diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3ddfc4d4c..3b06c5bb76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 # Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
 # vendor/
 
+# Vim
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
 # GoLand IDE
 .idea
 
diff --git a/cmd/gateway/main.go b/cmd/gateway/main.go
index 6d862e110a..39b182bd07 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway/main.go
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/implementation"
-	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/config"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/controller"
+
+	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager/signals"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -21,55 +17,31 @@ var (
 	date    string
 
 	// Command-line flags
-	gatewayClass = flag.String("gatewayclass", "", "Tha name of the GatewayClass resource")
+	gatewayCtlrName = flag.String("gateway-ctlr-name", "", "The name of the Gateway controller")
 )
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	if *gatewayClass == "" {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "-gatewayclass argument must be set")
+	if *gatewayCtlrName == "" {
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	logger := zap.New()
+	conf := config.Config{
+		GatewayCtlrName: *gatewayCtlrName,
+		Logger:          logger,
+	}
 
 	logger.Info("Starting NGINX Gateway",
 		"version", version,
 		"commit", commit,
 		"date", date)
 
-	config, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "Failed to create InClusterConfig")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	mgr, err := manager.New(config, manager.Options{
-		Logger: logger,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "Failed to create Manager")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	err = v1alpha2.AddToScheme(mgr.GetScheme())
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "Failed to add Gateway API scheme")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	err = sdk.RegisterGatewayClassController(mgr, implementation.NewGatewayClassImplementation(logger))
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "Failed to register GatewayClassController")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	logger.Info("Starting manager")
-
-	err = mgr.Start(signals.SetupSignalHandler())
+	err := controller.Start(conf)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "Failed to start Manager")
+		logger.Error(err, "Failed to start control loop")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/gateway.yaml b/deploy/manifests/gateway.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7618ba877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/gateway.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1alpha2
+kind: Gateway
+metadata:
+  name: gateway
+  namespace: nginx-gateway
+  labels:
+    domain: k8s-gateway.nginx.org
+spec:
+  gatewayClassName: nginx
+  listeners:
+  - name: my-listener
+    hostname: example.com
+    port: 8080
+    protocol: HTTP
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/gatewayclass.yaml b/deploy/manifests/gatewayclass.yaml
index 7ca78f74ba..36ca9e9bbb 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/gatewayclass.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/gatewayclass.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ kind: GatewayClass
 metadata:
   name: nginx
 spec:
-  controllerName: k8s-gateway.nginx.org/gateway
\ No newline at end of file
+  controllerName: k8s-gateway.nginx.org/nginx-gateway/gateway
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml b/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml
index f2a8de8968..9085bb9117 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ rules:
   - gateway.networking.k8s.io
   resources:
   - gatewayclasses
+  - gateways
   verbs:
   - list
   - watch
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: nginx-gateway
         args:
-        - -gatewayclass=nginx
+        - --gateway-ctlr-name=k8s-gateway.nginx.org/nginx-gateway/gateway
       - image: nginx:1.21.3
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: nginx
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f465b6bd2b..abc0782016 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210520170846-37e1c6afe023
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.22.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.4.0
 )
@@ -39,8 +37,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210402161424-2e8d93401602 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210817190340-bfb29a6856f2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211103235746-7861aae1554b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac // indirect
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.22.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.22.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.22.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.10.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 23ebeacf3b..c58e717aed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA
 github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20191021191039-0944d244cd40/go.mod h1:sGbDF6GwGcLpkNXPUTkMRoywsNa/ol15pxFe6ERfguA=
 github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20200922220541-2c3bb06c6054/go.mod h1:sGbDF6GwGcLpkNXPUTkMRoywsNa/ol15pxFe6ERfguA=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
@@ -716,8 +717,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210616094352-59db8d763f22/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210817190340-bfb29a6856f2 h1:c8PlLMqBbOHoqtjteWm5/kbe6rNY2pbRfbIMVnepueo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210817190340-bfb29a6856f2/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211103235746-7861aae1554b h1:1VkfZQv42XQlA/jchYumAnv1UPo6RgF9rJFkTgZIxO4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211103235746-7861aae1554b/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d h1:SZxvLBoTP5yHO3Frd4z4vrF+DBX9vMVanchswa69toE=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b1e89a8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	GatewayCtlrName string
+	Logger          logr.Logger
+}
diff --git a/internal/controller/controller.go b/internal/controller/controller.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e003d41675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/controller/controller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/config"
+	gw "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/implementations/gateway"
+	gc "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/implementations/gatewayclass"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	ctlr "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
+	gatewayv1alpha2 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+)
+
+var (
+	scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+)
+
+func init() {
+	_ = gatewayv1alpha2.AddToScheme(scheme)
+}
+
+func Start(conf config.Config) error {
+	logger := conf.Logger
+
+	options := manager.Options{
+		Scheme: scheme,
+	}
+
+	mgr, err := manager.New(ctlr.GetConfigOrDie(), options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot build runtime manager: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	err = sdk.RegisterGatewayController(mgr, gw.NewGatewayImplementation(conf))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot register gateway implementation: %w", err)
+	}
+	err = sdk.RegisterGatewayClassController(mgr, gc.NewGatewayClassImplementation(conf))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot reguster gatewayclass implementation: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx := ctlr.SetupSignalHandler()
+
+	logger.Info("Starting manager")
+	return mgr.Start(ctx)
+}
diff --git a/internal/implementation/gatewayclass.go b/internal/implementation/gatewayclass.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 14f22a5667..0000000000
--- a/internal/implementation/gatewayclass.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package implementation
-
-import (
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
-)
-
-type gatewayClassImplementation struct {
-	logger logr.Logger
-}
-
-func NewGatewayClassImplementation(logger logr.Logger) sdk.GatewayClassImpl {
-	return &gatewayClassImplementation{logger: logger}
-}
-
-func (impl *gatewayClassImplementation) Upsert(gc *v1alpha2.GatewayClass) {
-	if gc.Spec.ControllerName != "k8s-gateway.nginx.org/gateway" {
-		impl.logger.Info("Wrong ControllerName in the GatewayClass resource",
-			"expected", "k8s-gateway.nginx.org/gateway",
-			"got", "gc.Spec.ControllerName")
-		return
-	}
-
-	impl.logger.Info("Processing GatewayClass resource",
-		"name", gc.Name)
-}
-func (impl *gatewayClassImplementation) Remove(key string) {
-	impl.logger.Info("GatewayClass resource was removed",
-		"name", key)
-}
diff --git a/internal/implementations/gateway/gateway.go b/internal/implementations/gateway/gateway.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0840fe11ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/implementations/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package implementation
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/config"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+)
+
+type gatewayImplementation struct {
+	conf config.Config
+}
+
+func NewGatewayImplementation(conf config.Config) sdk.GatewayImpl {
+	return &gatewayImplementation{
+		conf: conf,
+	}
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayImplementation) Logger() logr.Logger {
+	return impl.conf.Logger
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayImplementation) ControllerName() string {
+	return impl.conf.GatewayCtlrName
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayImplementation) Upsert(gw *v1alpha2.Gateway) {
+	if gw.Name == impl.ControllerName() {
+		impl.Logger().Info("Found correct Gateway resource",
+			"name", gw.Name,
+		)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayImplementation) Remove(key string) {
+	impl.Logger().Info("Gateway resource was removed",
+		"name", key,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/internal/implementations/gatewayclass/gatewayclass.go b/internal/implementations/gatewayclass/gatewayclass.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..640746cdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/implementations/gatewayclass/gatewayclass.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package implementation
+
+import (
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/config"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+)
+
+type gatewayClassImplementation struct {
+	conf config.Config
+}
+
+func NewGatewayClassImplementation(conf config.Config) sdk.GatewayClassImpl {
+	return &gatewayClassImplementation{
+		conf: conf,
+	}
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayClassImplementation) Logger() logr.Logger {
+	return impl.conf.Logger
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayClassImplementation) ControllerName() string {
+	return impl.conf.GatewayCtlrName
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayClassImplementation) Upsert(gc *v1alpha2.GatewayClass) {
+	if string(gc.Spec.ControllerName) != impl.ControllerName() {
+		impl.Logger().Info("Wrong ControllerName in the GatewayClass resource",
+			"expected", impl.ControllerName(),
+			"got", gc.Spec.ControllerName)
+		return
+	}
+
+	impl.Logger().Info("Processing GatewayClass resource",
+		"name", gc.Name)
+}
+func (impl *gatewayClassImplementation) Remove(key string) {
+	impl.Logger().Info("GatewayClass resource was removed",
+		"name", key)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/gateway_controller.go b/pkg/sdk/gateway_controller.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c824b4c98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/gateway_controller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package sdk
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	ctlr "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+)
+
+type gatewayReconciler struct {
+	client.Client
+	scheme *runtime.Scheme
+	impl   GatewayImpl
+}
+
+func RegisterGatewayController(mgr manager.Manager, impl GatewayImpl) error {
+	r := &gatewayReconciler{
+		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
+		scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
+		impl:   impl,
+	}
+
+	return ctlr.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
+		For(&v1alpha2.Gateway{}).
+		Complete(r)
+}
+
+func (r *gatewayReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, error) {
+	log := logr.FromContext(ctx).WithValues("gateway", req.Name)
+	log.V(3).Info("Reconciling Gateway")
+
+	var found bool = true
+	var gw v1alpha2.Gateway
+	err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &gw)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			log.Error(err, "Failed to get Gateway")
+			return reconcile.Result{}, err
+		}
+		found = false
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		r.impl.Remove(req.Name)
+		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
+	r.impl.Upsert(&gw)
+	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/gatewayclass_controller.go b/pkg/sdk/gatewayclass_controller.go
index f98ca267d5..c97561da2c 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/gatewayclass_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/gatewayclass_controller.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func RegisterGatewayClassController(mgr manager.Manager, impl GatewayClassImpl)
 
 func (r *gatewayClassReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, error) {
 	log := logr.FromContext(ctx).WithValues("gatewayclass", req.Name)
-	log.V(3).Info("reconciling GatewayClass")
+	log.V(3).Info("Reconciling GatewayClass")
 
 	var gc v1alpha2.GatewayClass
 	found := true
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (r *gatewayClassReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Re
 	err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &gc)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			log.Error(err, "fail to get GatewayClass")
+			log.Error(err, "Failed to get GatewayClass")
 			return reconcile.Result{}, err
 		}
 		found = false
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go b/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go
index 47ec432757..e43017d7be 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 package sdk
 
-import "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+import (
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+)
 
 type GatewayClassImpl interface {
 	Upsert(gc *v1alpha2.GatewayClass)
 	Remove(key string)
 }
+
+type GatewayImpl interface {
+	Upsert(*v1alpha2.Gateway)
+	Remove(string)
+}