diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml
index f43fa381c5..f7f9acdf25 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: Elasticsearch stats exporter for Prometheus
 name: elasticsearch-exporter
-version: 0.2.2
+version: 0.3.0
 appVersion: 1.0.2
 home: https://github.com/justwatchcom/elasticsearch_exporter
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md
index 5d3408ecca..2f38cc86f4 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `resources` | resource requests & limits | `{}`
 `priorityClassName` | priorityClassName | `nil` |
 `nodeSelector` | Node labels for pod assignment | `{}` |
+`podAnnotations` | Pod annotations | `{}` |
 `service.type` | type of service to create | `ClusterIP`
 `service.httpPort` | port for the http service | `9108`
 `es.uri` | address of the Elasticsearch node to connect to | `localhost:9200`
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index cbffc2e87a..54794918ca 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{ template "elasticsearch-exporter.name" . }}
         release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+      {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
 {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
       priorityClassName: "{{ .Values.priorityClassName }}"
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml
index eaa3d4421c..949b4415cd 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ priorityClassName: ""
 
 nodeSelector: {}
 
+podAnnotations: {}
+
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
   httpPort: 9108