diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef76a7fd3d913311a56244555a1419f0351b4ad9..c3764f9bfe53d732cfa94201bed706572af827e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ credentials/
 sysadm-provisioning/
 swh-*/
 k8s-clusters-config/
+k8s-private-data/
diff --git a/.mrconfig b/.mrconfig
index 195e3acb706d15d46883f30d6e1926f45f23c5bb..dfda287a53db139701823a28dc55dc458156fc95 100644
--- a/.mrconfig
+++ b/.mrconfig
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ checkout = git clone 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-sysadmin-pro
 
 [k8s-clusters-config]
 checkout = git clone 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/k8s-clusters-conf.git' k8s-clusters-config
+
+[k8s-private-data]
+checkout = git clone 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/k8s-swh-private-data.git' k8s-private-data