diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 934ac408e4..6827b0ae6b 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ keywords:
 - metric
 - monitoring
 - prometheus
-version: 0.4.0
+version: 0.5.0
 appVersion: 1.1.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md b/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
index f2c3a6cb15..06d95eb87c 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $ helm install stable/kube-state-metrics
 | `prometheusScrape`                  | Whether or not enable prom scrape                       | True                                        |
 | `rbac.create`                       | If true, create & use RBAC resources                    | False                                       |
 | `rbac.serviceAccountName`           | ServiceAccount to be used (ignored if rbac.create=true) | default                                     |
+| `podAnnotations`                    | Annotations to be added to the pod                      | {}                                     |
 | `resources`                         | kube-state-metrics resource requests and limits         | {}                                          |
 | `collectors.daemonsets`             | Enable the daemonsets collector.                        | true                                        |
 | `collectors.deployments`            | Enable the deployments collector.                       | true                                        |
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index e7a09d0066..5146c4355c 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{ template "kube-state-metrics.name" . }}
         release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+{{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ if .Values.rbac.create }}{{ template "kube-state-metrics.fullname" . }}{{ else }}"{{ .Values.rbac.serviceAccountName }}"{{ end }}
       containers:
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 5ce04254cf..980b0da3c4 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ rbac:
   # Ignored if rbac.create is true
   serviceAccountName: default
 
+# Annotations to be added to the pod
+podAnnotations: {}
+
 # Available collectors for kube-state-metrics. By default all available
 # collectors are enabled.
 collectors: