diff --git a/containerized-data-importer.changes b/containerized-data-importer.changes
index 519f442..3de2533 100644
--- a/containerized-data-importer.changes
+++ b/containerized-data-importer.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 26 18:51:12 UTC 2021 - James Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
+
+- Add a manifests package containing YAML manifests used to
+  install CDI
+  manifest-build-fix.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 24 23:21:52 UTC 2021 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/containerized-data-importer.spec b/containerized-data-importer.spec
index 883cc6f..ec4980b 100644
--- a/containerized-data-importer.spec
+++ b/containerized-data-importer.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          System/Packages
 URL:            https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         manifest-build-fix.patch
 BuildRequires:  golang-packaging
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  rsync
@@ -84,10 +85,53 @@ Group:          System/Packages
 %description    uploadserver
 Upload server for the data fetching service for VM container images
 
+%package        manifests
+Summary:        YAML manifests used to install CDI
+Group:          System/Packages
+
+%description    manifests
+This contains the built YAML manifests used to install CDI into a
+kubernetes installation with kubectl apply.
+
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
+# Hackery to determine which registry path to use in cdi-operator.yaml
+# when building the manifests
+#
+# The 'registry_path' macro can be used to define an explicit path in the
+# project config, e.g.
+#
+# Macros:
+# %registry_path registry.opensuse.org/Virtualization/container
+# :Macros
+#
+# 'registry_path' can also be defined when building locally, e.g.
+#
+# osc build --define='registry_path registry.opensuse.org/foo/bar/baz' ...
+#
+# If 'registry_path' is not specified, the standard publish location for SLE and
+# openSUSE-based containers is used.
+#
+# TODO:
+# 1. Determine "standard publish location" for SLE and openSUSE variants
+# 2. Support Leap when 1 is done
+#
+%if "%{?registry_path}" == ""
+distro='%{?sle_version}:%{is_opensuse}'
+case "${distro}" in
+    150200:0)
+	reg_path='registry.suse.de/suse/containers/sle-server/15/containers/suse/sles/15.2' ;;
+    150300:0)
+	reg_path='registry.suse.de/suse/containers/sle-server/15/containers/suse/sles/15.3' ;;
+    *)
+	reg_path='registry.opensuse.org/virtualization/container/opensuse/tumbleweed' ;;
+esac
+%else
+reg_path='%{registry_path}'
+%endif
+
 mkdir -p go/src/kubevirt.io go/pkg
 ln -s ../../../ go/src/kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer
 export GOPATH=${PWD}/go
@@ -110,6 +154,8 @@ CDI_GIT_TREE_STATE="clean" \
 	tools/csv-generator \
 	%{nil}
 
+env DOCKER_PREFIX=$reg_path DOCKER_TAG=%{version} ./hack/build/build-manifests.sh
+
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 
@@ -129,6 +175,9 @@ install -p -m 0755 _out/cmd/cdi-uploadproxy/cdi-uploadproxy %{buildroot}%{_bindi
 
 install -p -m 0755 _out/cmd/cdi-uploadserver/cdi-uploadserver %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/virt-cdi-uploadserver
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/cdi
+cp -r _out/manifests %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/cdi/
+
 %files api
 %license LICENSE
 %doc README.md
@@ -166,4 +215,10 @@ install -p -m 0755 _out/cmd/cdi-uploadserver/cdi-uploadserver %{buildroot}%{_bin
 %doc README.md
 %{_bindir}/virt-cdi-uploadserver
 
+%files manifests
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md
+%dir %{_datadir}/cdi
+%{_datadir}/cdi/manifests
+
 %changelog
diff --git a/manifest-build-fix.patch b/manifest-build-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6066d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest-build-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Fix build of tools/manifest-generator via build-manifests.sh
+
+tools/manifest-generator/manifest-generator.go can be build with
+build-go.sh, but fails when built with build-manifests.sh
+
+./hack/build/build-manifests.sh
+manifest-generator.go:22:2: cannot find package "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime" in any of:
+	/usr/lib64/go/1.13/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime (from $GOROOT)
+	/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/containerized-data-importer-1.30.0/go/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime (from $GOPATH)
+manifest-generator.go:23:2: cannot find package "k8s.io/klog/v2" in any of:
+	/usr/lib64/go/1.13/src/k8s.io/klog/v2 (from $GOROOT)
+	/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/containerized-data-importer-1.30.0/go/src/k8s.io/klog/v2 (from $GOPATH)
+
+This hack fixes it by removing GO111MODULE=off. We'll need to verify if
+this is a proper fix.
+
+Index: containerized-data-importer-1.30.0/hack/build/build-manifests.sh
+===================================================================
+--- containerized-data-importer-1.30.0.orig/hack/build/build-manifests.sh
++++ containerized-data-importer-1.30.0/hack/build/build-manifests.sh
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ source "${script_dir}"/config.sh
+ 
+ generator="${BIN_DIR}/manifest-generator"
+ 
+-(cd "${CDI_DIR}/tools/manifest-generator/" && GO111MODULE=off go build -o "${generator}" ./...)
++(cd "${CDI_DIR}/tools/manifest-generator/" && go build -o "${generator}" ./...)
+ 
+ echo "DOCKER_PREFIX=${DOCKER_PREFIX}"
+ echo "DOCKER_TAG=${DOCKER_TAG}"
+@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ processDirTemplates ${tempDir} ${OUT_DIR
+ processDirTemplates ${tempDir}/release ${OUT_DIR}/manifests/release ${OUT_DIR}/manifests/templates/release ${generator} ${MANIFEST_GENERATED_DIR}
+ 
+ testsManifestsDir=${CDI_DIR}/tests/manifests
+-processDirTemplates ${testsManifestsDir}/templates ${testsManifestsDir}/out ${testsManifestsDir}/out/templates ${generator} ${MANIFEST_GENERATED_DIR}
+\ No newline at end of file
++processDirTemplates ${testsManifestsDir}/templates ${testsManifestsDir}/out ${testsManifestsDir}/out/templates ${generator} ${MANIFEST_GENERATED_DIR}