diff --git a/components/kubernetes/k8sapply/component.go b/components/kubernetes/k8sapply/component.go
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index 000000000..6be8e0dab
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+++ b/components/kubernetes/k8sapply/component.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package k8sapply
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions/common/config"
+	kubeComp "github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions/components/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/sdk/v4/go/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/sdk/v4/go/kubernetes/yaml"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
+)
+
+type YAMLWorkload struct {
+	Name string
+	Path string
+}
+
+// K8sAppDefinition applies a generic Kubernetes resource from a YAML source file defined as a YAMLWorkload
+func K8sAppDefinition(yamlWorkload YAMLWorkload) func(e config.Env, kubeProvider *kubernetes.Provider) (*kubeComp.Workload, error) {
+	return func(e config.Env, kubeProvider *kubernetes.Provider) (*kubeComp.Workload, error) {
+		k8sComponent := &kubeComp.Workload{}
+
+		if err := e.Ctx().RegisterComponentResource("dd:apps", fmt.Sprintf("k8s-apply-%s", yamlWorkload.Name), k8sComponent); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		_, err := yaml.NewConfigFile(e.Ctx(), yamlWorkload.Name, &yaml.ConfigFileArgs{
+			File: yamlWorkload.Path,
+		}, pulumi.Provider(kubeProvider), pulumi.Parent(k8sComponent))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return k8sComponent, nil
+	}
+}