diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/register.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/register.go
index f99396656..2798f5690 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/register.go
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 package acidzalando
 
-const (
-	// GroupName is the group name for the operator CRDs
-	GroupName = "acid.zalan.do"
+import "os"
+
+var (
+    // GroupName is the group name for the operator CRDs
+    GroupName = getEnvWithDefault("POSTGRES_OPERATOR_API_GROUP", "acid.zalan.do")
 )
+
+func getEnvWithDefault(key, defaultValue string) string {
+    if value := os.Getenv(key); value != "" {
+        return value
+    }
+    return defaultValue
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
index 3f6bf25d9..8f0db6ea6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ const (
 	PostgresCRDResourceKind   = "postgresql"
 	PostgresCRDResourcePlural = "postgresqls"
 	PostgresCRDResourceList   = PostgresCRDResourceKind + "List"
-	PostgresCRDResouceName    = PostgresCRDResourcePlural + "." + acidzalando.GroupName
 	PostgresCRDResourceShort  = "pg"
 
 	OperatorConfigCRDResouceKind    = "OperatorConfiguration"
 	OperatorConfigCRDResourcePlural = "operatorconfigurations"
 	OperatorConfigCRDResourceList   = OperatorConfigCRDResouceKind + "List"
-	OperatorConfigCRDResourceName   = OperatorConfigCRDResourcePlural + "." + acidzalando.GroupName
 	OperatorConfigCRDResourceShort  = "opconfig"
 )
 
+var (
+	PostgresCRDResouceName    = PostgresCRDResourcePlural + "." + acidzalando.GroupName
+	OperatorConfigCRDResourceName   = OperatorConfigCRDResourcePlural + "." + acidzalando.GroupName
+)
+
 // PostgresCRDResourceColumns definition of AdditionalPrinterColumns for postgresql CRD
 var PostgresCRDResourceColumns = []apiextv1.CustomResourceColumnDefinition{
 	{