diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53c94ebbb73..5e7bfa07f55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Kubernetes project infrastructure, managed by the kubernetes comunity via [wg-k8
     - `gcsweb`: instance of [gcsweb] at https://gcsweb.k8s.io - owned by [sig-testing]
     - `kubernetes-external-secrets`: instance of [kubernetes-external-secrets] - owned by [sig-testing]
     - `node-perf-dash`: instance of [node-perf-dash] - owned by [sig-node]
+    - `perfdash`: instance of [perfdash] - owned by [sig-scalability]
     - `publishing-bot`: instance of [publishing-bot] - owned by [sig-release]
     - `sippy`: instance of [sippy] at https://sippy.k8s.io - owned by [sig-architecture] (on behalf of [wg-reliability])
     - `slack-infra`: instance of [slack-infra] including https://slack.k8s.io - owned by [sig-contributor-experience]
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ Kubernetes project infrastructure, managed by the kubernetes comunity via [wg-k8
     - `clusters/projects`: terraform to manage (parts of) GCP projects
 - `k8s.gcr.io`: container images published by the project, promoted from `gcr.io/k8s-staging-*` repos
 - `k8s.io`: instance of nginx that provides redirects/reverse-proxying for k8s.io and its subdomains - owned by [sig-contributor-experience] and [sig-testing] (TODO(https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/issues/2150) migrate to apps/)
-- `perf-dash.k8s.io`: instance of [perfdash] - owned by [sig-scalability] (TODO(https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/issues/2150) migrate to apps/)
 - `prow`: work-in-pogress instance of [prow] - owned by [sig-testing] (TODO(https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/issues/2150) migrate to apps/)
 - `registry.k8s.io`: work-in-progress to support cross-cloud mirroring/hosting of containers and binaries
 
diff --git a/perf-dash.k8s.io/OWNERS b/apps/perfdash/OWNERS
similarity index 100%
rename from perf-dash.k8s.io/OWNERS
rename to apps/perfdash/OWNERS
diff --git a/apps/perfdash/README.md b/apps/perfdash/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93c9b5a4278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/perfdash/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## How to deploy Perfdash
+
+To bootstrap [Perfdash](https://github.com/kubernetes/perf-tests/tree/master/perfdash):
+
+- Have [access](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/blob/main/running-in-community-clusters.md) to the GKE cluster `aaa`.
+
+- From the `apps/perfdash` directory run:
+```console
+./deploy.sh
+```
diff --git a/perf-dash.k8s.io/certificate.yaml b/apps/perfdash/certificate.yaml
similarity index 84%
rename from perf-dash.k8s.io/certificate.yaml
rename to apps/perfdash/certificate.yaml
index aa533ac2fed..2286c0a45ac 100644
--- a/perf-dash.k8s.io/certificate.yaml
+++ b/apps/perfdash/certificate.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: ManagedCertificate
 metadata:
   name: perfdash-k8s-io
   namespace: perfdash
+  labels:
+    app: perfdash
 spec:
   domains:
   - perf-dash.k8s.io
diff --git a/apps/perfdash/deploy.sh b/apps/perfdash/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..314c3a0cfd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/perfdash/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Deploys this app to the aaa cluster, or whatever cluster is pointed to
+# by KUBECTL_CONTEXT if set. Assumes the app's namespace already exists.
+#
+# Members of k8s-infra-rbac-${app}@kubernetes.io can run this.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_ROOT=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)
+
+app=$(basename "${SCRIPT_ROOT}")
+
+# coordinates to locate the target cluster in gke
+cluster_name="aaa"
+cluster_project="kubernetes-public"
+cluster_region="us-central1"
+
+# coordinates to locate the app on the target cluster
+namespace="${app}"
+
+# custom var(s) specific to this apps deployment 
+perfdash_repo_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/perf-tests/master/perfdash"
+
+# well known name set by `gcloud container clusters get-credentials`
+gke_context="gke_${cluster_project}_${cluster_region}_${cluster_name}"
+context="${KUBECTL_CONTEXT:-${gke_context}}"
+
+# ensure we have a context to talk to the target cluster
+if ! kubectl config get-contexts "${context}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  gcloud container clusters get-credentials "${cluster_name}" --project="${cluster_project}" --region="${cluster_region}"
+  context="${gke_context}"
+fi
+
+# deploy kubernetes resources
+pushd "${SCRIPT_ROOT}" >/dev/null
+kubectl --context="${context}" --namespace="${namespace}" apply -f "${perfdash_repo_url}/deployment.yaml"
+kubectl --context="${context}" --namespace="${namespace}" apply -f "${perfdash_repo_url}/perfdash-service.yaml"
+kubectl --context="${context}" --namespace="${namespace}" apply -f .
diff --git a/perf-dash.k8s.io/ingress.yaml b/apps/perfdash/ingress.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from perf-dash.k8s.io/ingress.yaml
rename to apps/perfdash/ingress.yaml
diff --git a/perf-dash.k8s.io/README.md b/perf-dash.k8s.io/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a33edcf9a54..00000000000
--- a/perf-dash.k8s.io/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-To bootstrap [Perfdash](https://github.com/kubernetes/perf-tests/tree/master/perfdash):
-
-```bash
-PERFDASH_REPO_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/perf-tests/master/perfdash"
-PERFDASH_NAMESPACE="perfdash"
-
-kubectl apply -n "$PERFDASH_NAMESPACE" -f "${PERFDASH_REPO_URL}/deployment.yaml"
-kubectl apply -n "$PERFDASH_NAMESPACE" -f "${PERFDASH_REPO_URL}/perfdash-service.yaml"
-
-kubectl apply -n "$PERFDASH_NAMESPACE" -f ingress.yaml
-kubectl apply -n "$PERFDASH_NAMESPACE" -f certificate.yaml
-```