diff --git a/packaging/helm-charts/helm3/strimzi-kafka-operator/templates/060-Deployment-strimzi-cluster-operator.yaml b/packaging/helm-charts/helm3/strimzi-kafka-operator/templates/060-Deployment-strimzi-cluster-operator.yaml
index 12c817668b0..00b062913ff 100644
--- a/packaging/helm-charts/helm3/strimzi-kafka-operator/templates/060-Deployment-strimzi-cluster-operator.yaml
+++ b/packaging/helm-charts/helm3/strimzi-kafka-operator/templates/060-Deployment-strimzi-cluster-operator.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ spec:
             - name: {{ .Values.logVolume }}
               mountPath: /opt/strimzi/custom-config/
           env:
+            {{- if .Values.kubernetesMaster }}
+            - name: KUBERNETES_MASTER
+              value: {{ .Values.kubernetesMaster }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.kubernetesDisableHostVerification }}
+            - name: KUBERNETES_DISABLE_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION
+              value: {{ .Values.kubernetesDisableHostVerification | quote }}
+            {{- end }}
             - name: STRIMZI_NAMESPACE
               {{- if .Values.watchAnyNamespace }}
               value: "*"