diff --git a/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 806d0b1c1..ef1903474 100644
--- a/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ spec:
         resources:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.env.manager }}
+        env:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- with .Values.containerSecurityContext.manager }}
         securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/values.yaml b/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/values.yaml
index d19ae1014..aea3cdd2d 100644
--- a/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/hack/charts/cluster-api-operator/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ image:
     repository: gcr.io/k8s-staging-capi-operator/cluster-api-operator
     tag: dev
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+env:
+  manager: []
 healthAddr: ":8081"
 metricsBindAddr: "127.0.0.1:8080"
 diagnosticsAddress: "8443"