diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/basic.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/basic.rs
index 4e4449a0c..3d0251c97 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/basic.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
     )
 )]
 // ---
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(
+    Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema, kube::CustomResource,
+)]
 pub struct FooSpec {
     #[versioned(
         added(since = "v1beta1"),
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module.rs
index d37a5e5b0..06822a914 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
     }
 
     #[versioned(k8s(group = "foo.example.org", plural = "foos", namespaced))]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     pub struct FooSpec {
         bar: usize,
 
@@ -23,6 +31,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
     }
 
     #[versioned(k8s(group = "bar.example.org", plural = "bars"))]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     pub struct BarSpec {
         baz: String,
     }
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module_preserve.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module_preserve.rs
index 58992b58c..f45921fab 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module_preserve.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/module_preserve.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
     }
 
     #[versioned(k8s(group = "foo.example.org", plural = "foos", namespaced))]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     pub struct FooSpec {
         bar: usize,
 
@@ -24,6 +32,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
     }
 
     #[versioned(k8s(group = "bar.example.org", plural = "bars"))]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     pub struct BarSpec {
         baz: String,
     }
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/skip.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/skip.rs
index aa9f908fa..651ca184e 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/skip.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/skip.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     )
 )]
 // ---
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(
+    Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema, kube::CustomResource,
+)]
 pub struct FooSpec {
     #[versioned(
         added(since = "v1beta1"),
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@basic.rs.snap b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@basic.rs.snap
index 694454b2c..fce0647e8 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@basic.rs.snap
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@basic.rs.snap
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ input_file: crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/basic.rs
 #[automatically_derived]
 pub mod v1alpha1 {
     use super::*;
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "stackable.tech",
         version = "v1alpha1",
@@ -32,8 +38,14 @@ impl ::std::convert::From<v1alpha1::FooSpec> for v1beta1::FooSpec {
 #[automatically_derived]
 pub mod v1beta1 {
     use super::*;
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "stackable.tech",
         version = "v1beta1",
@@ -59,8 +71,14 @@ impl ::std::convert::From<v1beta1::FooSpec> for v1::FooSpec {
 #[automatically_derived]
 pub mod v1 {
     use super::*;
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "stackable.tech",
         version = "v1",
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module.rs.snap b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module.rs.snap
index c357340de..dfbe2f797 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module.rs.snap
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module.rs.snap
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ pub(crate) mod v1alpha1 {
     pub struct Baz {
         pub boom: Option<u16>,
     }
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "foo.example.org",
         version = "v1alpha1",
@@ -21,7 +28,14 @@ pub(crate) mod v1alpha1 {
         pub bar: usize,
         pub foo: String,
     }
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "bar.example.org",
         version = "v1alpha1",
@@ -73,7 +87,14 @@ pub(crate) mod v1 {
     pub struct Baz {
         pub boom: Option<u16>,
     }
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "foo.example.org",
         version = "v1",
@@ -86,7 +107,14 @@ pub(crate) mod v1 {
         pub baz: bool,
         pub foo: String,
     }
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(group = "bar.example.org", version = "v1", kind = "Bar", plural = "bars")]
     pub struct BarSpec {
         pub baz: String,
@@ -134,7 +162,14 @@ pub(crate) mod v2alpha1 {
     pub struct Baz {
         pub boom: Option<u16>,
     }
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "foo.example.org",
         version = "v2alpha1",
@@ -148,7 +183,14 @@ pub(crate) mod v2alpha1 {
         #[deprecated]
         pub deprecated_foo: String,
     }
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "bar.example.org",
         version = "v2alpha1",
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module_preserve.rs.snap b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module_preserve.rs.snap
index a56f6ce55..402468292 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module_preserve.rs.snap
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@module_preserve.rs.snap
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
         pub struct Baz {
             pub boom: Option<u16>,
         }
-        #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+        #[derive(
+            Clone,
+            Debug,
+            serde::Deserialize,
+            serde::Serialize,
+            schemars::JsonSchema,
+            kube::CustomResource,
+        )]
         #[kube(
             group = "foo.example.org",
             version = "v1alpha1",
@@ -22,7 +29,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
             pub bar: usize,
             pub foo: String,
         }
-        #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+        #[derive(
+            Clone,
+            Debug,
+            serde::Deserialize,
+            serde::Serialize,
+            schemars::JsonSchema,
+            kube::CustomResource,
+        )]
         #[kube(
             group = "bar.example.org",
             version = "v1alpha1",
@@ -69,7 +83,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
         pub struct Baz {
             pub boom: Option<u16>,
         }
-        #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+        #[derive(
+            Clone,
+            Debug,
+            serde::Deserialize,
+            serde::Serialize,
+            schemars::JsonSchema,
+            kube::CustomResource,
+        )]
         #[kube(
             group = "foo.example.org",
             version = "v1",
@@ -82,7 +103,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
             pub baz: bool,
             pub foo: String,
         }
-        #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+        #[derive(
+            Clone,
+            Debug,
+            serde::Deserialize,
+            serde::Serialize,
+            schemars::JsonSchema,
+            kube::CustomResource,
+        )]
         #[kube(group = "bar.example.org", version = "v1", kind = "Bar", plural = "bars")]
         pub struct BarSpec {
             pub baz: String,
@@ -125,7 +153,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
         pub struct Baz {
             pub boom: Option<u16>,
         }
-        #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+        #[derive(
+            Clone,
+            Debug,
+            serde::Deserialize,
+            serde::Serialize,
+            schemars::JsonSchema,
+            kube::CustomResource,
+        )]
         #[kube(
             group = "foo.example.org",
             version = "v2alpha1",
@@ -139,7 +174,14 @@ pub(crate) mod versioned {
             #[deprecated]
             pub deprecated_foo: String,
         }
-        #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+        #[derive(
+            Clone,
+            Debug,
+            serde::Deserialize,
+            serde::Serialize,
+            schemars::JsonSchema,
+            kube::CustomResource,
+        )]
         #[kube(
             group = "bar.example.org",
             version = "v2alpha1",
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@skip.rs.snap b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@skip.rs.snap
index 1b81fbf41..d5fb55027 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@skip.rs.snap
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/snapshots/stackable_versioned_macros__test__k8s_snapshots@skip.rs.snap
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ input_file: crates/stackable-versioned-macros/fixtures/inputs/k8s/skip.rs
 #[automatically_derived]
 pub mod v1alpha1 {
     use super::*;
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "stackable.tech",
         version = "v1alpha1",
@@ -32,8 +38,14 @@ impl ::std::convert::From<v1alpha1::FooSpec> for v1beta1::FooSpec {
 #[automatically_derived]
 pub mod v1beta1 {
     use super::*;
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "stackable.tech",
         version = "v1beta1",
@@ -59,8 +71,14 @@ impl ::std::convert::From<v1beta1::FooSpec> for v1::FooSpec {
 #[automatically_derived]
 pub mod v1 {
     use super::*;
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
-    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
+    #[derive(
+        Clone,
+        Debug,
+        serde::Deserialize,
+        serde::Serialize,
+        schemars::JsonSchema,
+        kube::CustomResource,
+    )]
     #[kube(
         group = "stackable.tech",
         version = "v1",
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/attrs/k8s.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/attrs/k8s.rs
index 085136925..f4ad98510 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/attrs/k8s.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/attrs/k8s.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 use darling::{util::Flag, FromMeta};
+use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
+use quote::{quote, ToTokens};
+use syn::Path;
 
 /// This struct contains supported Kubernetes arguments.
 ///
@@ -7,21 +10,37 @@ use darling::{util::Flag, FromMeta};
 ///
 /// Supported arguments are:
 ///
-/// - `skip`, which controls skipping parts of the generation.
-/// - `singular`, to specify the singular name of the CR object.
-/// - `plural`, to specify the plural name of the CR object.
+/// - `group`, which sets the CRD group, usually the domain of the company.
 /// - `kind`, which allows overwriting the kind field of the CRD. This defaults to the struct name
 ///    (without the 'Spec' suffix).
+/// - `singular`, to specify the singular name of the CR object.
+/// - `plural`, to specify the plural name of the CR object.
 /// - `namespaced`, to specify that this is a namespaced resource rather than cluster level.
-/// - `group`, which sets the CRD group, usually the domain of the company.
+/// - `crates`: Override specific crates.
+/// - `status`: Sets the specified struct as the status subresource.
+/// - `shortname`: Sets the shortname of the CRD.
+/// - `skip`, which controls skipping parts of the generation.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, FromMeta)]
 pub(crate) struct KubernetesArguments {
-    pub(crate) skip: Option<KubernetesSkipArguments>,
+    pub(crate) group: String,
+    pub(crate) kind: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) singular: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) plural: Option<String>,
-    pub(crate) kind: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) namespaced: Flag,
-    pub(crate) group: String,
+    // root
+    pub(crate) crates: Option<KubernetesCrateArguments>,
+    pub(crate) status: Option<String>,
+    // derive
+    // schema
+    // scale
+    // printcolumn
+    pub(crate) shortname: Option<String>,
+    // category
+    // selectable
+    // doc
+    // annotation
+    // label
+    pub(crate) skip: Option<KubernetesSkipArguments>,
 }
 
 /// This struct contains supported kubernetes skip arguments.
@@ -36,3 +55,39 @@ pub(crate) struct KubernetesSkipArguments {
     /// this container.
     pub(crate) merged_crd: Flag,
 }
+
+/// This struct contains crate overrides to be passed to `#[kube]`.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, FromMeta)]
+pub(crate) struct KubernetesCrateArguments {
+    pub(crate) kube_core: Option<Path>,
+    pub(crate) k8s_openapi: Option<Path>,
+    pub(crate) schemars: Option<Path>,
+    pub(crate) serde: Option<Path>,
+    pub(crate) serde_json: Option<Path>,
+}
+
+impl ToTokens for KubernetesCrateArguments {
+    fn to_tokens(&self, tokens: &mut proc_macro2::TokenStream) {
+        let mut crate_overrides = TokenStream::new();
+
+        if let Some(path) = &self.k8s_openapi {
+            crate_overrides.extend(quote! { k8s_openapi = #path, });
+        }
+        if let Some(path) = &self.kube_core {
+            crate_overrides.extend(quote! { kube_core = #path, });
+        }
+        if let Some(path) = &self.schemars {
+            crate_overrides.extend(quote! { schemars = #path, });
+        }
+        if let Some(path) = &self.serde {
+            crate_overrides.extend(quote! { serde = #path, });
+        }
+        if let Some(path) = &self.serde_json {
+            crate_overrides.extend(quote! { serde_json = #path, });
+        }
+
+        if !crate_overrides.is_empty() {
+            tokens.extend(quote! { , crates(#crate_overrides) });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/mod.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/mod.rs
index 0bdaa3309..ef8f247b6 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ use quote::quote;
 use syn::{Attribute, Ident, ItemEnum, ItemStruct, Visibility};
 
 use crate::{
-    attrs::{container::StandaloneContainerAttributes, k8s::KubernetesArguments},
+    attrs::{
+        container::StandaloneContainerAttributes,
+        k8s::{KubernetesArguments, KubernetesCrateArguments},
+    },
     codegen::{
         container::{r#enum::Enum, r#struct::Struct},
         VersionDefinition,
@@ -250,23 +253,39 @@ pub(crate) struct ContainerOptions {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct KubernetesOptions {
+    pub(crate) group: String,
+    pub(crate) kind: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) singular: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) plural: Option<String>,
-    pub(crate) skip_merged_crd: bool,
-    pub(crate) kind: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) namespaced: bool,
-    pub(crate) group: String,
+    // root
+    pub(crate) crates: Option<KubernetesCrateArguments>,
+    pub(crate) status: Option<String>,
+    // derive
+    // schema
+    // scale
+    // printcolumn
+    pub(crate) shortname: Option<String>,
+    // category
+    // selectable
+    // doc
+    // annotation
+    // label
+    pub(crate) skip_merged_crd: bool,
 }
 
 impl From<KubernetesArguments> for KubernetesOptions {
     fn from(args: KubernetesArguments) -> Self {
         KubernetesOptions {
-            skip_merged_crd: args.skip.map_or(false, |s| s.merged_crd.is_present()),
-            namespaced: args.namespaced.is_present(),
-            singular: args.singular,
-            plural: args.plural,
             group: args.group,
             kind: args.kind,
+            singular: args.singular,
+            plural: args.plural,
+            namespaced: args.namespaced.is_present(),
+            crates: args.crates,
+            status: args.status,
+            shortname: args.shortname,
+            skip_merged_crd: args.skip.map_or(false, |s| s.merged_crd.is_present()),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/struct.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/struct.rs
index 1dd0c8955..ae3853602 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/struct.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/codegen/container/struct.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use std::ops::Not;
 
-use darling::{util::IdentString, Error, FromAttributes, Result};
+use darling::{util::IdentString, Error, FromAttributes, FromMeta, Result};
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
-use quote::quote;
+use quote::{quote, ToTokens};
 use syn::{parse_quote, ItemStruct, Path};
 
 use crate::{
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ impl Struct {
         }
 
