diff --git a/install-scripts/.local/bin/install-cert-manager-cmctl b/install-scripts/.local/bin/install-cert-manager-cmctl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50e51e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-scripts/.local/bin/install-cert-manager-cmctl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "${XDG_DATA_HOME}/buddy-up/includes/utils.sh"
+
+get_arch () {
+    case $(uname -m) in
+        x86_64*)    echo amd64;;
+        *)          >&2 echo "unsupported architecture: $(uname -m)"; exit 1;;
+    esac
+}
+
+
+APP=cmctl
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.1}
+DEST="${XDG_DATA_HOME}/apps/releases/${APP}"
+URL=https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v${VERSION}/cmctl-$(get_os)-$(get_arch).tar.gz
+
+extract_tarball "${URL}" "${DEST}/${VERSION}"
+set_current_link "${DEST}" "${VERSION}"
+set_link "${XDG_BIN_HOME}/${APP}" "${DEST}"  "${APP}"