diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
index a49a11aab2624..a04432a038be9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Table Of Contents
 * [Applying Kubernetes Resources](#applying-kubernetes-resources)
     * [Kubernetes Manifests](#kubernetes-manifests)
     * [Helm Charts](#helm-charts)
+    * [CDK8s Charts](#cdk8s-charts)
 * [Patching Kuberentes Resources](#patching-kubernetes-resources)
 * [Querying Kubernetes Resources](#querying-kubernetes-resources)
 * [Using existing clusters](#using-existing-clusters)
@@ -811,6 +812,127 @@ const chart2 = cluster.addHelmChart(...);
 chart2.node.addDependency(chart1);
 ```
 
+#### CDK8s Charts
+
+[CDK8s](https://cdk8s.io/) is an open-source library that enables Kubernetes manifest authoring using familiar programming languages. It is founded on the same technologies as the AWS CDK, such as [`constructs`](https://github.com/aws/constructs) and [`jsii`](https://github.com/aws/jsii).
+
+> To learn more about cdk8s, visit the [Getting Started](https://github.com/awslabs/cdk8s/tree/master/docs/getting-started) tutorials.
+
+The EKS module natively integrates with cdk8s and allows you to apply cdk8s charts on AWS EKS clusters via the `cluster.addCdk8sChart` method.
+
+In addition to `cdk8s`, you can also use [`cdk8s+`](https://github.com/awslabs/cdk8s/tree/master/packages/cdk8s-plus), which provides higher level abstraction for the core kubernetes api objects.
+You can think of it like the `L2` constructs for Kubernetes. Any other `cdk8s` based libraries are also supported, for example [`cdk8s-debore`](https://github.com/toricls/cdk8s-debore).
+
+To get started, add the following dependencies to your `package.json` file:
+
+```json
+"dependencies": {
+  "cdk8s": "0.30.0",
+  "cdk8s-plus": "0.30.0",
+  "constructs": "3.0.4"
+}
+```
+
+> Note that the version of `cdk8s` must be `>=0.30.0`.
+
+Similarly to how you would create a stack by extending `@aws-cdk/core.Stack`, we recommend you create a chart of your own that extends `cdk8s.Chart`,
+and add your kubernetes resources to it. You can use `aws-cdk` construct attributes and properties inside your `cdk8s` construct freely.
+
+In this example we create a chart that accepts an `s3.Bucket` and passes its name to a kubernetes pod as an environment variable.
+
+Notice that the chart must accept a `constructs.Construct` type as its scope, not an `@aws-cdk/core.Construct` as you would normally use.
+For this reason, to avoid possible confusion, we will create the chart in a separate file:
+
+`+ my-chart.ts`
+```ts
+import * as s3 from '@aws-cdk/aws-s3';
+import * as constructs from 'constructs';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
+import * as kplus from 'cdk8s-plus';
+
+export interface MyChartProps {
+  readonly bucket: s3.Bucket;
+}
+
+export class MyChart extends cdk8s.Chart {
+  constructor(scope: constructs.Construct, id: string, props: MyChartProps} ) {
+    super(scope, id);
+
+    new kplus.Pod(this, 'Pod', {
+      spec: {
+        containers: [
+          new kplus.Container({
+            image: 'my-image',
+            env: {
+              BUCKET_NAME: bucket.bucketName,
+            }
+          })
+        ]
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Then, in your AWS CDK app:
+
+```ts
+import * as s3 from '@aws-cdk/aws-s3';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
+import { MyChart } from './my-chart';
+
+// some bucket..
+const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'Bucket');
+
+// create a cdk8s chart and use `cdk8s.App` as the scope.
+const myChart = new MyChart(new cdk8s.App(), 'MyChart', { bucket });
+
+// add the cdk8s chart to the cluster
+cluster.addCdk8sChart('my-chart', myChart);
+```
+
+##### Custom CDK8s Constructs
+
+You can also compose a few stock `cdk8s+` constructs into your own custom construct. However, since mixing scopes between `aws-cdk` and `cdk8s` is currently not supported, the `Construct` class
+you'll need to use is the one from the [`constructs`](https://github.com/aws/constructs) module, and not from `@aws-cdk/core` like you normally would.
+This is why we used `new cdk8s.App()` as the scope of the chart above.
+
+```ts
+import * as constructs from 'constructs';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
+import * as kplus from 'cdk8s-plus';
+
+export interface LoadBalancedWebService {
+  readonly port: number;
+  readonly image: string;
+  readonly replicas: number;
+}
+
+export class LoadBalancedWebService extends constructs.Construct {
+  constructor(scope: constructs.Construct, id: string, props: LoadBalancedWebService) {
+    super(scope, id);
+
+    const deployment = new kplus.Deployment(chart, 'Deployment', {
+      spec: {
+        replicas: props.replicas,
+        podSpecTemplate: {
+          containers: [ new kplus.Container({ image: props.image }) ]
+        }
+      },
+    });
+
+    deployment.expose({port: props.port, serviceType: kplus.ServiceType.LOAD_BALANCER})
+
+  }
+}
+```
+
+##### Manually importing k8s specs and CRD's
+
+If you find yourself unable to use `cdk8s+`, or just like to directly use the `k8s` native objects or CRD's, you can do so by manually importing them using the `cdk8s-cli`.
+
+See [Importing kubernetes objects](https://github.com/awslabs/cdk8s/tree/master/packages/cdk8s-cli#import) for detailed instructions.
+
 ## Patching Kubernetes Resources
 
 The `KubernetesPatch` construct can be used to update existing kubernetes
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
index cf1b74743a1f9..ae9e1dbdc6dc1 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as kms from '@aws-cdk/aws-kms';
 import * as lambda from '@aws-cdk/aws-lambda';
 import * as ssm from '@aws-cdk/aws-ssm';
 import { Annotations, CfnOutput, CfnResource, IResource, Resource, Stack, Tags, Token, Duration } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
 import { Construct, Node } from 'constructs';
 import * as YAML from 'yaml';
 import { AwsAuth } from './aws-auth';
@@ -132,6 +133,16 @@ export interface ICluster extends IResource, ec2.IConnectable {
    * @returns a `HelmChart` construct
    */
   addHelmChart(id: string, options: HelmChartOptions): HelmChart;
+
+  /**
+   * Defines a CDK8s chart in this cluster.
+   *
+   * @param id logical id of this chart.
+   * @param chart the cdk8s chart.
+   * @returns a `KubernetesManifest` construct representing the chart.
+   */
+  addCdk8sChart(id: string, chart: cdk8s.Chart): KubernetesManifest;
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -617,6 +628,17 @@ abstract class ClusterBase extends Resource implements ICluster {
   public addHelmChart(id: string, options: HelmChartOptions): HelmChart {
     return new HelmChart(this, `chart-${id}`, { cluster: this, ...options });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Defines a CDK8s chart in this cluster.
+   *
+   * @param id logical id of this chart.
+   * @param chart the cdk8s chart.
+   * @returns a `KubernetesManifest` construct representing the chart.
+   */
+  public addCdk8sChart(id: string, chart: cdk8s.Chart): KubernetesManifest {
+    return this.addManifest(id, ...chart.toJson());
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/legacy-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/legacy-cluster.ts
index 148e65166e1da..c862f7fd3d0f6 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/legacy-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/legacy-cluster.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as ec2 from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
 import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '@aws-cdk/aws-kms';
 import * as ssm from '@aws-cdk/aws-ssm';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
 import { Annotations, CfnOutput, Resource, Stack, Token, Tags } from '@aws-cdk/core';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { ICluster, ClusterAttributes, KubernetesVersion, NodeType, DefaultCapacityType, EksOptimizedImage, AutoScalingGroupCapacityOptions, MachineImageType, AutoScalingGroupOptions, CommonClusterOptions } from './cluster';
@@ -371,6 +372,10 @@ export class LegacyCluster extends Resource implements ICluster {
     throw new Error('legacy cluster does not support adding helm charts');
   }
 
+  public addCdk8sChart(_id: string, _chart: cdk8s.Chart): KubernetesManifest {
+    throw new Error('legacy cluster does not support adding cdk8s charts');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Opportunistically tag subnets with the required tags.
    *
@@ -429,6 +434,10 @@ class ImportedCluster extends Resource implements ICluster {
     throw new Error('legacy cluster does not support adding helm charts');
   }
 
+  public addCdk8sChart(_id: string, _chart: cdk8s.Chart): KubernetesManifest {
+    throw new Error('legacy cluster does not support adding cdk8s charts');
+  }
+
   public get vpc() {
     if (!this.props.vpc) {
       throw new Error('"vpc" is not defined for this imported cluster');
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/package.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/package.json
index 7aa6b16bdd7d4..dcf8ee02c9955 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/package.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
     "cfn2ts": "0.0.0",
     "nodeunit": "^0.11.3",
     "pkglint": "0.0.0",
-    "sinon": "^9.1.0"
+    "sinon": "^9.1.0",
+    "cdk8s-plus": "^0.29.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling": "0.0.0",
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ssm": "0.0.0",
     "@aws-cdk/core": "0.0.0",
     "@aws-cdk/custom-resources": "0.0.0",
+    "cdk8s": "^0.30.0",
     "constructs": "^3.0.4",
     "yaml": "1.10.0"
   },
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ssm": "0.0.0",
     "@aws-cdk/core": "0.0.0",
     "@aws-cdk/custom-resources": "0.0.0",
+    "cdk8s": "^0.30.0",
     "constructs": "^3.0.4"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
index b015b80826d45..6f5bb70ec88c7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
@@ -3342,11 +3342,6 @@
           }
         ],
         "ForceUpdateEnabled": true,
-        "ScalingConfig": {
-          "DesiredSize": 1,
-          "MaxSize": 1,
-          "MinSize": 1
-        },
         "LaunchTemplate": {
           "Id": {
             "Ref": "LaunchTemplate"
@@ -3357,6 +3352,11 @@
               "DefaultVersionNumber"
             ]
           }
+        },
+        "ScalingConfig": {
+          "DesiredSize": 1,
+          "MaxSize": 1,
+          "MinSize": 1
         }
       }
     },
@@ -3416,6 +3416,43 @@
       "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Delete",
       "DeletionPolicy": "Delete"
     },
+    "Clustermanifestcdk8schart6B444884": {
+      "Type": "Custom::AWSCDK-EKS-KubernetesResource",
+      "Properties": {
+        "ServiceToken": {
+          "Fn::GetAtt": [
+            "awscdkawseksKubectlProviderNestedStackawscdkawseksKubectlProviderNestedStackResourceA7AEBA6B",
+            "Outputs.awscdkeksclustertestawscdkawseksKubectlProviderframeworkonEventC681B49AArn"
+          ]
+        },
+        "Manifest": {
+          "Fn::Join": [
+            "",
+            [
+              "[{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"data\":{\"clusterName\":\"",
+              {
+                "Ref": "Cluster9EE0221C"
+              },
+              "\"},\"kind\":\"ConfigMap\",\"metadata\":{\"name\":\"chart-config-map-configmap-cccf3117\"}}]"
+            ]
+          ]
+        },
+        "ClusterName": {
+          "Ref": "Cluster9EE0221C"
+        },
+        "RoleArn": {
+          "Fn::GetAtt": [
+            "ClusterCreationRole360249B6",
+            "Arn"
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "DependsOn": [
+        "ClusterKubectlReadyBarrier200052AF"
+      ],
+      "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Delete",
+      "DeletionPolicy": "Delete"
+    },
     "ClustermanifestnginxnamespaceA68B4CE0": {
       "Type": "Custom::AWSCDK-EKS-KubernetesResource",
       "Properties": {
@@ -3710,7 +3747,7 @@
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               {
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+                "Ref": "AssetParametersa69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0cS3Bucket1CB7A187"
               },
               "/",
               {
@@ -3720,7 +3757,7 @@
                     "Fn::Split": [
                       "||",
                       {
-                        "Ref": "AssetParameters04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cfS3VersionKey8C90C4EF"
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                       }
                     ]
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@@ -3733,7 +3770,7 @@
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                       {
-                        "Ref": "AssetParameters04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cfS3VersionKey8C90C4EF"
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@@ -3749,17 +3786,17 @@
               "Arn"
             ]
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@@ -3777,7 +3814,7 @@
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               "/",
               {
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+                "Ref": "AssetParameters8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64S3BucketAA0CCE0D"
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               "/",
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@@ -3787,7 +3824,7 @@
                     "Fn::Split": [
