diff --git a/cypress/e2e/po/pages/chart-repositories.po.ts b/cypress/e2e/po/pages/chart-repositories.po.ts
index 95514e0e5fe..7dbc399f693 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/po/pages/chart-repositories.po.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/po/pages/chart-repositories.po.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default class ChartRepositoriesPagePo extends PagePo {
   }
 
   create() {
-    return this.list().masthead().actions().contains('Create')
+    return this.list().masthead().actions().contains('Add Repository')
       .click();
   }
 
diff --git a/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml b/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
index 0c544f0a6e7..45d3600fc91 100644
--- a/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
+++ b/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
@@ -1379,6 +1379,7 @@ catalog:
       releaseName: Release Name
       releaseNamespace: Release Namespace
   repo:
+    add: Add Repository
     action:
       refresh: Refresh
     all: All
diff --git a/shell/config/product/apps.js b/shell/config/product/apps.js
index cd37affb07d..b771aa62d04 100644
--- a/shell/config/product/apps.js
+++ b/shell/config/product/apps.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export function init(store) {
 
   configureType(CATALOG.APP, { isCreatable: false, isEditable: false });
   configureType(CATALOG.OPERATION, { isCreatable: false, isEditable: false });
+  configureType(CATALOG.CLUSTER_REPO, { listCreateButtonLabelKey: 'catalog.repo.add' });
 
   const repoType = {
     name:     'type',
diff --git a/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue b/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue
index d7cade41e0c..e5b3d23f1b5 100644
--- a/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import CreateEditView from '@shell/mixins/create-edit-view';
+import AsyncButton from '@shell/components/AsyncButton.vue';
 import Footer from '@shell/components/form/Footer';
 import { LabeledInput } from '@components/Form/LabeledInput';
 import NameNsDescription from '@shell/components/form/NameNsDescription';
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export default {
   emits: ['input'],
 
   components: {
+    AsyncButton,
     Footer,
     LabeledInput,
     NameNsDescription,
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ export default {
       ociMaxRetries:       this.value.spec.exponentialBackOffValues?.maxRetries,
       getVersionData,
       isView:              this.mode === _VIEW,
+      isCreate:            this.mode === _CREATE,
       clusterRepoTargets,
       previousName:        '',
       previousDescription: '',
@@ -450,7 +453,17 @@ export default {
       :errors="errors"
       @save="save"
       @done="done"
-    />
+    >
+      <template
+        v-if="isCreate"
+        #save
+      >
+        <AsyncButton
+          :action-label="t('catalog.repo.add')"
+          @click="save"
+        />
+      </template>
+    </Footer>
   </form>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/shell/models/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.js b/shell/models/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.js
index db167268135..b8b8ad26eec 100644
--- a/shell/models/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.js
+++ b/shell/models/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { CATALOG } from '@shell/config/labels-annotations';
 import { insertAt } from '@shell/utils/array';
 import { CLUSTER_REPO_APPCO_AUTH_GENERATE_NAME, CATALOG as CATALOG_TYPE } from '@shell/config/types';
 import { colorForState, stateDisplay } from '@shell/plugins/dashboard-store/resource-class';
+import { _CREATE } from '@shell/config/query-params';
 
 import SteveModel from '@shell/plugins/steve/steve-class';
 
@@ -173,6 +174,14 @@ export default class ClusterRepo extends SteveModel {
     return this.$rootGetters['i18n/withFallback'](key, null, name);
   }
 
+  detailPageHeaderActionOverride(realMode) {
+    if (realMode === _CREATE) {
+      return this.t('catalog.repo.add');
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   get urlDisplay() {
     return this.status?.url || this.spec.gitRepo || this.spec.url;
   }