diff --git a/pkg/csi/rbddeployment.go b/pkg/csi/rbddeployment.go
index 4cdd64bc..25f1e331 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/rbddeployment.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/rbddeployment.go
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ func GetRBDDeployment(namespace string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	)
 	snapshotter.Image = sidecarImages.ContainerImages.SnapshotterImageURL
 
+	csiAddons := templates.CSIAddonsContainer.DeepCopy()
+	csiAddons.Args = append(csiAddons.Args,
+		fmt.Sprintf("--leader-election-namespace=%s", namespace),
+	)
+	csiAddons.Image = sidecarImages.ContainerImages.CSIADDONSImageURL
+
 	return &appsv1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      RBDDeploymentName,
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ func GetRBDDeployment(namespace string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 						*attacher,
 						*resizer,
 						*snapshotter,
+						*csiAddons,
 						v1.Container{
 							Name:            "csi-rbdplugin",
 							Image:           sidecarImages.ContainerImages.CephCSIImageURL,
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@ func GetRBDDeployment(namespace string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 								"--pidlimit=-1",
 								"--type=rbd",
 								"--controllerserver=true",
+								fmt.Sprintf("--csi-addons-endpoint=%s", templates.DefaultCSIAddonsSocketPath),
 								fmt.Sprintf("--drivername=%s", GetRBDDriverName()),
 							},
 							Resources: templates.RBDPluginResourceRequirements,
diff --git a/pkg/templates/csisidecars.go b/pkg/templates/csisidecars.go
index 3afa9222..6b15a1b0 100644
--- a/pkg/templates/csisidecars.go
+++ b/pkg/templates/csisidecars.go
@@ -143,6 +143,67 @@ var SnapshotterContainer = &corev1.Container{
 	},
 }
 
+var CSIAddonsContainer = &corev1.Container{
+	Name: "csi-addons",
+	Args: []string{
+		"--node-id=$(NODE_ID)",
+		"--v=5",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--csi-addons-address=%s", DefaultCSIAddonsSocketPath),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--controller-port=%v", DefaultCSIAddonsContainerPort),
+		"--pod=$(POD_NAME)",
+		"--namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)",
+		"--pod-uid=$(POD_UID)",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--stagingpath=%s", DefaultStagingPath),
+	},
+	Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
+		{
+			ContainerPort: DefaultCSIAddonsContainerPort,
+		},
+	},
+	EnvFrom: nil,
+	Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
+		{
+			Name: "NODE_ID",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+					FieldPath: "spec.nodeName",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "POD_UID",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+					FieldPath: "metadata.uid",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "POD_NAME",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+					FieldPath: "metadata.name",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "POD_NAMESPACE",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+					FieldPath: "metadata.namespace",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
+		{
+			Name:      "socket-dir",
+			MountPath: DefaultSocketDir,
+		},
+	},
+	ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
+}
+
 var DriverRegistrar = &corev1.Container{
 	Name:            "csi-driver-registrar",
 	ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
diff --git a/pkg/templates/defaults.go b/pkg/templates/defaults.go
index b051fb33..ccfbce7c 100644
--- a/pkg/templates/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/templates/defaults.go
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ const (
 	DefaultKubeletDirPath        = "/var/lib/kubelet"
 	DefaultProvisionerSocketPath = "unix:///csi/csi-provisioner.sock"
 	DefaultPluginSocketPath      = "unix:///csi/csi.sock"
+	DefaultCSIAddonsSocketPath   = "unix:///csi/csi-addons.sock"
 	DefaultSocketDir             = "/csi"
+	DefaultStagingPath           = "/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/csi/"
 
 	// configmap names
 	MonConfigMapName        = "ceph-csi-configs"
 	EncryptionConfigMapName = "ceph-csi-kms-config"
+
+	// default port numbers
+	DefaultCSIAddonsContainerPort = int32(9070)
 )