diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ipmi-exporter-create-namespace-5b3040547995e4e4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ipmi-exporter-create-namespace-5b3040547995e4e4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6817a9032f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ipmi-exporter-create-namespace-5b3040547995e4e4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The IPMI exporter role now creates the ``monitoring`` namespace before
+    deploying its resources.
diff --git a/roles/ipmi_exporter/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ipmi_exporter/tasks/main.yml
index 7047f286ff..1b7636c3fd 100644
--- a/roles/ipmi_exporter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ipmi_exporter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@
 # under the License.
 
 - name: Deploy service
+  run_once: true
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
     state: present
     definition:
+      - apiVersion: v1
+        kind: Namespace
+        metadata:
+          name: monitoring
+
       - apiVersion: v1
         kind: ConfigMap
         metadata: