diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c686e8a5f..051005e64 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -326,4 +326,38 @@ deploy-docs: venv ## Deploy docs
 	. $(VENV)/activate; \
 	REMOTE=$(REMOTE) BRANCH=$(BRANCH) docs/scripts/deploy-docs.sh
 
+# Image build configuration
+# REV is the short git sha of latest commit.
+REV=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+KIND_CLUSTER ?= backend
+KO_DOCKER_REPO ?= kube-bind
+
+.PHONY: image-local
+image-local:
+	@echo "Building images locally with tag $(REV)"
+	@command -v ko >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "ko not found. Install with: go install github.com/google/ko@latest"; exit 1; }
+
+	@echo "Building konnector image locally..."
+	KO_DOCKER_REPO=$(KO_DOCKER_REPO) ko build \
+		--local \
+		-B \
+		-t $(REV) \
+		./cmd/konnector
+
+	@echo "Building example-backend image locally..."
+	KO_DOCKER_REPO=$(KO_DOCKER_REPO) ko build \
+		--local \
+		-B \
+		-t $(REV) \
+		./cmd/example-backend
+
+	@echo "Successfully built local images with tag $(REV)"
+
+.PHONY: kind-load
+kind-load: image-local ## Load locally built images into kind cluster
+	@echo "Loading images into kind cluster '$(KIND_CLUSTER)'"
+	kind load docker-image $(KO_DOCKER_REPO)/konnector:$(REV) --name $(KIND_CLUSTER)
+	kind load docker-image $(KO_DOCKER_REPO)/example-backend:$(REV) --name $(KIND_CLUSTER)
+	@echo "Successfully loaded images into kind cluster '$(KIND_CLUSTER)'"
+
 include Makefile.venv
diff --git a/docs/content/setup/local-setup-with-kind.md b/docs/content/setup/local-setup-with-kind.md
index b6be4f860..2eab27f31 100644
--- a/docs/content/setup/local-setup-with-kind.md
+++ b/docs/content/setup/local-setup-with-kind.md
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ replicaset.apps/mangodb-6ff44cbbf   1         1         1       100s
 
 The App cluster will consume MangoDB CRs provided by the Backend.
 
-### Step one: create the Backend cluster
+### Step one: create the App cluster
 
 Again, let's start by stashing the host's external IP in a variable as we're going to use it often (possibly the same one as for the Backend cluster):
 
