diff --git a/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource.rb b/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource.rb
index 8f6743849..774ea3a79 100644
--- a/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource.rb
+++ b/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource.rb
@@ -36,14 +36,19 @@ def build(namespace:, context:, definition:, logger:, statsd_tags:)
                  statsd_tags: statsd_tags }
         if definition["kind"].blank?
           raise InvalidTemplateError.new("Template missing 'Kind'", content: definition.to_yaml)
-        elsif KubernetesDeploy.const_defined?(definition["kind"])
-          klass = KubernetesDeploy.const_get(definition["kind"])
-          klass.new(**opts)
-        else
-          inst = new(**opts)
-          inst.type = definition["kind"]
-          inst
         end
+
+        begin
+          if KubernetesDeploy.const_defined?(definition["kind"])
+            klass = KubernetesDeploy.const_get(definition["kind"])
+            return klass.new(**opts)
+          end
+        rescue NameError
+        end
+
+        inst = new(**opts)
+        inst.type = definition["kind"]
+        inst
       end
 
       def timeout
diff --git a/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource_test.rb b/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource_test.rb
index 83eaa47e5..5f75e283c 100644
--- a/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource_test.rb
@@ -288,6 +288,17 @@ def test_disappeared_is_false_if_resource_has_been_deployed_and_we_get_a_server_
     refute_predicate(dummy, :disappeared?)
   end
 
+  def test_lowercase_custom_resource_kind_does_not_raise
+    definition = { "kind" => "foobar", "metadata" => { "name" => "test" } }
+    KubernetesDeploy::KubernetesResource.build(
+      namespace: 'test',
+      context: 'test',
+      definition: definition,
+      logger: logger,
+      statsd_tags: []
+    )
+  end
+
   private
 
   def kubectl