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                       {
-                        "Ref": "AssetParameters215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11S3VersionKeyA1DAD649"
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@@ -3800,7 +3837,7 @@
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-                        "Ref": "AssetParameters215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11S3VersionKeyA1DAD649"
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@@ -3843,11 +3880,11 @@
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@@ -4271,7 +4308,7 @@
       "Properties": {
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@@ -4284,7 +4321,7 @@
                       "Fn::Split": [
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@@ -4297,7 +4334,7 @@
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@@ -4458,29 +4495,29 @@
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-      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"7997347617940455774a736af2df2e6238c13b755ad25353a3d081446cfc80a4\""
+      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"87b1e2c41f84590d14f7ab8cb0f338c51d6fa3efe78943867af07fa959593dba\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters34131c2e554ab57ad3a47fc0a13173a5c2a4b65a7582fe9622277b3d04c8e1e1S3BucketD25BCC90": {
+    "AssetParametersdaeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1S3BucketDC4B98B1": {
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-      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"34131c2e554ab57ad3a47fc0a13173a5c2a4b65a7582fe9622277b3d04c8e1e1\""
+      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"daeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1\""
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-    "AssetParameters34131c2e554ab57ad3a47fc0a13173a5c2a4b65a7582fe9622277b3d04c8e1e1S3VersionKey72DFE7A5": {
+    "AssetParametersdaeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1S3VersionKeyA495226F": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"34131c2e554ab57ad3a47fc0a13173a5c2a4b65a7582fe9622277b3d04c8e1e1\""
+      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"daeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters34131c2e554ab57ad3a47fc0a13173a5c2a4b65a7582fe9622277b3d04c8e1e1ArtifactHashAA0236EE": {
+    "AssetParametersdaeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1ArtifactHashA521A16F": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"34131c2e554ab57ad3a47fc0a13173a5c2a4b65a7582fe9622277b3d04c8e1e1\""
+      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"daeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1\""
     },
     "AssetParametersb7d8a9750f8bfded8ac76be100e3bee1c3d4824df006766110d023f42952f5c2S3Bucket9ABBD5A2": {
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@@ -4530,29 +4567,29 @@
       "Type": "String",
       "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"2acc31b34c05692ab3ea9831a27e5f241cffb21857e633d8256b8f0ebf5f3f43\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cfS3Bucket0E3AAAB9": {
+    "AssetParametersa69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0cS3Bucket1CB7A187": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cf\""
+      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"a69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0c\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cfS3VersionKey8C90C4EF": {
+    "AssetParametersa69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0cS3VersionKey7C13F243": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cf\""
+      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"a69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0c\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cfArtifactHash1CDB946A": {
+    "AssetParametersa69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0cArtifactHashBADE945D": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"04fa2d485a51abd8261468eb6fa053d3a72242fc068fa75683232a52960b30cf\""
+      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"a69aadbed84d554dd9f2eb7987ffe5d8f76b53a86f1909059df07050e57bef0c\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11S3BucketC456B560": {
+    "AssetParameters8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64S3BucketAA0CCE0D": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11\""
+      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11S3VersionKeyA1DAD649": {
+    "AssetParameters8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64S3VersionKey3012C8DD": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11\""
+      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64\""
     },
-    "AssetParameters215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11ArtifactHash95B6846D": {
+    "AssetParameters8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64ArtifactHashFBD3EEB7": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"215e9f40bd76e7102c690b24b0922eb4963d2d24938eec175e107db683455d11\""
+      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"8a716921b900641df041bd35d4d1817780375a004ec952e2cab0cd621c5a4d64\""
