diff --git a/charts/spark-operator-chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/spark-operator-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 959e4ed1b..c4823a642 100644
--- a/charts/spark-operator-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/spark-operator-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "spark-operator.fullname" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "spark-operator.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   selector:
diff --git a/charts/spark-operator-chart/values.yaml b/charts/spark-operator-chart/values.yaml
index f169df474..0660871c3 100644
--- a/charts/spark-operator-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/spark-operator-chart/values.yaml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ tolerations: []
 # affinity -- Affinity for pod assignment
 affinity: {}
 
+# annotations -- Additional annotations to add to the deployment
+annotations: {}
+
 # podAnnotations -- Additional annotations to add to the pod
 podAnnotations: {}