diff --git a/charts/k8s-aws-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/k8s-aws-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index f3e4927..2985cd9 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-aws-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-aws-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ spec:
         resources: {{ .Values.resources | toYaml | nindent 10 }}
         args:
         - -region={{ required "aws.region is required" .Values.aws.region }}
+        {{- range $key, $value := .Values.containerArgs }}
+        - -{{- $key }}={{ $value }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if or .Values.leaderElection.enabled (gt (.Values.replicas | int) 1) }}
         - -leader-election-namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/k8s-aws-operator/values.yaml b/charts/k8s-aws-operator/values.yaml
index 073d61d..c8df0da 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-aws-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-aws-operator/values.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ metrics:
     - port: metrics
   service:
     clusterIP:
+
+# additional arguments for operator deployment
+containerArgs: {}
+#  default-tags: test=test