diff --git a/keda/README.md b/keda/README.md
index b9137bfa..28295c4d 100644
--- a/keda/README.md
+++ b/keda/README.md
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ their default values.
 | `logging.operator.timeEncoding` | string | `"rfc3339"` | Logging time encoding for KEDA Operator. allowed values are `epoch`, `millis`, `nano`, `iso8601`, `rfc3339` or `rfc3339nano` |
 | `operator.affinity` | object | `{}` | [Affinity] for pod scheduling for KEDA operator. Takes precedence over the `affinity` field |
 | `operator.disableCompression` | bool | `true` | Disable response compression for k8s restAPI in client-go. Disabling compression simply means that turns off the process of making data smaller for K8s restAPI in client-go for faster transmission. |
+| `operator.extraContainers` | list | `[]` | Additional containers to run as part of the operator deployment |
+| `operator.extraInitContainers` | list | `[]` | Additional init containers to run as part of the operator deployment |
 | `operator.livenessProbe` | object | `{"failureThreshold":3,"initialDelaySeconds":25,"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":1}` | Liveness probes for operator ([docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/)) |
 | `operator.name` | string | `"keda-operator"` | Name of the KEDA operator |
 | `operator.readinessProbe` | object | `{"failureThreshold":3,"initialDelaySeconds":20,"periodSeconds":3,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":1}` | Readiness probes for operator ([docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/#define-readiness-probes)) |
diff --git a/keda/templates/manager/deployment.yaml b/keda/templates/manager/deployment.yaml
index c70d7546..b2d46da0 100644
--- a/keda/templates/manager/deployment.yaml
+++ b/keda/templates/manager/deployment.yaml
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ spec:
             {{- else }}
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
             {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.operator.extraContainers }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.operator.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.operator.extraInitContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+      {{- toYaml .Values.operator.extraInitContainers | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: certificates
         secret:
diff --git a/keda/values.yaml b/keda/values.yaml
index 6bedab51..fb7bfe5a 100644
--- a/keda/values.yaml
+++ b/keda/values.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ operator:
     #         values:
     #         - keda-operator
     #     topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+  # -- Additional containers to run as part of the operator deployment
+  extraContainers: []
+  # -- Additional init containers to run as part of the operator deployment
+  extraInitContainers: []
   # -- Liveness probes for operator ([docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/))
   livenessProbe:
     initialDelaySeconds: 25
@@ -756,7 +760,7 @@ certificates:
       #   my-secret-annotation-2: "bar"
       # labels:
       #   my-secret-label: foo
-    # -- Reference to custom Issuer.
+    # -- Reference to custom Issuer. If issuer.generate is false, then issuer.group, issuer.kind and issuer.name are required
     issuer:
       # -- Generates an Issuer resource with Cert-manager
       generate: true