diff --git a/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root.go b/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root.go
index 1f87b0e64f2c..5de6b8d0dd38 100644
--- a/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func setFlags(c *cobra.Command) {
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&serveOpts.UserAgentComment, "user-agent-comment", "", "UserAgent comment used during outbound requests")
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&serveOpts.Crontab, "crontab", "*/10 * * * *", "CronTab to specify schedule")
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&serveOpts.TTLSecondsAfterFinished, "ttl-lifetime-afterfinished-job", "3600", "Lifetime limit after which the resource Jobs are deleted expressed in seconds by default is 3600 (1h)")
+	c.Flags().StringVar(&serveOpts.ActiveDeadlineSeconds, "active-deadline-seconds", "", "Seconds after which running pods of the resource Jobs will be terminated.")
 	c.Flags().Int32Var(&serveOpts.SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit, "successful-jobs-history-limit", 3, "Number of successful finished jobs to retain")
 	c.Flags().Int32Var(&serveOpts.FailedJobsHistoryLimit, "failed-jobs-history-limit", 1, "Number of failed finished jobs to retain")
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&serveOpts.ConcurrencyPolicy, "concurrency-policy", "Replace", "How to treat concurrent executions of a Job. Valid values are: 'Allow', 'Forbid' and 'Replace'")
diff --git a/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root_test.go b/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root_test.go
index 74065433169a..efa7a31c8329 100644
--- a/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/cmd/apprepository-controller/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func TestParseFlagsCorrect(t *testing.T) {
 				UserAgentComment:           "",
 				Crontab:                    "*/10 * * * *",
 				TTLSecondsAfterFinished:    "3600",
+				ActiveDeadlineSeconds:	    "",
 				CustomAnnotations:          []string{""},
 				CustomLabels:               []string{""},
 				ParsedCustomAnnotations:    map[string]string{},
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func TestParseFlagsCorrect(t *testing.T) {
 				UserAgentComment:           "",
 				Crontab:                    "*/10 * * * *",
 				TTLSecondsAfterFinished:    "3600",
+				ActiveDeadlineSeconds:	    "",
 				CustomAnnotations:          []string{""},
 				CustomLabels:               []string{""},
 				ParsedCustomAnnotations:    map[string]string{},
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ func TestParseFlagsCorrect(t *testing.T) {
 				"--custom-annotations", "extra13=extra13",
 				"--custom-labels", "foo14=bar14,foo14x=bar14x",
 				"--ttl-lifetime-afterfinished-job", "1200",
+				"--active-deadline-seconds", "300",
 				"--v1-beta1-cron-jobs", "true",
 				"--successful-jobs-history-limit", "33",
 				"--failed-jobs-history-limit", "11",
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ func TestParseFlagsCorrect(t *testing.T) {
 				UserAgentComment:           "foo11",
 				Crontab:                    "foo12",
 				TTLSecondsAfterFinished:    "1200",
+				ActiveDeadlineSeconds:	    "300",
 				CustomAnnotations:          []string{"foo13=bar13", "foo13x=bar13x", "extra13=extra13"},
 				CustomLabels:               []string{"foo14=bar14", "foo14x=bar14x"},
 				ParsedCustomAnnotations:    map[string]string{"foo13": "bar13", "foo13x": "bar13x", "extra13": "extra13"},
diff --git a/cmd/apprepository-controller/server/server.go b/cmd/apprepository-controller/server/server.go
index a728cfb53338..7344c91a3c45 100644
--- a/cmd/apprepository-controller/server/server.go
+++ b/cmd/apprepository-controller/server/server.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	UserAgentComment           string
 	Crontab                    string
 	TTLSecondsAfterFinished    string
+	ActiveDeadlineSeconds  	   string
 	SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit int32
 	FailedJobsHistoryLimit     int32
 	ConcurrencyPolicy          string