diff --git a/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml
index 5dddd014..c52dacca 100644
--- a/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{ include "loadtester.name" . }}
         app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "loadtester.name" . }}
+      {{- range $key, $value := .Values.podLabels }}
+        {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+      {{- end }}
       annotations:
         appmesh.k8s.aws/ports: "444"
         openservicemesh.io/inbound-port-exclusion-list: "80, 8080"
diff --git a/charts/loadtester/values.yaml b/charts/loadtester/values.yaml
index edcd5b3c..22104be4 100644
--- a/charts/loadtester/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/loadtester/values.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ image:
   tag: 0.18.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
+podLabels: {}
+
 podAnnotations:
   prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
   prometheus.io/port: "8080"