diff --git a/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go b/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go
index dfe614eee6..1a52a48bea 100644
--- a/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go
+++ b/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ var (
 	operationTimeout     = flag.Duration("timeout", 10*time.Second, "Timeout for waiting for creation or deletion of a volume")
 	_                    = deprecatedflags.Add("provisioner")
 
-	enableLeaderElection = flag.Bool("enable-leader-election", false, "Enables leader election. If leader election is enabled, additional RBAC rules are required. Please refer to the Kubernetes CSI documentation for instructions on setting up these RBAC rules.")
-	leaderElectionType   = flag.String("leader-election-type", "endpoints", "the type of leader election, options are 'endpoints' (default) or 'leases' (strongly recommended). The 'endpoints' option is deprecated in favor of 'leases'.")
-	strictTopology       = flag.Bool("strict-topology", false, "Passes only selected node topology to CreateVolume Request, unlike default behavior of passing aggregated cluster topologies that match with topology keys of the selected node.")
+	enableLeaderElection    = flag.Bool("enable-leader-election", false, "Enables leader election. If leader election is enabled, additional RBAC rules are required. Please refer to the Kubernetes CSI documentation for instructions on setting up these RBAC rules.")
+	leaderElectionType      = flag.String("leader-election-type", "endpoints", "the type of leader election, options are 'endpoints' (default) or 'leases' (strongly recommended). The 'endpoints' option is deprecated in favor of 'leases'.")
+	leaderElectionNamespace = flag.String("leader-election-namespace", "", "Namespace where the leader election resource lives. Defaults to the pod namespace if not set.")
+	strictTopology          = flag.Bool("strict-topology", false, "Passes only selected node topology to CreateVolume Request, unlike default behavior of passing aggregated cluster topologies that match with topology keys of the selected node.")
 
 	featureGates        map[string]bool
 	provisionController *controller.ProvisionController
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ var (
 
 type leaderElection interface {
 	Run() error
+	WithNamespace(namespace string)
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ func main() {
 	identity := strconv.FormatInt(timeStamp, 10) + "-" + strconv.Itoa(rand.Intn(10000)) + "-" + provisionerName
 
 	provisionerOptions := []func(*controller.ProvisionController) error{
-		controller.LeaderElection(false),    // Always disable leader election in provisioner lib. Leader election should be done here in the CSI provisioner level instead.
+		controller.LeaderElection(false), // Always disable leader election in provisioner lib. Leader election should be done here in the CSI provisioner level instead.
 		controller.FailedProvisionThreshold(0),
 		controller.FailedDeleteThreshold(0),
 		controller.RateLimiter(workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(*retryIntervalStart, *retryIntervalMax)),
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Create the provisioner: it implements the Provisioner interface expected by
-	// the controllert
+	// the controller
 	csiProvisioner := ctrl.NewCSIProvisioner(clientset, *operationTimeout, identity, *volumeNamePrefix, *volumeNameUUIDLength, grpcClient, snapClient, provisionerName, pluginCapabilities, controllerCapabilities, supportsMigrationFromInTreePluginName, *strictTopology)
 	provisionController = controller.NewProvisionController(
 		clientset,
@@ -210,6 +212,10 @@ func main() {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
+		if *leaderElectionNamespace != "" {
+			le.WithNamespace(*leaderElectionNamespace)
+		}
+
 		if err := le.Run(); err != nil {
 			klog.Fatalf("failed to initialize leader election: %v", err)
 		}