diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e735d47da54..f4befbba4b8f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -396,6 +396,25 @@ checkmetadata: $(CHECKFILE)
 checkapi:
 	$(GOCMD) run cmd/checkapi/main.go .
 
+.PHONY: kind-ready
+kind-ready:
+	@if [ -n "$(shell kind get clusters -q)" ]; then echo "kind is ready"; else echo "kind not ready"; exit 1; fi
+
+.PHONY: kind-build
+kind-build: kind-ready docker-otelcontribcol
+	docker tag otelcontribcol otelcontribcol-dev:0.0.1
+	kind load docker-image otelcontribcol-dev:0.0.1
+
+.PHONY: kind-install-daemonset
+kind-install-daemonset: kind-ready kind-uninstall-daemonset## Install a local Collector version into the cluster.
+	@echo "Installing Collector"
+	helm install daemonset-collector-dev open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --values ./examples/kubernetes/daemonset-collector-dev.yaml
+
+.PHONY: kind-uninstall-daemonset
+kind-uninstall-daemonset: kind-ready
+	@echo "Uninstalling Collector"
+	helm uninstall --ignore-not-found daemonset-collector-dev
+
 .PHONY: all-checklinks
 all-checklinks:
 	$(MAKE) $(FOR_GROUP_TARGET) TARGET="checklinks"
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/daemonset-collector-dev.yaml b/examples/kubernetes/daemonset-collector-dev.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4169f1e15296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/daemonset-collector-dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+mode: daemonset
+
+image:
+  repository: otelcontribcol-dev
+  tag: "0.0.1"
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+command:
+  name: otelcontribcol
+
+extraEnvs:
+  - name: K8S_NODE_NAME
+    valueFrom:
+      fieldRef:
+        fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+
+clusterRole:
+  create: true
+  rules:
+    - apiGroups:
+        - ''
+      resources:
+        - 'pods'
+        - 'nodes'
+      verbs:
+        - 'get'
+        - 'list'
+        - 'watch'
+    - apiGroups: [ "" ]
+      resources: [ "nodes/stats", "nodes/proxy"]
+      verbs: [ "get" ]
+
+
+config:
+  exporters:
+    debug:
+      verbosity: detailed
+  receivers:
+    kubeletstats:
+      collection_interval: 10s
+      auth_type: 'serviceAccount'
+      endpoint: '${env:K8S_NODE_NAME}:10250'
+      insecure_skip_verify: true
+      k8s_api_config:
+        auth_type: serviceAccount
+      metrics:
+        container.cpu.utilization:
+          enabled: true
+        container.cpu.time:
+          enabled: true
+        container.cpu.usage:
+          enabled: true
+        k8s.container.cpu_limit_utilization:
+          enabled: true
+
+  service:
+    pipelines:
+      metrics:
+        receivers: [kubeletstats]
+        processors: [batch]
+        exporters: [debug]
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diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/dev-docs.md b/examples/kubernetes/dev-docs.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b42e59c1e1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/dev-docs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Running OpenTelemetry Collector from source on k8s
+
+Developing Collector's features that target to run on a Kubernetes environment require some special handling
+for building and running the patches locally.
+
+
+In order to build the Collector from source and deploy it on a local kind cluster
+(a kind cluster is required to be installed already) use the following Makefile targets:
+
+#### Build the Collector
+`make kind-build`
+
+#### Install the Collector as Daemonset
+`make kind-install-daemonset`
+
+This command will install the Collector using the [`daemonset-collector-dev.yaml`](./daemonset-collector-dev.yaml)
+configuration sample.
+This only stands as a sample configuration and users need to tune this according to their needs.
+
+#### Uninstall the Daemonset
+`make kind-uninstall-daemonset`