diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master.yaml
index d7cd74a54c900..8e39e7f068fb4 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ base_images:
     name: "4.19"
     namespace: origin
     tag: operator-sdk
+  tls-scanner-tool:
+    name: tls-scanner
+    namespace: tls-scanner
+    tag: tls-scanner-tool
   upi-installer:
     name: "4.22"
     namespace: ocp
@@ -424,6 +428,108 @@ tests:
         requests:
           cpu: 100m
     workflow: openshift-e2e-azure-manual-oidc-workload-identity
+- always_run: false
+  as: tls-scanner
+  optional: true
+  steps:
+    cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
+    dependencies:
+      OO_BUNDLE: cert-manager-operator-bundle
+    env:
+      OO_INSTALL_MODE: AllNamespaces
+      OO_INSTALL_NAMESPACE: cert-manager-operator
+      OO_SECURITY_CONTEXT: restricted
+      SCAN_NAMESPACE: cert-manager-operator,cert-manager
+      SCANNER_CPU: "1"
+      SCANNER_MEMORY: 1Gi
+      TLS_13_ENABLE_TLS_ADHERENCE: "true"
+      TLS_13_TLS_ADHERENCE_POLICY: StrictAllComponents
+    test:
+    - as: deploy-operand
+      cli: latest
+      commands: |-
+        set -o errexit
+        set -o nounset
+        set -o pipefail
+
+        echo "Waiting for default cert-manager operand deployments..."
+        oc wait --for=create namespace/cert-manager --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=create -n cert-manager deployment/cert-manager --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=create -n cert-manager deployment/cert-manager-webhook --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=create -n cert-manager deployment/cert-manager-cainjector --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=condition=Available -n cert-manager deployment/cert-manager --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=condition=Available -n cert-manager deployment/cert-manager-webhook --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=condition=Available -n cert-manager deployment/cert-manager-cainjector --timeout=5m
+
+        echo "Enabling TrustManager feature gate via subscription..."
+        # operator-sdk run bundle creates a versioned Subscription name
+        # (e.g. cert-manager-operator-v1-20-0-sub), not a fixed cert-manager-operator.
+        # Match e2e getCertManagerOperatorSubscription: list and patch the one present.
+        SUB=$(oc -n cert-manager-operator get subscriptions.operators.coreos.com -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+        if [[ -z "${SUB}" ]]; then
+          echo "No Subscription found in cert-manager-operator namespace"
+          oc -n cert-manager-operator get subscriptions.operators.coreos.com -o yaml || true
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Patching Subscription ${SUB} (preserve existing env, match e2e patchSubscriptionWithEnvVars)"
+        PATCH=$(oc -n cert-manager-operator get "subscription/${SUB}" -o json | python3 -c 'import json,sys; sub=json.load(sys.stdin); cfg=(sub.get("spec") or {}).get("config") or {}; env=[e for e in (cfg.get("env") or []) if e.get("name")!="UNSUPPORTED_ADDON_FEATURES"]; env.append({"name":"UNSUPPORTED_ADDON_FEATURES","value":"TrustManager=true"}); print(json.dumps({"spec":{"config":{"env":env}}}))')
+        oc -n cert-manager-operator patch "subscription/${SUB}" --type=merge -p "${PATCH}"
+
+        echo "Waiting for TrustManager feature gate on operator deployment env and rollout..."
+        FOUND=false
+        for _ in $(seq 1 60); do
+          ENV_VAL=$(oc -n cert-manager-operator get deploy/cert-manager-operator-controller-manager \
+            -o jsonpath='{range .spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="UNSUPPORTED_ADDON_FEATURES")]}{.value}{end}' 2>/dev/null || true)
+          if [[ "${ENV_VAL}" == "TrustManager=true" ]]; then
+            echo "Found UNSUPPORTED_ADDON_FEATURES=${ENV_VAL} on operator deployment"
+            FOUND=true
+            break
+          fi
+          sleep 5
+        done
+        if [[ "${FOUND}" != "true" ]]; then
+          echo "Timed out waiting for UNSUPPORTED_ADDON_FEATURES=TrustManager=true on operator deployment"
+          oc -n cert-manager-operator get deploy/cert-manager-operator-controller-manager -o yaml || true
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        oc -n cert-manager-operator rollout status deployment/cert-manager-operator-controller-manager --timeout=5m
+
+        echo "Creating TrustManager CR (minimal, match e2e newTrustManagerCR)..."
+        oc apply -f - <<EOF
+        apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1alpha1
+        kind: TrustManager
+        metadata:
+          name: cluster
+        spec:
+          trustManagerConfig: {}
+        EOF
+
+        echo "Waiting for TrustManager Ready and trust-manager deployment..."
+        FOUND=false
+        for _ in $(seq 1 60); do
+          READY=$(oc get trustmanagers.operator.openshift.io cluster \
+            -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status}' 2>/dev/null || true)
+          if [[ "${READY}" == "True" ]]; then
+            echo "TrustManager CR is Ready"
+            FOUND=true
+            break
+          fi
+          sleep 5
+        done
+        if [[ "${FOUND}" != "true" ]]; then
+          echo "Timed out waiting for TrustManager Ready=True"
+          oc get trustmanagers.operator.openshift.io cluster -o yaml || true
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        oc wait --for=create -n cert-manager deployment/trust-manager --timeout=5m
+        oc wait --for=condition=Available -n cert-manager deployment/trust-manager --timeout=5m
+      from: src
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 100m
+    - ref: tls-13
+    - ref: tls-scanner-run
+    workflow: optional-operators-ci-operator-sdk-aws
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: master
   org: openshift
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master-presubmits.yaml
index 04e8fe2a11d0e..296e057a1a33c 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cert-manager-operator/openshift-cert-manager-operator-master-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1382,6 +1382,96 @@ presubmits:
         secret:
           secretName: result-aggregator
     trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )images,?($|\s.*)
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: false
+    branches:
+    - ^master$
+    - ^master-
+    cluster: build10
+    context: ci/prow/tls-scanner
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      sparse_checkout_files:
+      - .ci-operator.yaml
+      - images/ci/Dockerfile
+      - images/ci/Dockerfile.coverage
+      - images/ci/certmanager.Dockerfile
+      - images/ci/istiocsr.Dockerfile
+      - images/ci/trustmanager.Dockerfile
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: aws
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: openshift-org-aws
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      job-release: "4.22"
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-cert-manager-operator-master-tls-scanner
+    optional: true
+    rerun_command: /test tls-scanner
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --secret-dir=/secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+        - --target=tls-scanner
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        env:
+        - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: status.podIP
+        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8080
+          name: http
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+          name: boskos
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+          name: ci-pull-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: boskos
+        secret:
+          items:
+          - key: credentials
+            path: credentials
+          secretName: boskos-credentials
+      - name: ci-pull-credentials
+        secret:
+          secretName: ci-pull-credentials
+      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        secret:
+          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )tls-scanner,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches: