+							"https://k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml",
+							"http://localhost:5000/manifest.yaml",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Duplicate manifest URLs",
+			definition: &Definition{
+				Kubernetes: Kubernetes{
+					Version: "v1.29.0+rke2r1",
+					Manifests: Manifests{
+						URLs: []string{
+							"https://k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml",
+							"https://k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedErr: "validating manifest urls: duplicate manifest url found: 'https://k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml'",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Invalid manifest URL",
+			definition: &Definition{
+				Kubernetes: Kubernetes{
+					Version: "v1.29.0+rke2r1",
+					Manifests: Manifests{
+						URLs: []string{
+							"k8s.io/examples/application/nginx-app.yaml",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedErr: "validating manifest urls: invalid manifest url, does not start with 'http://' or 'https://'",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {