diff --git a/pkg/addon/configpolicy/manifests/managedclusterchart/templates/cleanup_pod.yaml b/pkg/addon/configpolicy/manifests/managedclusterchart/templates/cleanup_pod.yaml
index 9604ef87..eab8b92d 100644
--- a/pkg/addon/configpolicy/manifests/managedclusterchart/templates/cleanup_pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/addon/configpolicy/manifests/managedclusterchart/templates/cleanup_pod.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ spec:
         - --policy-namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }}
         {{- else }}
         - --policy-namespace={{ .Values.clusterName }}
+        - --additional-namespace=open-cluster-management-policies
         {{- end }}
         - --v={{ .Values.args.pkgLogLevel }}
       env: