diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 3ce3664bc..621279749 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ To install Tekton Dashboard on an OpenShift cluster:
 
 Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tekton Dashboard on your OpenShift cluster.
 
+**Note for users installing Tekton Pipelines and Triggers outside the OpenShift Pipelines operator:**
+
+Tekton Dashboard on OpenShift works out of the box with the OpenShift Pipelines operator. If you installed Tekton Pipelines and Triggers without using the OpenShift Pipelines operator, you will need to change the following args `--pipelines-namespace=openshift-pipelines` and `--triggers-namespace=openshift-pipelines` and set their values to the namespace where Pipelines and Triggers were respectively deployed.
+
 ## Accessing the Dashboard on Kubernetes
 
 By default, the Dashboard is not exposed outside the cluster.
diff --git a/overlays/dev-openshift-imagestream/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/dev-openshift-imagestream/kustomization.yaml
index 19c6daf7a..70ecb0803 100644
--- a/overlays/dev-openshift-imagestream/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/overlays/dev-openshift-imagestream/kustomization.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ patchesJson6902:
       name: tekton-dashboard
       namespace: tekton-pipelines
     path: ../logout/deployment-patch.yaml
+  - target:
+      group: apps
+      version: v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: tekton-dashboard
+      namespace: tekton-pipelines
+    path: ../openshift-patches/flags-deployment.yaml
 images:
   - name: dashboardImage
     newName: tekton-pipelines/tekton-dashboard
diff --git a/overlays/dev-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/dev-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml
index 32cf54d1b..4c8ffca95 100644
--- a/overlays/dev-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/overlays/dev-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ patchesJson6902:
       name: tekton-dashboard
       namespace: tekton-pipelines
     path: ../logout/deployment-patch.yaml
+  - target:
+      group: apps
+      version: v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: tekton-dashboard
+      namespace: tekton-pipelines
+    path: ../openshift-patches/flags-deployment.yaml
 images:
   - name: dashboardImage
     newName: github.com/tektoncd/dashboard/cmd/dashboard
diff --git a/overlays/dev-openshift/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/dev-openshift/kustomization.yaml
index 31589d9ff..e4cccb8d8 100644
--- a/overlays/dev-openshift/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/overlays/dev-openshift/kustomization.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ patchesJson6902:
       name: tekton-dashboard
       namespace: tekton-pipelines
     path: ../logout/deployment-patch.yaml
+  - target:
+      group: apps
+      version: v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: tekton-dashboard
+      namespace: tekton-pipelines
+    path: ../openshift-patches/flags-deployment.yaml
 images:
   - name: dashboardImage
     newName: github.com/tektoncd/dashboard/cmd/dashboard
diff --git a/overlays/latest-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/latest-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml
index 76f199a22..9de9efff2 100644
--- a/overlays/latest-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/overlays/latest-openshift-locked-down/kustomization.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ patchesJson6902:
       name: tekton-dashboard
       namespace: tekton-pipelines
     path: ../logout/deployment-patch.yaml
+  - target:
+      group: apps
+      version: v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: tekton-dashboard
+      namespace: tekton-pipelines
+    path: ../openshift-patches/flags-deployment.yaml
 images:
   - name: dashboardImage
     newName: gcr.io/tekton-nightly/dashboard
diff --git a/overlays/latest-openshift/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/latest-openshift/kustomization.yaml
index 3c4cc7091..be1388159 100644
--- a/overlays/latest-openshift/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/overlays/latest-openshift/kustomization.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ patchesJson6902:
       name: tekton-dashboard
       namespace: tekton-pipelines
     path: ../logout/deployment-patch.yaml
+  - target:
+      group: apps
+      version: v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: tekton-dashboard
+      namespace: tekton-pipelines
+    path: ../openshift-patches/flags-deployment.yaml
 images:
   - name: dashboardImage
     newName: gcr.io/tekton-nightly/dashboard
diff --git a/overlays/openshift-patches/flags-patch.yaml b/overlays/openshift-patches/flags-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bddd7299c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/openshift-patches/flags-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# Openshift Pipelines operator will install Triggers and Pipelines
+# in the openshift-pipelines namespace
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value:
+    --pipelines-namespace=openshift-pipelines
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value:
+    --triggers-namespace=openshift-pipelines