         // This only returns Some, if K8s features are enabled
-        let kubernetes_cr_derive = self.generate_kubernetes_cr_derive(version);
+        let kube_attribute = self.generate_kube_attribute(version);
 
         quote! {
             #(#[doc = #version_docs])*
             #(#original_attributes)*
-            #kubernetes_cr_derive
+            #kube_attribute
             pub struct #ident {
                 #fields
             }
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ impl Struct {
 
 // Kubernetes-specific token generation
 impl Struct {
-    pub(crate) fn generate_kubernetes_cr_derive(
+    pub(crate) fn generate_kube_attribute(
         &self,
         version: &VersionDefinition,
     ) -> Option<TokenStream> {
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ impl Struct {
                     });
 
                 // Optional arguments
-                let namespaced = kubernetes_options
-                    .namespaced
-                    .then_some(quote! { , namespaced });
                 let singular = kubernetes_options
                     .singular
                     .as_ref()
@@ -277,10 +274,28 @@ impl Struct {
                     .plural
                     .as_ref()
                     .map(|p| quote! { , plural = #p });
+                let namespaced = kubernetes_options
+                    .namespaced
+                    .then_some(quote! { , namespaced });
+                let crates = kubernetes_options.crates.to_token_stream();
+                let status = kubernetes_options
+                    .status
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map(|s| quote! { , status = #s });
+                let shortname = kubernetes_options
+                    .shortname
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map(|s| quote! { , shortname = #s });
 
                 Some(quote! {
-                    #[derive(::kube::CustomResource)]
-                    #[kube(group = #group, version = #version, kind = #kind #singular #plural #namespaced)]
+                    // The end-developer needs to derive CustomResource and JsonSchema.
+                    // This is because we don't know if they want to use a re-exported or renamed import.
+                    #[kube(
+                        // These must be comma separated (except the last) as they always exist:
+                        group = #group, version = #version, kind = #kind
+                        // These fields are optional, and therefore the token stream must prefix each with a comma:
+                        #singular #plural #namespaced #crates #status #shortname
+                    )]
                 })
             }
             None => None,
@@ -291,6 +306,19 @@ impl Struct {
         &self,
         version: &VersionDefinition,
     ) -> Option<(IdentString, String, TokenStream)> {
+        let kube_core_module_default = &Path::from_string("::kube::core").expect("valid path");
+        let kube_core_module = self.common.options.kubernetes_options.as_ref().map_or_else(
+            || quote! {#kube_core_module_default},
+            |options| {
+                if let Some(crates) = &options.crates {
+                    if let Some(kube_core) = &crates.kube_core {
+                        return quote! {#kube_core};
+                    }
+                }
+                quote! {#kube_core_module_default}
+            },
+        );
+
         match &self.common.options.kubernetes_options {
             Some(options) if !options.skip_merged_crd => {
                 let enum_variant_ident = version.inner.as_variant_ident();
@@ -301,7 +329,7 @@ impl Struct {
                 let qualified_path: Path = parse_quote!(#module_ident::#struct_ident);
 
                 let merge_crds_fn_call = quote! {
-                    <#qualified_path as ::kube::CustomResourceExt>::crd()
+                    <#qualified_path as #kube_core_module::CustomResourceExt>::crd()
                 };
 
                 Some((enum_variant_ident, enum_variant_string, merge_crds_fn_call))
@@ -327,6 +355,32 @@ impl Struct {
         // module (in standalone mode).
         let automatically_derived = is_nested.not().then(|| quote! {#[automatically_derived]});
 
+        let kube_core_module_default = &Path::from_string("::kube::core").expect("valid path");
+        let kube_core_module = self.common.options.kubernetes_options.as_ref().map_or_else(
+            || quote! {#kube_core_module_default},
+            |options| {
+                if let Some(crates) = &options.crates {
+                    if let Some(kube_core) = &crates.kube_core {
+                        return quote! {#kube_core};
+                    }
+                }
+                quote! {#kube_core_module_default}
+            },
+        );
+
+        let k8s_openapi_crate_default = &Path::from_string("::k8s_openapi").expect("valid path");
+        let k8s_openapi_crate = self.common.options.kubernetes_options.as_ref().map_or_else(
+            || quote! {#k8s_openapi_crate_default},
+            |options| {
+                if let Some(crates) = &options.crates {
+                    if let Some(k8s_openapi) = &crates.k8s_openapi {
+                        return quote! {#k8s_openapi};
+                    }
+                }
+                quote! {#k8s_openapi_crate_default}
+            },
+        );
+
         // TODO (@Techassi): Use proper visibility instead of hard-coding 'pub'
         // TODO (@Techassi): Move the YAML printing code into 'stackable-versioned' so that we don't
         // have any cross-dependencies and the macro can be used on it's own (K8s features of course
@@ -351,8 +405,8 @@ impl Struct {
                 /// Generates a merged CRD which contains all versions defined using the `#[versioned()]` macro.
                 pub fn merged_crd(
                     stored_apiversion: Self
-                ) -> ::std::result::Result<::k8s_openapi::apiextensions_apiserver::pkg::apis::apiextensions::v1::CustomResourceDefinition, ::kube::core::crd::MergeError> {
-                    ::kube::core::crd::merge_crds(vec![#(#fn_calls),*], &stored_apiversion.to_string())
+                ) -> ::std::result::Result<#k8s_openapi_crate::apiextensions_apiserver::pkg::apis::apiextensions::v1::CustomResourceDefinition, #kube_core_module::crd::MergeError> {
+                    #kube_core_module::crd::merge_crds(vec![#(#fn_calls),*], &stored_apiversion.to_string())
                 }
 
                 /// Generates and writes a merged CRD which contains all versions defined using the `#[versioned()]`
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/lib.rs b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/lib.rs
index 8e2750d09..0ea0c3ea7 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -434,18 +434,21 @@ mod utils;
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-/// ## Kubernetes-specific Features
-///
-/// This macro also offers support for Kubernetes-specific versioning,
-/// especially for CustomResourceDefinitions (CRDs). These features are
-/// completely opt-in. You need to enable the `k8s` feature (which enables
-/// optional dependencies) and use the `k8s()` parameter in the macro.
-///
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "k8s",
     doc = r#"
+## Kubernetes-specific Features
+
+This macro also offers support for Kubernetes-specific versioning,
+especially for CustomResourceDefinitions (CRDs). These features are
+completely opt-in. You need to enable the `k8s` feature (which enables
+optional dependencies) and use the `k8s()` parameter in the macro.
+
+You need to derive both [`kube::CustomResource`] and [`schemars::JsonSchema`].
+
 ```
 # use stackable_versioned_macros::versioned;
+use kube::CustomResource;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -455,7 +458,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
     version(name = "v1"),
     k8s(group = "example.com")
 )]
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, CustomResource, JsonSchema)]
 pub struct FooSpec {
     #[versioned(
         added(since = "v1beta1"),
@@ -470,17 +473,21 @@ let merged_crd = Foo::merged_crd(Foo::V1).unwrap();
 println!("{}", serde_yaml::to_string(&merged_crd).unwrap());
 # }
 ```
+
+Currently, the following arguments are supported:
+
+- `group`: Sets the CRD group, usually the domain of the company.
+- `kind`:  Allows overwriting the kind field of the CRD. This defaults
+  to the struct name (without the 'Spec' suffix).
+- `singular`: Sets the singular name.
+- `plural`: Sets the plural name.
+- `namespaced`: Specifies that this is a namespaced resource rather than
+  a cluster scoped.
+- `crates`: Override specific crates.
+- `status`: Sets the specified struct as the status subresource.
+- `shortname`: Sets the shortname of the CRD.
 "#
 )]
-/// Currently, the following arguments are supported:
-///
-/// - `group`: Sets the CRD group, usually the domain of the company.
-/// - `kind`:  Allows overwriting the kind field of the CRD. This defaults
-///   to the struct name (without the 'Spec' suffix).
-/// - `singular`: Sets the singular name.
-/// - `plural`: Sets the plural name.
-/// - `namespaced`: Specifies that this is a namespaced resource rather than
-///   a cluster scoped.
 #[proc_macro_attribute]
 pub fn versioned(attrs: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let input = syn::parse_macro_input!(input as Item);
diff --git a/crates/stackable-versioned/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-versioned/CHANGELOG.md
index e83c31fe2..af68f2211 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-versioned/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-versioned/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Add support to apply the `#[versioned()]` macro to modules to version all contained items at
   once ([#891]).
+- Add support for passing a `status`, `crates`, and `shortname` arguments through to the `#[kube]`
+  derive attribute ([#914]).
+- Add support for overriding `kube::core` and `k8s_openapi` in generated code ([#914]).
+
+### Removed
+
+- BREAKING: Remove the `CustomResource` derive ([#914]).
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -21,6 +28,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#891]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/891
 [#912]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/912
 [#913]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/913
+[#914]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/914
 
 ## [0.4.1] - 2024-10-23