diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
index fb70871bfe8e..69aae3320d05 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
@@ -341,6 +341,38 @@ CDK. This means that if the resource is deleted from your code (or the stack is
 deleted), the next `cdk deploy` will issue a `kubectl delete` command and the
 Kubernetes resources will be deleted.
 
+#### Dependencies
+
+There are cases where Kubernetes resources must be deployed in a specific order.
+For example, you cannot define a resource in a Kubernetes namespace before the
+namespace was created.
+
+You can represent dependencies between `KubernetesResource`s using
+`resource.node.addDependency()`:
+
+```ts
+const namespace = cluster.addResource('my-namespace', {
+  apiVersion: 'v1',
+  kind: 'Namespace',
+  metadata: { name: 'my-app' }
+});
+
+const service = cluster.addResource('my-service', {
+  metadata: {
+    name: 'myservice',
+    namespace: 'my-app'
+  },
+  spec: // ...
+});
+
+service.node.addDependency(namespace); // will apply `my-namespace` before `my-service`.
+```
+
+NOTE: when a `KubernetesResource` includes multiple resources (either directly
+or through `cluster.addResource()`) (e.g. `cluster.addResource('foo', r1, r2,
+r3,...))`), these resources will be applied as a single manifest via `kubectl`
+and will be applied sequentially (the standard behavior in `kubectl`).
+
 ### Patching Kubernetes Resources
 
 The KubernetesPatch construct can be used to update existing kubernetes
@@ -524,8 +556,20 @@ deleted), the next `cdk deploy` will issue a `helm uninstall` command and the
 Helm chart will be deleted.
 
 When there is no `release` defined, the chart will be installed using the `node.uniqueId`,
-which will be lower cassed and truncated to the last 63 characters.
+which will be lower cased and truncated to the last 63 characters.
 
+By default, all Helm charts will be installed concurrently. In some cases, this
+could cause race conditions where two Helm charts attempt to deploy the same
+resource or if Helm charts depend on each other. You can use
+`chart.node.addDependency()` in order to declare a dependency order between
+charts:
+
+```ts
+const chart1 = cluster.addChart(...);
+const chart2 = cluster.addChart(...);
+
+chart2.node.addDependency(chart1);
+```
 
 ### Bottlerocket
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
index 0329b152b426..dfe7768ca82a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
@@ -2361,6 +2361,29 @@
       "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Delete",
       "DeletionPolicy": "Delete"
     },
+    "ClustermanifestnginxnamespaceA68B4CE0": {
+      "Type": "Custom::AWSCDK-EKS-KubernetesResource",
+      "Properties": {
+        "ServiceToken": {
+          "Fn::GetAtt": [
+            "awscdkawseksKubectlProviderNestedStackawscdkawseksKubectlProviderNestedStackResourceA7AEBA6B",
+            "Outputs.awscdkeksclustertestawscdkawseksKubectlProviderframeworkonEventC681B49AArn"
+          ]
+        },
+        "Manifest": "[{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Namespace\",\"metadata\":{\"name\":\"nginx\"}}]",
+        "ClusterName": {
+          "Ref": "Cluster9EE0221C"
+        },
+        "RoleArn": {
+          "Fn::GetAtt": [
+            "ClusterCreationRole360249B6",
+            "Arn"
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Delete",
+      "DeletionPolicy": "Delete"
+    },
     "Clusterchartnginxingress1193EC3F": {
       "Type": "Custom::AWSCDK-EKS-HelmChart",
       "Properties": {
@@ -2383,10 +2406,12 @@
         "Chart": "nginx-ingress",
         "Wait": true,
         "Timeout": "900s",
-        "Namespace": "kube-system",
-        "Repository": "https://helm.nginx.com/stable",
-        "CreateNamespace": true
+        "Namespace": "nginx",
+        "Repository": "https://helm.nginx.com/stable"
       },
+      "DependsOn": [
+        "ClustermanifestnginxnamespaceA68B4CE0"
+      ],
       "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Delete",
       "DeletionPolicy": "Delete"
     },
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
index ddee987d81d3..b2e1e1242cad 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
@@ -72,20 +72,34 @@ class EksClusterStack extends TestStack {
     // apply a kubernetes manifest
     cluster.addResource('HelloApp', ...hello.resources);
 
-    // add two Helm charts to the cluster. This will be the Kubernetes dashboard and the Nginx Ingress Controller
+    // deploy the Kubernetes dashboard through a helm chart
     cluster.addChart('dashboard', {
       chart: 'kubernetes-dashboard',
       repository: 'https://kubernetes.github.io/dashboard/',
     });
 
-    cluster.addChart('nginx-ingress', {
+    // deploy an nginx ingress in a namespace
+
+    const nginxNamespace = cluster.addResource('nginx-namespace', {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Namespace',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'nginx',
+      },
+    });
+
+    const nginxIngress = cluster.addChart('nginx-ingress', {
       chart: 'nginx-ingress',
       repository: 'https://helm.nginx.com/stable',
-      namespace: 'kube-system',
+      namespace: 'nginx',
       wait: true,
+      createNamespace: false,
       timeout: Duration.minutes(15),
     });
 
+    // make sure namespace is deployed before the chart
+    nginxIngress.node.addDependency(nginxNamespace);
+
     // add a service account connected to a IAM role
     cluster.addServiceAccount('MyServiceAccount');