diff --git a/modules/asm/README.md b/modules/asm/README.md
index fbe2311e8..f62e1cf47 100644
--- a/modules/asm/README.md
+++ b/modules/asm/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ To deploy this config:
 
 | Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
 |------|-------------|:----:|:-----:|:-----:|
+| asm\_dir | Name of directory to keep ASM resource config files. | string | `"asm-dir"` | no |
+| asm\_version | ASM version to deploy. Available versions are documented in https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/anthos-service-mesh-packages | string | `"release-1.6-asm"` | no |
 | cluster\_endpoint | The GKE cluster endpoint. | string | n/a | yes |
 | cluster\_name | The unique name to identify the cluster in ASM. | string | n/a | yes |
 | enable\_gke\_hub\_registration | Enables GKE Hub Registration when set to true | bool | `"true"` | no |
diff --git a/modules/asm/main.tf b/modules/asm/main.tf
index 27d0c2045..22b8bbc2a 100644
--- a/modules/asm/main.tf
+++ b/modules/asm/main.tf
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module "asm_install" {
   project_id            = var.project_id
 
 
-  kubectl_create_command  = "${path.module}/scripts/install_asm.sh ${var.project_id} ${var.cluster_name} ${var.location}"
+  kubectl_create_command  = "${path.module}/scripts/install_asm.sh ${var.project_id} ${var.cluster_name} ${var.location} ${var.asm_dir} ${var.asm_version}"
   kubectl_destroy_command = "kubectl delete ns istio-system"
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/asm/scripts/install_asm.sh b/modules/asm/scripts/install_asm.sh
index a71c45f3d..707cd7f9d 100755
--- a/modules/asm/scripts/install_asm.sh
+++ b/modules/asm/scripts/install_asm.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ "$#" -lt 3 ]; then
+if [ "$#" -lt 5 ]; then
     >&2 echo "Not all expected arguments set."
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ fi
 PROJECT_ID=$1
 CLUSTER_NAME=$2
 CLUSTER_LOCATION=$3
-ASM_RESOURCES="asm-dir"
+ASM_RESOURCES=$4
+ASM_VERSION=$5
 BASE_DIR="asm-base-dir"
 # check for needed binaries
 # kustomize is a requirement for installing ASM and is not available via gcloud. Safely exit if not available.
@@ -38,14 +39,14 @@ fi
 #   echo "ASM yaml validation will be skipped as Docker is unavailable"
 #   SKIP_ASM_VALIDATION=true
 # fi
-mkdir -p $ASM_RESOURCES
-pushd $ASM_RESOURCES
+mkdir -p "${ASM_RESOURCES}"
+pushd "${ASM_RESOURCES}"
 gcloud config set project "${PROJECT_ID}"
 if [[ -d ./asm-patch ]]; then
     echo "ASM patch directory exists. Skipping download..."
 else
     echo "Downloading ASM patch"
-    kpt pkg get https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/anthos-service-mesh-packages.git/asm-patch@release-1.6-asm .
+    kpt pkg get https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/anthos-service-mesh-packages.git/asm-patch@"${ASM_VERSION}" .
 fi
 gcloud beta anthos export "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --output-directory ${BASE_DIR} --project "${PROJECT_ID}" --location "${CLUSTER_LOCATION}"
 kpt cfg set asm-patch/ base-dir ../${BASE_DIR}
diff --git a/modules/asm/variables.tf b/modules/asm/variables.tf
index 5b22774f1..1096a2be2 100644
--- a/modules/asm/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/asm/variables.tf
@@ -69,3 +69,15 @@ variable "internal_ip" {
   type        = bool
   default     = false
 }
+
+variable "asm_dir" {
+  description = "Name of directory to keep ASM resource config files."
+  type        = string
+  default     = "asm-dir"
+}
+
+variable "asm_version" {
+  description = "ASM version to deploy. Available versions are documented in https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/anthos-service-mesh-packages"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "release-1.6-asm"
+}