diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/Dockerfile b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d978b541f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM golang:1.12.9-alpine3.10 as builder
+COPY main.go .
+RUN go build -o /app main.go
+
+FROM alpine:3.10
+CMD ["./app"]
+COPY --from=builder /app .
diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/README.md b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4e5d393401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### Example: Getting started with a simple go app using Kustomize
+
+This is a variation of the `getting started` example, using `kustomize` to deploy instead of `kubectl`.
+
diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/deployment.yaml b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2394bef9774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: skaffold-kustomize
+  labels:
+    app: skaffold-kustomize
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: skaffold-kustomize
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: skaffold-kustomize
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: skaffold-kustomize
+        image: not/a/valid/image
diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/kustomization.yaml b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88b1320b5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+resources:
+  - deployment.yaml
+patches:
+  - patch.yaml
diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/main.go b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..593721cfe2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	for {
+		fmt.Println("Hello world!")
+
+		time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/patch.yaml b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92a6b8b7223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: skaffold-kustomize
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: skaffold-kustomize
+        image: hello-world
diff --git a/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/skaffold.yaml b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/skaffold.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9e3b34f250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/examples/getting-started-kustomize/skaffold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: skaffold/v2beta1
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: getting-started-kustomize
+build:
+  artifacts:
+  - image: hello-world
+deploy:
+  kustomize: {}
diff --git a/integration/run_test.go b/integration/run_test.go
index 55fc2a5703c..09e75248a70 100644
--- a/integration/run_test.go
+++ b/integration/run_test.go
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 			dir:         "examples/buildpacks",
 			deployments: []string{"web"},
 		},
+		{
+			description: "kustomize",
+			dir:         "examples/getting-started-kustomize",
+			deployments: []string{"skaffold-kustomize"},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.description, func(t *testing.T) {