diff --git a/chart/open-feature-operator/README.md b/chart/open-feature-operator/README.md
index cd8894d09..6a5f12a53 100644
--- a/chart/open-feature-operator/README.md
+++ b/chart/open-feature-operator/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | Name               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Value                          |
 | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
 | `defaultNamespace` | To override the namespace use the `--namespace` flag. This default is provided to ensure that the kustomize build charts in `/templates` deploy correctly when no `namespace` is provided via the `-n` flag. | `open-feature-operator-system` |
+| `imagePullSecret`  | Secret containing credentials for images pulled by the operator (flagdProxyConfiguration.image, flagdConfiguration.image, controllerManager.manager.image, controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image).           | `""`                           |
 
 ### Sidecar configuration
 
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.resources.requests.cpu`                  | Sets cpu resource requests for kube-rbac-proxy.          | `5m`                                         |
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.resources.requests.memory`               | Sets memory resource requests for kube-rbac-proxy.       | `64Mi`                                       |
 | `controllerManager.manager.image.repository`                              | Sets the image for the operator.                         | `ghcr.io/open-feature/open-feature-operator` |
-| `controllerManager.manager.image.tag`                                     | Sets the version tag for the operator.                   | `v0.5.7`                                     |
+| `controllerManager.manager.image.tag`                                     | Sets the version tag for the operator.                   | `v0.6.0`                                     |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.limits.cpu`                          | Sets cpu resource limits for operator.                   | `500m`                                       |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.limits.memory`                       | Sets memory resource limits for operator.                | `128Mi`                                      |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.requests.cpu`                        | Sets cpu resource requests for operator.                 | `10m`                                        |
diff --git a/chart/open-feature-operator/values.yaml b/chart/open-feature-operator/values.yaml
index 0500e0f93..822cfc010 100644
--- a/chart/open-feature-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/open-feature-operator/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 ## @section Global
 ## @param  defaultNamespace To override the namespace use the `--namespace` flag. This default is provided to ensure that the kustomize build charts in `/templates` deploy correctly when no `namespace` is provided via the `-n` flag.
 defaultNamespace: open-feature-operator-system
+## @param imagePullSecret Secret containing credentials for images pulled by the operator (flagdProxyConfiguration.image, flagdConfiguration.image, controllerManager.manager.image, controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image).
+imagePullSecret: ""
 
 ## @section Sidecar configuration
 sidecarConfiguration:
diff --git a/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy.go b/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy.go
index f410b5c0b..e1ea4932c 100644
--- a/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy.go
+++ b/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy.go
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ type FlagdProxyConfiguration struct {
 	Tag                    string
 	Namespace              string
 	OperatorDeploymentName string
+	ImagePullSecret        string
 }
 
-func NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env types.EnvConfig) *FlagdProxyConfiguration {
+func NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env types.EnvConfig, imagePullSecret string) *FlagdProxyConfiguration {
 	return &FlagdProxyConfiguration{
 		Image:                  env.FlagdProxyImage,
 		Tag:                    env.FlagdProxyTag,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env types.EnvConfig) *FlagdProxyConfiguration {
 		Port:                   env.FlagdProxyPort,
 		ManagementPort:         env.FlagdProxyManagementPort,
 		DebugLogging:           env.FlagdProxyDebugLogging,
+		ImagePullSecret:        imagePullSecret,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +145,13 @@ func (f *FlagdProxyHandler) newFlagdProxyManifest(ownerReference *metav1.OwnerRe
 	if f.config.DebugLogging {
 		args = append(args, "--debug")
 	}
+	imagePullSecrets := []corev1.LocalObjectReference{}
+	if f.config.ImagePullSecret != "" {
+		imagePullSecrets = append(imagePullSecrets, corev1.LocalObjectReference{
+			Name: f.config.ImagePullSecret,
+		})
+	}
+
 	return &appsV1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      FlagdProxyDeploymentName,
@@ -172,6 +181,7 @@ func (f *FlagdProxyHandler) newFlagdProxyManifest(ownerReference *metav1.OwnerRe
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					ServiceAccountName: FlagdProxyServiceAccountName,
+					ImagePullSecrets:   imagePullSecrets,
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
 						{
 							Image: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", f.config.Image, f.config.Tag),
diff --git a/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy_test.go b/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy_test.go
index 4a2fcc8e4..112336fc3 100644
--- a/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy_test.go
+++ b/common/flagdproxy/flagdproxy_test.go
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 )
 
+const pullSecret = "test-pullSecret"
+
 func TestNewFlagdProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+
 	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(types.EnvConfig{
 		FlagdProxyPort:           8015,
 		FlagdProxyManagementPort: 8016,
-	})
+	}, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 	require.Equal(t, &FlagdProxyConfiguration{
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ func TestNewFlagdProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 		ManagementPort:         8016,
 		DebugLogging:           false,
 		OperatorDeploymentName: common.OperatorDeploymentName,
+		ImagePullSecret:        pullSecret,
 	}, kpConfig)
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ func TestNewFlagdProxyConfiguration_OverrideEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 		FlagdProxyDebugLogging:   true,
 	}
 
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env)
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 	require.Equal(t, &FlagdProxyConfiguration{
@@ -55,11 +59,12 @@ func TestNewFlagdProxyConfiguration_OverrideEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 		Tag:                    "my-tag",
 		Namespace:              "my-namespace",
 		OperatorDeploymentName: common.OperatorDeploymentName,
+		ImagePullSecret:        pullSecret,
 	}, kpConfig)
 }
 
 func TestNewFlagdProxyHandler(t *testing.T) {
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(types.EnvConfig{})
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(types.EnvConfig{}, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ func TestDoesFlagdProxyExist(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env)
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ func TestFlagdProxyHandler_HandleFlagdProxy_ProxyExistsWithBadVersion(t *testing
 	env := types.EnvConfig{
 		PodNamespace: "ns",
 	}
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env)
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ func TestFlagdProxyHandler_HandleFlagdProxy_ProxyExistsWithoutLabel(t *testing.T
 	env := types.EnvConfig{
 		PodNamespace: "ns",
 	}
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env)
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 
@@ -231,7 +236,7 @@ func TestFlagdProxyHandler_HandleFlagdProxy_ProxyExistsWithNewestVersion(t *test
 	env := types.EnvConfig{
 		PodNamespace: "ns",
 	}
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env)
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 
@@ -275,7 +280,7 @@ func TestFlagdProxyHandler_HandleFlagdProxy_CreateProxy(t *testing.T) {
 		FlagdProxyManagementPort: 90,
 		FlagdProxyDebugLogging:   true,
 	}
-	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env)
+	kpConfig := NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, pullSecret)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, kpConfig)
 
@@ -356,6 +361,9 @@ func TestFlagdProxyHandler_HandleFlagdProxy_CreateProxy(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					ServiceAccountName: FlagdProxyServiceAccountName,
+					ImagePullSecrets: []corev1.LocalObjectReference{
+						{Name: pullSecret},
+					},
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
 						{
 							Image: "image:tag",
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/core.openfeature.dev_flagds.yaml b/config/crd/bases/core.openfeature.dev_flagds.yaml
index b736c4f5f..8240f52d2 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/core.openfeature.dev_flagds.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/core.openfeature.dev_flagds.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ spec:
                       Default: /flagd.evaluation.v1.Service
                     type: string
                   hosts:
-                    description: Hosts list of hosts to be added to the ingress
+                    description: |-
+                      Hosts list of hosts to be added to the ingress.
+                      Empty string corresponds to rule with no host.
                     items:
                       type: string
                     type: array
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ spec:
                           type: string
                       type: object
                     type: array
+                required:
+                - hosts
                 type: object
               replicas:
                 default: 1
diff --git a/config/overlays/helm/manager.yaml b/config/overlays/helm/manager.yaml
index 4f7e2a48a..e2c48c051 100644
--- a/config/overlays/helm/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/overlays/helm/manager.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 0{{ .Values.controllerManager.replicas }}
   template:
-    spec: 
+    spec:
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: "{{ .Values.imagePullSecret }}"
       containers:
         - name: manager
           image: "{{ .Values.controllerManager.manager.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.controllerManager.manager.image.tag }}"
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
             requests:
               cpu: "{{ .Values.controllerManager.manager.resources.requests.cpu }}"
               memory: "{{ .Values.controllerManager.manager.resources.requests.memory }}"
-          env: 
+          env:
           - name: SIDECAR_MANAGEMENT_PORT
             value: "{{ .Values.sidecarConfiguration.managementPort }}"
           - name: SIDECAR_PORT
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ spec:
             - --sidecar-ram-limit={{ .Values.sidecarConfiguration.resources.limits.memory }}
             - --sidecar-cpu-request={{ .Values.sidecarConfiguration.resources.requests.cpu }}
             - --sidecar-ram-request={{ .Values.sidecarConfiguration.resources.requests.memory }}
+            - --image-pull-secret={{ .Values.imagePullSecret }}
         - name: kube-rbac-proxy
           image: "{{ .Values.controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image.tag }}"
           resources:
diff --git a/controllers/core/featureflagsource/controller_test.go b/controllers/core/featureflagsource/controller_test.go
index ea4b1e821..b1069ef83 100644
--- a/controllers/core/featureflagsource/controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/core/featureflagsource/controller_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func TestFeatureFlagSourceReconciler_Reconcile(t *testing.T) {
 		testNamespace  = "test-namespace"
 		fsConfigName   = "test-config"
 		deploymentName = "test-deploy"
+		pullSecret     = "test-pullsecret"
 	)
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func TestFeatureFlagSourceReconciler_Reconcile(t *testing.T) {
 			kpConfig := flagdproxy.NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(commontypes.EnvConfig{
 				FlagdProxyImage: "ghcr.io/open-feature/flagd-proxy",
 				FlagdProxyTag:   flagdProxyTag,
-			})
+			}, pullSecret)
 
 			kpConfig.Namespace = testNamespace
 			kph := flagdproxy.NewFlagdProxyHandler(
diff --git a/controllers/core/flagd/common/common.go b/controllers/core/flagd/common/common.go
index 2ca793707..b66abe506 100644
--- a/controllers/core/flagd/common/common.go
+++ b/controllers/core/flagd/common/common.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package resources
 
 type FlagdConfiguration struct {
-	FlagdPort      int
-	OFREPPort      int
-	SyncPort       int
-	ManagementPort int
-	DebugLogging   bool
-	Image          string
-	Tag            string
+	FlagdPort       int
+	OFREPPort       int
+	SyncPort        int
+	ManagementPort  int
+	DebugLogging    bool
+	Image           string
+	Tag             string
+	ImagePullSecret string
 
 	OperatorNamespace      string
 	OperatorDeploymentName string
diff --git a/controllers/core/flagd/config.go b/controllers/core/flagd/config.go
index 3b0548966..624301954 100644
--- a/controllers/core/flagd/config.go
+++ b/controllers/core/flagd/config.go
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package flagd
 import (
 	"github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/common"
 	"github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/common/types"
-	"github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/controllers/core/flagd/common"
+	resources "github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/controllers/core/flagd/common"
 )
 
-func NewFlagdConfiguration(env types.EnvConfig) resources.FlagdConfiguration {
+func NewFlagdConfiguration(env types.EnvConfig, imagePullSecret string) resources.FlagdConfiguration {
 	return resources.FlagdConfiguration{
 		Image:                  env.FlagdImage,
 		Tag:                    env.FlagdTag,
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ func NewFlagdConfiguration(env types.EnvConfig) resources.FlagdConfiguration {
 		SyncPort:               env.FlagdSyncPort,
 		ManagementPort:         env.FlagdManagementPort,
 		DebugLogging:           env.FlagdDebugLogging,
+		ImagePullSecret:        imagePullSecret,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controllers/core/flagd/resources/deployment.go b/controllers/core/flagd/resources/deployment.go
index 285f8f285..dca133c1c 100644
--- a/controllers/core/flagd/resources/deployment.go
+++ b/controllers/core/flagd/resources/deployment.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	api "github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/apis/core/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/common"
 	"github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/common/flagdinjector"
-	"github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/controllers/core/flagd/common"
+	resources "github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/controllers/core/flagd/common"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ func (r *FlagdDeployment) GetResource(ctx context.Context, flagd *api.Flagd) (cl
 	}
 
