diff --git a/charts/atlas-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/atlas-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 95df3d49..72c35d57 100644
--- a/charts/atlas-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/atlas-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ spec:
             valueFrom:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+          {{- with .Values.extraEnvs }}
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 80
diff --git a/charts/atlas-operator/values.yaml b/charts/atlas-operator/values.yaml
index cd82d773..8e35de2a 100644
--- a/charts/atlas-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/atlas-operator/values.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ podSecurityContext:
 # More information: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/
 securityContext:
   allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  
+# configure extra environment variables
+# Extra environment variables are writen in kubernetes format and added "as is" to the pod's env variables
+# https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-environment-variable-container/
+# https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/workload-resources/pod-v1/#environment-variables
+extraEnvs:
+  []
+  # Exemple of setting environment variables
+  # - name: MY_VAR
+  #   value: my-value
+  # - name: GOMEMLIMIT
+  #   valueFrom:
+  #     resourceFieldRef:
+  #       resource: limits.memory
 
 # resources sets resources for the Operator container.
 # More information: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/