diff --git a/pkg/target/crd_test.go b/pkg/target/crd_test.go
index 7bd71083c..6ffa923ba 100644
--- a/pkg/target/crd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/crd_test.go
@@ -320,3 +320,64 @@ spec:
   action: makehoney
 `)
 }
+
+func TestCrdWithContainers(t *testing.T) {
+	th := NewKustTestHarness(t, "/app/crd/containers")
+	th.writeK("/app/crd/containers", `
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - crd.yaml
+
+images:
+  - name: test/test
+    newName: registry.gitlab.com/test
+    newTag: latest
+`)
+	th.writeF("/app/crd/containers/crd.yaml", `
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: crontabs.stable.example.com
+spec:
+  group: stable.example.com
+  scope: Namespaced
+  names:
+    plural: crontabs
+    singular: crontab
+    kind: CronTab
+    shortNames:
+    - ct
+  validation:
+    openAPIV3Schema:
+      properties:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+            description: Containers allows injecting additional containers
+  `)
+	m, err := th.makeKustTarget().MakeCustomizedResMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Err: %v", err)
+	}
+	th.assertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: crontabs.stable.example.com
+spec:
+  group: stable.example.com
+  names:
+    kind: CronTab
+    plural: crontabs
+    shortNames:
+    - ct
+    singular: crontab
+  scope: Namespaced
+  validation:
+    openAPIV3Schema:
+      properties:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+            description: Containers allows injecting additional containers
+`)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go b/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go
index 3f12e0cb7..450129274 100644
--- a/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ spec3:
 	th.writeF("/app/base/config/custom.yaml", `
 images:
 - kind: Custom
-  path: spec/template/spec/myContainers
+  path: spec/template/spec/myContainers/image
 - kind: Custom
-  path: spec2/template/spec/myContainers
+  path: spec2/template/spec/myContainers/image
 - kind: Custom
-  path: spec3/template/spec/myInitContainers
+  path: spec3/template/spec/myInitContainers/image
 `)
 }
 func TestTransfomersImageCustomConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -283,3 +283,56 @@ spec3:
         name: my-cool-app
 `)
 }
+
+func makeTransfomersImageKnativeBase(th *KustTestHarness) {
+	th.writeK("/app/base", `
+resources:
+- knative.yaml
+configurations:
+- config/knative.yaml
+images:
+- name: solsa-echo
+  newTag: foo
+`)
+	th.writeF("/app/base/knative.yaml", `
+apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: echo
+spec:
+  runLatest:
+    configuration:
+      revisionTemplate:
+        spec:
+          container:
+            image: solsa-echo
+`)
+	th.writeF("/app/base/config/knative.yaml", `
+images:
+- path: spec/runLatest/configuration/revisionTemplate/spec/container/image
+  apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1alpha1
+  kind: Service
+`)
+}
+
+func TestTransfomersImageKnativeConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	th := NewKustTestHarness(t, "/app/base")
+	makeTransfomersImageKnativeBase(th)
+	m, err := th.makeKustTarget().MakeCustomizedResMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Err: %v", err)
+	}
+	th.assertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: echo
+spec:
+  runLatest:
+    configuration:
+      revisionTemplate:
+        spec:
+          container:
+            image: solsa-echo:foo
+`)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/image.go b/pkg/transformers/image.go
index ef7f28d74..e92c78fc6 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/image.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/image.go
@@ -50,20 +50,44 @@ func (pt *imageTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 			if !id.Gvk().IsSelected(&path.Gvk) {
 				continue
 			}
-			err := mutateField(objMap, path.PathSlice(), false, pt.updateContainers)
+			err := mutateField(objMap, path.PathSlice(), false, pt.mutateImage)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		// Keep for backward compatibility
-		err := pt.findAndReplaceImage(objMap)
-		if err != nil {
+		// Kept for backward compatibility
+		if err := pt.findAndReplaceImage(objMap); err != nil && id.Gvk().Kind != `CustomResourceDefinition` {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (pt *imageTransformer) mutateImage(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	image, ok := in.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("image path is not of type string but %T", in)
+	}
+
+	for _, img := range pt.images {
+		if !isImageMatched(image, img.Name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		name, tag := split(image)
+		if img.NewName != "" {
+			name = img.NewName
+		}
+		if img.NewTag != "" {
+			tag = ":" + img.NewTag
+		}
+		if img.Digest != "" {
+			tag = "@" + img.Digest
+		}
+		return name + tag, nil
+	}
+	return image, nil
+}
+
 /*
  findAndReplaceImage replaces the image name and tags inside one object
  It searches the object for container session
@@ -76,8 +100,7 @@ func (pt *imageTransformer) findAndReplaceImage(obj map[string]interface{}) erro
 	for _, path := range paths {
 		containers, found := obj[path]
 		if found {
-			_, err := pt.updateContainers(containers)
-			if err != nil {
+			if _, err := pt.updateContainers(containers); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			updated = true
@@ -106,17 +129,11 @@ func (pt *imageTransformer) updateContainers(in interface{}) (interface{}, error
 			if !isImageMatched(imageName, img.Name) {
 				continue
 			}
-			name, tag := split(imageName)
-			if img.NewName != "" {
-				name = img.NewName
+			newImage, err := pt.mutateImage(imageName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
-			if img.NewTag != "" {
-				tag = ":" + img.NewTag
-			}
-			if img.Digest != "" {
-				tag = "@" + img.Digest
-			}
-			container["image"] = name + tag
+			container["image"] = newImage
 			break
 		}
 	}