diff --git a/templates/cmd/controller/main.go.tpl b/templates/cmd/controller/main.go.tpl
index 74f65b15..149df447 100644
--- a/templates/cmd/controller/main.go.tpl
+++ b/templates/cmd/controller/main.go.tpl
@@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 	ackCfg.SetupLogger()
 
+	ctx := ctrlrt.SetupSignalHandler()
+
 	managerFactories := svcresource.GetManagerFactories()
 	resourceGVKs := make([]schema.GroupVersionKind, 0, len(managerFactories))
 	for _, mf := range managerFactories {
 		resourceGVKs = append(resourceGVKs, mf.ResourceDescriptor().GroupVersionKind())
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
 	if err := ackCfg.Validate(ctx, ackcfg.WithGVKs(resourceGVKs)); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(
 			err, "Unable to create controller manager",
@@ -144,8 +145,6 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	stopChan := ctrlrt.SetupSignalHandler()
-
 	setupLog.Info(
 		"initializing service controller",
 		"aws.service", awsServiceAlias,
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err = sc.BindControllerManager(mgr, ackCfg); err != nil {
+	if err = sc.BindControllerManager(ctx, mgr, ackCfg); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(
 			err, "unable bind to controller manager to service controller",
 			"aws.service", awsServiceAlias,
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ func main() {
 		"starting manager",
 		"aws.service", awsServiceAlias,
 	)
-	if err := mgr.Start(stopChan); err != nil {
+	if err := mgr.Start(ctx); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(
 			err, "unable to start controller manager",
 			"aws.service", awsServiceAlias,
diff --git a/templates/config/controller/deployment.yaml.tpl b/templates/config/controller/deployment.yaml.tpl
index 08e84cd1..3fe072de 100644
--- a/templates/config/controller/deployment.yaml.tpl
+++ b/templates/config/controller/deployment.yaml.tpl
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ spec:
         - --feature-gates
         - "$(FEATURE_GATES)"
         - --enable-carm=$(ENABLE_CARM)
+        - --lazy-bind-reconcilers=$(LAZY_BIND_RECONCILERS)
+        - --lazy-bind-retry-interval
+        - "$(LAZY_BIND_RETRY_INTERVAL)"
         image: controller:latest
         name: controller
         ports:
@@ -83,6 +86,10 @@ spec:
           value: ""
         - name: "ENABLE_CARM"
           value: "true"
+        - name: "LAZY_BIND_RECONCILERS"
+          value: "false"
+        - name: "LAZY_BIND_RETRY_INTERVAL"
+          value: "10"
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           privileged: false
diff --git a/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml.tpl b/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml.tpl
index a8219bac..2f17affa 100644
--- a/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml.tpl
+++ b/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml.tpl
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ spec:
         - "$(FEATURE_GATES)"
 {{ "{{- end }}" }}
         - {{ "--enable-carm={{ .Values.enableCARM }}" }}
+        - {{ "--lazy-bind-reconcilers={{ .Values.lazyBindReconcilers }}" }}
+{{ "{{- if .Values.lazyBindReconcilers }}" }}
+        - --lazy-bind-retry-interval
+        - {{ "{{ .Values.lazyBindRetryInterval | quote }}" }}
+{{ "{{- end }}" }}
         image: {{ "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}" }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ "{{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}" }}
         name: controller
diff --git a/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl b/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl
index 15cf4d09..d70d2cd9 100644
--- a/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl
+++ b/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ leaderElection:
 # Enable Cross Account Resource Management (default = true). Set this to false to disable cross account resource management.
 enableCARM: true
 
+# Enable Lazy Bind Reconcilers (default = false). When enabled, defers reconciler
+# binding for missing CRDs until they become available, allowing the controller to
+# start serving installed CRDs immediately instead of crash-looping.
+lazyBindReconcilers: false
+
+# The interval in seconds between retry attempts when polling the discovery API
+# for missing CRDs (only used when lazyBindReconcilers is true).
+lazyBindRetryInterval: 10
+
 # Configuration for feature gates.  These are optional controller features that
 # can be individually enabled ("true") or disabled ("false") by adding key/value
 # pairs below.
diff --git a/templates/pkg/resource/descriptor.go.tpl b/templates/pkg/resource/descriptor.go.tpl
index a5cb26d4..cba7291a 100644
--- a/templates/pkg/resource/descriptor.go.tpl
+++ b/templates/pkg/resource/descriptor.go.tpl
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ func (d *resourceDescriptor) GroupVersionKind() schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	return svcapitypes.GroupVersion.WithKind(GroupKind.Kind)
 }
 
+// GroupVersionResource returns a Kubernetes schema.GroupVersionResource struct that
+// describes the API Group, Version and Resource of CRs described by the descriptor
+func (d *resourceDescriptor) GroupVersionResource() schema.GroupVersionResource {
+	return GroupVersionResource
+}
+
 // EmptyRuntimeObject returns an empty object prototype that may be used in
 // apimachinery and k8s client operations
 func (d *resourceDescriptor) EmptyRuntimeObject() rtclient.Object {