diff --git a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md
index 0f1bb8fc..6b49c66e 100644
--- a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md
+++ b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ The same for container level, you need to set:
 | Key | Type | Default | Description |
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
 | affinity | object | `{}` |  |
+| annotations | object | `{}` | Add annotations to Apache APISIX ingress controller resource |
 | autoscaling.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | autoscaling.maxReplicas | int | `100` |  |
 | autoscaling.minReplicas | int | `1` |  |
diff --git a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
index ccddd9e7..80bd41d0 100644
--- a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "apisix-ingress-controller.fullname" . }}
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  annotations:
+  {{- range $key, $value := .Values.annotations }}
+    {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
   labels:
     {{- include "apisix-ingress-controller.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
diff --git a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml
index 74cbc93e..4d5f44e3 100644
--- a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ labelsOverride: {}
 #   app.kubernetes.io/name: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
 #   app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ include "apisix-ingress-controller.name" . }}'
 
+# -- Add annotations to Apache APISIX ingress controller resource
+annotations: {}
+
 rbac:
   # -- Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created
   create: true