 	featureFlagSource := &api.FeatureFlagSource{}
+	imagePullSecrets := []corev1.LocalObjectReference{}
+	if r.FlagdConfig.ImagePullSecret != "" {
+		imagePullSecrets = append(imagePullSecrets, corev1.LocalObjectReference{
+			Name: r.FlagdConfig.ImagePullSecret,
+		})
+	}
 
 	if err := r.Client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{
 		Namespace: flagd.Namespace,
@@ -94,8 +100,9 @@ func (r *FlagdDeployment) GetResource(ctx context.Context, flagd *api.Flagd) (cl
 		return nil, errors.New("no flagd container has been injected into deployment")
 	}
 
-	// override settings for the injected container for flagd standalone deployment mode
+	deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.ImagePullSecrets = imagePullSecrets
 
+	// override settings for the injected container for flagd standalone deployment mode
 	deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", r.FlagdConfig.Image, r.FlagdConfig.Tag)
 
 	deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Ports = []corev1.ContainerPort{
diff --git a/docs/crds.md b/docs/crds.md
index 3ab15217a..669653fd1 100644
--- a/docs/crds.md
+++ b/docs/crds.md
@@ -925,6 +925,14 @@ Ingress
         </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>hosts</b></td>
+        <td>[]string</td>
+        <td>
+          Hosts list of hosts to be added to the ingress.
+Empty string corresponds to rule with no host.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
         <td><b>annotations</b></td>
         <td>map[string]string</td>
         <td>
@@ -946,13 +954,6 @@ Ingress
 Default: /flagd.evaluation.v1.Service<br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
-      </tr><tr>
-        <td><b>hosts</b></td>
-        <td>[]string</td>
-        <td>
-          Hosts list of hosts to be added to the ingress<br/>
-        </td>
-        <td>false</td>
       </tr><tr>
         <td><b>ingressClassName</b></td>
         <td>string</td>
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 754efe87d..db1bd940c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ const (
 	sidecarRamLimitDefault         = "64M"
 	sidecarCpuRequestDefault       = "0.2"
 	sidecarRamRequestDefault       = "32M"
+	imagePullSecretFlagName        = "image-pull-secret"
+	imagePullSecretDefault         = ""
 )
 
 var (
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ var (
 	probeAddr                                                              string
 	verbose                                                                bool
 	sidecarCpuLimit, sidecarRamLimit, sidecarCpuRequest, sidecarRamRequest string
+	imagePullSecret                                                        string
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -103,6 +106,8 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&sidecarCpuRequest, sidecarCpuRequestFlagName, sidecarCpuRequestDefault, "sidecar CPU minimum, in cores. (500m = .5 cores)")
 	flag.StringVar(&sidecarRamRequest, sidecarRamRequestFlagName, sidecarRamRequestDefault, "sidecar memory minimum, in bytes. (500Gi = 500GiB = 500 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)")
 
+	flag.StringVar(&imagePullSecret, imagePullSecretFlagName, imagePullSecretDefault, "secret containing credentials to pull images.")
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	level := zapcore.InfoLevel
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	kph := flagdproxy.NewFlagdProxyHandler(
-		flagdproxy.NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env),
+		flagdproxy.NewFlagdProxyConfiguration(env, imagePullSecret),
 		mgr.GetClient(),
 		ctrl.Log.WithName("FeatureFlagSource FlagdProxyHandler"),
 	)
@@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ func main() {
 		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
 		Log:    flagdControllerLogger,
 	}
-	flagdConfig := flagd.NewFlagdConfiguration(env)
+	flagdConfig := flagd.NewFlagdConfiguration(env, imagePullSecret)
 
 	if err = (&flagd.FlagdReconciler{
 		Client:             mgr.GetClient(),