diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/README.md b/deploy/charts/emqx/README.md
index 2c12c2296..496d52061 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/README.md
+++ b/deploy/charts/emqx/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the emqx chart and thei
 | `image.pullSecrets `  | The image pull secrets  |`[]` (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)|
 | `envFromSecret` | The name pull a secret in the same kubernetes namespace which contains values that will be added to the environment | nil |
 | `recreatePods` | Forces the recreation of pods during upgrades, which can be useful to always apply the most recent configuration. | false |
+`podAnnotations ` | Annotations for pod | `{}`
+`podManagementPolicy`| To redeploy a chart with existing PVC(s), the value must be set to Parallel to avoid deadlock | `Parallel`
 | `persistence.enabled` | Enable EMQX persistence using PVC |false|
 | `persistence.storageClass` | Storage class of backing PVC |`nil` (uses alpha storage class annotation)|
 | `persistence.existingClaim` | EMQX data Persistent Volume existing claim name, evaluated as a template |""|
diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml
index 02c2ec02c..66104e270 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ spec:
         version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
         app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "emqx.name" . }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-      {{- if .Values.recreatePods }}
       annotations:
+      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.recreatePods }}
         checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum | quote }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
index 72c98c3fd..b3a0755de 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ image:
 ## Forces the recreation of pods during helm upgrades. This can be useful to update configuration values even if the container image did not change.
 recreatePods: false
 
+podAnnotations: {}
+
 # Pod deployment policy
 # value: OrderedReady | Parallel
 # To redeploy a chart with existing PVC(s), the value must be set to Parallel to avoid deadlock