     },
     "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami117amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
       "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
index 689d6cee92068..61860df4b94c5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import * as ec2 from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
 import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '@aws-cdk/aws-kms';
 import { App, CfnOutput, Duration, Token, Fn } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
+import * as kplus from 'cdk8s-plus';
+import * as constructs from 'constructs';
 import * as eks from '../lib';
 import * as hello from './hello-k8s';
 import { Pinger } from './pinger/pinger';
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ class EksClusterStack extends TestStack {
 
     this.assertSimpleHelmChart();
 
+    this.assertSimpleCdk8sChart();
+
     this.assertCreateNamespace();
 
     this.assertServiceAccount();
@@ -101,6 +106,26 @@ class EksClusterStack extends TestStack {
 
 
   }
+
+  private assertSimpleCdk8sChart() {
+
+    class Chart extends cdk8s.Chart {
+      constructor(scope: constructs.Construct, ns: string, cluster: eks.ICluster) {
+        super(scope, ns);
+
+        new kplus.ConfigMap(this, 'config-map', {
+          data: {
+            clusterName: cluster.clusterName,
+          },
+        });
+
+      }
+    }
+    const app = new cdk8s.App();
+    const chart = new Chart(app, 'Chart', this.cluster);
+
+    this.cluster.addCdk8sChart('cdk8s-chart', chart);
+  }
   private assertSimpleHelmChart() {
     // deploy the Kubernetes dashboard through a helm chart
     this.cluster.addHelmChart('dashboard', {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.cluster.ts
index afd71faa9c308..ca3ace90524d1 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.cluster.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '@aws-cdk/aws-kms';
 import * as lambda from '@aws-cdk/aws-lambda';
 import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
 import * as constructs from 'constructs';
 import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
 import * as YAML from 'yaml';
@@ -21,6 +22,49 @@ const CLUSTER_VERSION = eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_16;
 
 export = {
 
+  'cdk8s chart can be added to cluster'(test: Test) {
+
+    const { stack } = testFixture();
+
+    const cluster = new eks.Cluster(stack, 'Cluster', {
+      version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_17,
+    });
+
+    const app = new cdk8s.App();
+    const chart = new cdk8s.Chart(app, 'Chart');
+
+    new cdk8s.ApiObject(chart, 'FakePod', {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Pod',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'fake-pod',
+        labels: {
+          // adding aws-cdk token to cdk8s chart
+          clusterName: cluster.clusterName,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    cluster.addCdk8sChart('cdk8s-chart', chart);
+
+    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('Custom::AWSCDK-EKS-KubernetesResource', {
+      Manifest: {
+        'Fn::Join': [
+          '',
+          [
+            '[{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"Pod","metadata":{"labels":{"clusterName":"',
+            {
+              Ref: 'Cluster9EE0221C',
+            },
+            '"},"name":"fake-pod"}}]',
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
+    }));
+
+    test.done();
+  },
+
   'cluster connections include both control plane and cluster security group'(test: Test) {
 
     const { stack } = testFixture();
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/package.json b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/package.json
index 55c8f73f38b4b..02b2d7db98e2d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/package.json
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^10.17.35",
     "cdk-build-tools": "0.0.0",
     "constructs": "^3.0.4",
+    "cdk8s": "^0.30.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "pkglint": "0.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
@@ -266,7 +267,8 @@
     "ubergen": "0.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "constructs": "^3.0.4"
+    "constructs": "^3.0.4",
+    "cdk8s": "^0.30.0"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/monocdk-experiment/package.json b/packages/monocdk-experiment/package.json
index da8000b78cf3d..14496548649c7 100644
--- a/packages/monocdk-experiment/package.json
+++ b/packages/monocdk-experiment/package.json
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^10.17.35",
     "cdk-build-tools": "0.0.0",
     "constructs": "^3.0.4",
+    "cdk8s": "^0.30.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "pkglint": "0.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@
     "ubergen": "0.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "constructs": "^3.0.4"
+    "constructs": "^3.0.4",
+    "cdk8s": "^0.30.0"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk",
   "engines": {