diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index e7c7afc4..d9a1d37a 100644
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ deploy-external-dns:
 deploy-metrics-server:
 	helm upgrade -i --repo https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/metrics-server metrics-server metrics-server --version 3.8.3 -n kube-system --set args={--kubelet-insecure-tls}
 
+#################
+.PHONY: deploy-kube-state-metrics
+deploy-kube-state-metrics:
+	helm upgrade -i --repo https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts prometheus-operator-crds prometheus-operator-crds --version 4.0.2
+	helm upgrade -i --repo https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts kube-state-metrics kube-state-metrics --version 5.7.0 -n kube-system --values test-data/kube-state-metrics-values.yaml
+
 #################
 # https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/loadbalancer/
 .PHONY: deploy-metallb
diff --git a/test-data/kube-state-metrics-values.yaml b/test-data/kube-state-metrics-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23cf4ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-data/kube-state-metrics-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+resources:
+  limits:
+   cpu: 100m
+   memory: 64Mi
+  requests:
+   cpu: 10m
+   memory: 32Mi
+
+prometheus:
+  monitor:
+    enabled: true
+
+rbac:
+  extraRules:
+  - apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
+    verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["gateway.networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["*"]
+    verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+
+extraArgs:
+- --custom-resource-state-config
+-  |
+    spec:
+      resources:
+        - groupVersionKind:
+            group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+            version: "v1beta1"
+            kind: GatewayClass
+          metricNamePrefix: "gatewayapi"
+          labelsFromPath:
+            name: ["metadata", "name"]
+            namespace: ["metadata", "namespace"]
+            controllerName: ["spec", "controllerName"]
+          metrics:
+            - name: gatewayclass_conditions
+              help: "GatewayClass conditions"
+              each:
+                type: Gauge
+                gauge:
+                  path: ["status", "conditions"]
+                  labelsFromPath:
+                    type: ["type"]
+                  valueFrom: ["status"]
+            # Zombie GatewayClasses can be detected by comparing `gatewayclass_conditions` with this
+            - name: gatewayclass_info
+              help: "GatewayClass info"
+              each:
+                type: Info
+                info:
+                  labelsFromPath:
+                    classname: ["spec", "controllerName"]
+        - groupVersionKind:
+            group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+            version: "v1beta1"
+            kind: Gateway
+          metricNamePrefix: "gatewayapi"
+          labelsFromPath:
+            name: ["metadata", "name"]
+            namespace: ["metadata", "namespace"]
+            classname: ["spec", "gatewayClassName"]
+          metrics:
+            - name: gateway_conditions
+              help: "Gateway conditions"
+              each:
+                type: Gauge
+                gauge:
+                  path: ["status", "conditions"]
+                  labelsFromPath:
+                    type: ["type"]
+                  valueFrom: ["status"]
+            # Zombie Gateways can be detected by comparing `gateway_conditions` with this
+            - name: gateway_info
+              help: "Gateway info"
+              each:
+                type: Info
+                info:
+                  labelsFromPath:
+                    classname: ["spec", "gatewayClassName"]
+        - groupVersionKind:
+            group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+            version: "v1beta1"
+            kind: HTTPRoute
+          metricNamePrefix: "gatewayapi"
+          labelsFromPath:
+            name: ["metadata", "name"]
+            namespace: ["metadata", "namespace"]
+          metrics:
+            - name: httproute_conditions
+              help: "HTTPRoute conditions"
+              each:
+                type: Gauge
+                gauge:
+                  # This will not work for HTTPRoutes attached to multiple parents
+                  path: ["status", "parents", "0", "conditions"]
+                  labelsFromPath:
+                    type: ["type"]
+                  valueFrom: ["status"]
+            # Zombie HTTPRoutes can be detected by comparing `httproute_conditions` with this
+            - name: httproute_info
+              help: "HTTPRoute "
+              each:
+                type: Info
+                info:
+                  labelsFromPath:
+                    classname: ["spec", "parentRefs", "0"]
+- --custom-resource-state-only=true