diff --git a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml
index 69369245..b2687717 100644
--- a/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml
+++ b/charts/community-operator/templates/operator.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ spec:
         {{- with .Values.operator.podLabels }}
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.operator.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
diff --git a/charts/community-operator/values.yaml b/charts/community-operator/values.yaml
index eddd43e4..b71b1466 100644
--- a/charts/community-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/community-operator/values.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ operator:
   # Version of mongodb-kubernetes-operator
   version: 0.13.0
 
+  # Additional annotations to be added to the operator pod
+  podAnnotations: {}
+
   # Uncomment this line to watch all namespaces
   # watchNamespace: "*"