diff --git a/.github/workflows/dashboard-updater.yml b/.github/workflows/dashboard-updater.yml
index e3f1853073..6783cc5c7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dashboard-updater.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dashboard-updater.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check for update
         run: |
-          ./hco/automation/dashboard-updater/dashboard-updater.sh "./monitoring/dashboards/openshift" "./hco/assets/dashboards"
+          ./hco/automation/dashboard-updater/dashboard-updater.sh "./monitoring/dashboards/openshift" "./hco/assets/dashboards/grafana"
           cd hco
           git add --all
           if ! git diff HEAD --quiet --exit-code; then
diff --git a/assets/dashboards/grafana-dashboard-kubevirt-top-consumers.yaml b/assets/dashboards/grafana/grafana-dashboard-kubevirt-top-consumers.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/dashboards/grafana-dashboard-kubevirt-top-consumers.yaml
rename to assets/dashboards/grafana/grafana-dashboard-kubevirt-top-consumers.yaml
diff --git a/assets/dashboards/perses/README.md b/assets/dashboards/perses/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1143579d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/dashboards/perses/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Place Perses CR manifests here (YAML files) to be applied by the observability controller.
+
+Expected kinds (apiVersion subject to the Observability Operator installed in the cluster):
+- PersesDashboard (e.g. apiVersion: observability.rhobs/v1alpha1)
+- PersesDatasource (e.g. apiVersion: observability.rhobs/v1alpha1)
+
+Manifests will be server-side applied into the operator namespace at runtime.
+
+Example: memory-load dashboard
+- Source: https://github.com/fabiand/perses-dashboards/blob/main/manifests/memory-load.yaml
+- Copy the file here as `memory-load.yaml`. The controller will override `metadata.namespace` to the operator namespace.
+
+
diff --git a/controllers/observability/observability_controller.go b/controllers/observability/observability_controller.go
index 6b94805c3d..327a173f06 100644
--- a/controllers/observability/observability_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/observability/observability_controller.go
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, _ ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result
 		errors = append(errors, err)
 	}
 
+	// Apply Perses dashboards/datasources shipped with the operator, if any
+	if err := r.ReconcilePersesResources(ctx); err != nil {
+		errors = append(errors, err)
+	}
+
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("reconciliation failed: %v", errors)
 		log.Error(err, "Reconciliation failed")
diff --git a/controllers/observability/perses.go b/controllers/observability/perses.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..309608ef8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/observability/perses.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package observability
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+)
+
+// persesAssetsDir is the directory (inside the repo image) containing Perses CR manifests (yaml).
+// Each YAML should define a single resource: PersesDashboard or PersesDatasource.
+const persesAssetsDir = "assets/dashboards/perses"
+
+// ReconcilePersesResources applies all Perses resources shipped with the operator under assets/perses.
+// It uses server-side apply to create/update resources idempotently without relying on cache reads.
+func (r *Reconciler) ReconcilePersesResources(ctx context.Context) error {
+	wd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get working dir: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	d := os.DirFS(wd)
+	// If the directory does not exist, nothing to do.
+	if _, err := fs.Stat(d, persesAssetsDir); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fs.WalkDir(d, persesAssetsDir, func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if entry.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if ext := filepath.Ext(entry.Name()); ext != ".yml" && ext != ".yaml" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		file, err := d.Open(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s: %w", path, err)
+		}
+		defer file.Close()
+
+		content, err := fs.ReadFile(d, path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s: %w", path, err)
+		}
+
+		// Decode YAML → JSON → map
+		jsonBytes, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(content)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert yaml to json for %s: %w", path, err)
+		}
+
+		var objMap map[string]any
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &objMap); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal json for %s: %w", path, err)
+		}
+
+		// Enforce namespace to operator's namespace to ensure ownership & GC
+		// If the manifest specifies a namespace, it will be overridden.
+		// We only support namespaced resources here.
+		metadata, _ := objMap["metadata"].(map[string]any)
+		if metadata == nil {
+			metadata = map[string]any{}
+			objMap["metadata"] = metadata
+		}
+		metadata["namespace"] = r.namespace
+
+		// Build Unstructured with GVK populated
+		apiVersion, _ := objMap["apiVersion"].(string)
+		kind, _ := objMap["kind"].(string)
+		if apiVersion == "" || kind == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing apiVersion/kind in %s", path)
+		}
+
+		u := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: objMap}
+		u.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.FromAPIVersionAndKind(apiVersion, kind))
+
+		// Apply with SSA so we don't need to read existing objects
+		if err := r.Patch(ctx, u, client.Apply, client.FieldOwner("hyperconverged-operator"), client.ForceOwnership); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to apply %s: %w", path, err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}