diff --git a/hack/kind-example-setup/app-cluster.sh b/hack/kind-example-setup/app-cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d970642b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kind-example-setup/app-cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2025 The Kube Bind Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+source "$(dirname "$0")/host-ip.sh"
+get_host_ip
+
+cat << EOF_AppClusterDefinition | kind create cluster --config=-
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+kind: Cluster
+name: app
+networking:
+  apiServerAddress: ${HOST_IP}
+EOF_AppClusterDefinition
+
+kubectl bind http://${HOST_IP}:8080/export
diff --git a/hack/kind-example-setup/backend-cluster.sh b/hack/kind-example-setup/backend-cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8f6bd971b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kind-example-setup/backend-cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2025 The Kube Bind Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+source "$(dirname "$0")/host-ip.sh"
+get_host_ip
+
+cat << EOF_BackendClusterDefinition | kind create cluster --config=-
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+kind: Cluster
+name: backend
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+  extraPortMappings:
+  # MangoDB export endpoint
+  - containerPort: 30080
+    hostPort: 8080
+    protocol: TCP
+  # DEX endpoint
+  - containerPort: 30556
+    hostPort: 5556
+    protocol: TCP
+EOF_BackendClusterDefinition
+
+helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io
+helm install \
+    --create-namespace \
+    --namespace pki \
+    --version v1.16.2 \
+    --set crds.enabled=true \
+    cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager
+
+
+helm repo add dex https://charts.dexidp.io
+
+cat << EOF_DEXDeploymentConfig |
+config:
+    staticClients:
+      - id: kube-bind
+        redirectURIs:
+          - 'http://${HOST_IP}:8080/callback'
+        name: 'Kube Bind'
+        secret: ZXhhbXBsZS1hcHAtc2VjcmV0
+
+    issuer: http://${HOST_IP}:5556/dex
+
+    storage:
+      type: kubernetes
+      config:
+        inCluster: true
+
+    web:
+      http: 127.0.0.1:5556
+
+    telemetry:
+      http: 127.0.0.1:5558
+
+    grpc:
+      addr: 127.0.0.1:5557
+
+    connectors:
+      - type: mockCallback
+        id: mock
+        name: Example
+
+    enablePasswordDB: true
+    staticPasswords:
+      - email: "admin@example.com"
+        hash: "\$2a\$10\$2b2cU8CPhOTaGrs1HRQuAueS7JTT5ZHsHSzYiFPm1leZck7Mc8T4W"
+        username: "admin"
+        userID: "08a8684b-db88-4b73-90a9-3cd1661f5466"
+EOF_DEXDeploymentConfig
+
+helm install \
+    --create-namespace \
+    --namespace idp \
+    --set service.type=NodePort \
+    --set service.ports.http.nodePort=30556 \
+    dex dex/dex \
+    -f -
+
+kubectl apply -f ../../deploy/crd
+kubectl apply -f ../../test/e2e/bind/fixtures/provider/crd-mangodb.yaml
+kubectl create namespace backend
+# This is the address that will be used when generating kubeconfigs the App cluster,
+# and so we need to be able to reach it from outside.
+BACKEND_KUBE_API_EXTERNAL_ADDRESS="$(kubectl config view --minify -o json | jq '.clusters[0].cluster.server' -r)"
+# For demo example let's just bind "cluster-admin" ClusterRole to backend's "default" ServiceAccount.
+kubectl create clusterrolebinding backend-admin --clusterrole cluster-admin --serviceaccount backend:default
+# Create a new Deployment for the MangoDB backend.
+kubectl --namespace backend \
+    create deployment mangodb \
+    --image ghcr.io/kube-bind/example-backend:v0.4.6 \
+    --port 8080 \
+    -- /ko-app/example-backend \
+        --listen-address 0.0.0.0:8080 \
+        --external-address "${BACKEND_KUBE_API_EXTERNAL_ADDRESS}" \
+        --oidc-issuer-client-secret=ZXhhbXBsZS1hcHAtc2VjcmV0 \
+        --oidc-issuer-client-id=kube-bind \
+        --oidc-issuer-url=http://${HOST_IP}:5556/dex \
+        --oidc-callback-url=http://${HOST_IP}:8080/callback \
+        --pretty-name="BigCorp.com" \
+        --namespace-prefix="kube-bind-" \
+        --cookie-signing-key=bGMHz7SR9XcI9JdDB68VmjQErrjbrAR9JdVqjAOKHzE= \
+        --cookie-encryption-key=wadqi4u+w0bqnSrVFtM38Pz2ykYVIeeadhzT34XlC1Y=
+
+# Expose mangodb's container port 8080 as a NodePort at 30080. We've already configured
+# Kind to expose 30800 at host's 8080.
+kubectl --namespace backend \
+    create service nodeport mangodb \
+    --tcp 8080 \
+    --node-port 30080
diff --git a/hack/kind-example-setup/cleanup.sh b/hack/kind-example-setup/cleanup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..76837c30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kind-example-setup/cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2025 The Kube Bind Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+kind delete cluster --name backend
+kind delete cluster --name app
diff --git a/hack/kind-example-setup/host-ip.sh b/hack/kind-example-setup/host-ip.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a461f645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kind-example-setup/host-ip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2025 The Kube Bind Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+get_host_ip() {
+  local os
+  os="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+  if [[  "$os" == linux ]]; then
+    export HOST_IP="$(hostname -i | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+  elif [[ "$os" == darwin ]]; then
+    export HOST_IP="$(ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | cut -d\  -f2)"
+  fi
+}