diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac1e78e7d89..20c271beeb7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Every user-facing change should have an entry in this changelog. Please respect
 -->
 
 ## Unreleased
+- [Improvement] Make it possible to override k8s resources in plugins using `k8s-override` patch. (by @foadlind)
 
 ## v13.3.1 (2022-06-06)
 
diff --git a/docs/k8s.rst b/docs/k8s.rst
index e8508e45784..fe61309c764 100644
--- a/docs/k8s.rst
+++ b/docs/k8s.rst
@@ -140,3 +140,27 @@ Updating docker images
 Kubernetes does not provide a single command for updating docker images out of the box. A `commonly used trick <https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/33664>`__ is to modify an innocuous label on all resources::
 
     kubectl patch -k "$(tutor config printroot)/env" --patch "{\"spec\": {\"template\": {\"metadata\": {\"labels\": {\"date\": \"`date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'`\"}}}}}"
+
+Customizing Kubernetes resources
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Plugins can customize any Kubernetes resource in Tutor by overriding the definition of the resource with a ``k8s-override`` patch. For example, to change the volume size for MongoDB from ``5Gi`` to ``10Gi``, add the following to the plugin:
+
+::
+
+    # myplugin/tutormyplugin/patches/k8s-override
+    
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+    metadata:
+      name: mongodb
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: volume
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: mongodb
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 10Gi
+
diff --git a/docs/reference/patches.rst b/docs/reference/patches.rst
index 3dc104a4aea..6b9f23e1682 100644
--- a/docs/reference/patches.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/patches.rst
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ File: ``kustomization.yml``
 
 File: ``kustomization.yml``
 
+.. patch:: kustomization-patches-strategic-merge
+
+``kustomization-patches-strategic-merge``
+=========================================
+
+File: ``kustomization.yml``
+
 .. patch:: kustomization-resources
 
 ``kustomization-resources``
diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/override.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/override.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c105154f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/override.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ patch("k8s-override") }}
diff --git a/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml b/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml
index a5a2815299e..1bfb6373a51 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml
@@ -59,4 +59,8 @@ configMapGenerator:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: redis
 {{ patch("kustomization-configmapgenerator") }}
 
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+- k8s/override.yml
+{{ patch("kustomization-patches-strategic-merge") }}
+
 {{ patch("kustomization") }}