diff --git a/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller.go b/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller.go
index 9f28d4d78..cc2275cdd 100644
--- a/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller.go
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 
 	netattdefv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/apis/k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
@@ -135,6 +137,13 @@ func (r *SriovNetworkReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request
 	err = r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: netAttDef.Name, Namespace: netAttDef.Namespace}, found)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			targetNamespace := &corev1.Namespace{}
+			err = r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: netAttDef.Namespace}, targetNamespace)
+			if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				reqLogger.Info("Target namespace doesn't exist, NetworkAttachmentDefinition will be created when namespace is available", "Namespace", netAttDef.Namespace, "Name", netAttDef.Name)
+				return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+			}
+
 			reqLogger.Info("NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR not exist, creating")
 			err = r.Create(ctx, netAttDef)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -168,8 +177,31 @@ func (r *SriovNetworkReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
 func (r *SriovNetworkReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
+	// Reconcile when the target namespace is created after the SriovNetwork object.
+	namespaceHandler := handler.Funcs{
+		CreateFunc: func(e event.CreateEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
+			networkList := sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkList{}
+			err := r.List(context.Background(),
+				&networkList,
+				client.MatchingFields{"spec.networkNamespace": e.Object.GetName()},
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Log.WithName("SriovNetworkReconciler").
+					Info("Can't list SriovNetworks for namespace", "resource", e.Object.GetName(), "error", err)
+			}
+
+			for _, network := range networkList.Items {
+				q.Add(reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
+					Namespace: network.Namespace,
+					Name:      network.Name,
+				}})
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		For(&sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetwork{}).
 		Watches(&source.Kind{Type: &netattdefv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition{}}, &handler.EnqueueRequestForObject{}).
+		Watches(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Namespace{}}, &namespaceHandler).
 		Complete(r)
 }
diff --git a/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller_test.go b/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller_test.go
index 613b15cc9..9d1093dd4 100644
--- a/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/sriovnetwork_controller_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	netattdefv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/apis/k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 	dynclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -211,5 +213,53 @@ var _ = Describe("SriovNetwork Controller", func() {
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			})
 		})
+
+		Context("When the target NetworkNamespace doesn't exists", func() {
+			It("should create the NetAttachDef when the namespace is created", func() {
+				cr := sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetwork{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:      "test-missing-namespace",
+						Namespace: testNamespace,
+					},
+					Spec: sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkSpec{
+						NetworkNamespace: "ns-xxx",
+						ResourceName:     "resource_missing_namespace",
+						IPAM:             `{"type":"dhcp"}`,
+						Vlan:             200,
+					},
+				}
+				var err error
+				expect := generateExpectedNetConfig(&cr)
+
+				err = k8sClient.Create(goctx.TODO(), &cr)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				DeferCleanup(func() {
+					err = k8sClient.Delete(goctx.TODO(), &cr)
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				})
+
+				// Sleep 3 seconds to be sure the Reconcile loop has been invoked. This can be improved by exposing some information (e.g. the error)
+				// in the SriovNetwork.Status field.
+				time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+
+				netAttDef := &netattdefv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition{}
+				err = k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: cr.GetName(), Namespace: "ns-xxx"}, netAttDef)
+				Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+
+				err = k8sClient.Create(goctx.TODO(), &corev1.Namespace{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "ns-xxx"},
+				})
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				err = util.WaitForNamespacedObject(netAttDef, k8sClient, "ns-xxx", cr.GetName(), util.RetryInterval, util.Timeout)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				anno := netAttDef.GetAnnotations()
+				Expect(anno["k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName"]).To(Equal("openshift.io/" + cr.Spec.ResourceName))
+				Expect(strings.TrimSpace(netAttDef.Spec.Config)).To(Equal(expect))
+			})
+		})
+
 	})
 })
diff --git a/controllers/suite_test.go b/controllers/suite_test.go
index c052b3ada..83d2b6970 100644
--- a/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	openshiftconfigv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	mcfgv1 "github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -64,7 +65,12 @@ const (
 )
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func(done Done) {
-	logf.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.WriteTo(GinkgoWriter), zap.UseDevMode(true)))
+	logf.SetLogger(zap.New(
+		zap.WriteTo(GinkgoWriter),
+		zap.UseDevMode(true),
+		func(o *zap.Options) {
+			o.TimeEncoder = zapcore.RFC3339NanoTimeEncoder
+		}))
 
 	// Go to project root directory
 	os.Chdir("..")