diff --git a/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml b/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml
index 75bd4a64..6cc5638c 100644
--- a/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml
+++ b/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ spec:
                   containerImageProxy:
                     description: Image URL for Swift proxy service
                     type: string
+                  containerSharderEnabled:
+                    default: false
+                    description: If the container sharder daemon is enabled.
+                    type: boolean
                   memcachedServers:
                     default: ""
                     description: List of memcached servers.
diff --git a/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml b/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml
index 95e9a479..47509b53 100644
--- a/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml
+++ b/api/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ spec:
               containerImageProxy:
                 description: Image URL for Swift proxy service
                 type: string
+              containerSharderEnabled:
+                default: false
+                description: If the container sharder daemon is enabled.
+                type: boolean
               memcachedServers:
                 default: ""
                 description: List of memcached servers.
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/swiftstorage_types.go b/api/v1beta1/swiftstorage_types.go
index 086161fd..253c9b82 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/swiftstorage_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/swiftstorage_types.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ type SwiftStorageSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:default=""
 	// List of memcached servers.
 	MemcachedServers string `json:"memcachedServers"`
+
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+	// +kubebuilder:default=false
+	// If the container sharder daemon is enabled.
+	ContainerSharderEnabled bool `json:"containerSharderEnabled"`
 }
 
 // SwiftStorageStatus defines the observed state of SwiftStorage
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml b/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml
index 75bd4a64..6cc5638c 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swifts.yaml
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ spec:
                   containerImageProxy:
                     description: Image URL for Swift proxy service
                     type: string
+                  containerSharderEnabled:
+                    default: false
+                    description: If the container sharder daemon is enabled.
+                    type: boolean
                   memcachedServers:
                     default: ""
                     description: List of memcached servers.
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml b/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml
index 95e9a479..47509b53 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/swift.openstack.org_swiftstorages.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ spec:
               containerImageProxy:
                 description: Image URL for Swift proxy service
                 type: string
+              containerSharderEnabled:
+                default: false
+                description: If the container sharder daemon is enabled.
+                type: boolean
               memcachedServers:
                 default: ""
                 description: List of memcached servers.
diff --git a/controllers/swift_controller.go b/controllers/swift_controller.go
index 430708d0..430f893b 100644
--- a/controllers/swift_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/swift_controller.go
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ func (r *SwiftReconciler) storageCreateOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, instance *s
 		SwiftConfSecret:         instance.Spec.SwiftConfSecret,
 		NetworkAttachments:      instance.Spec.SwiftStorage.NetworkAttachments,
 		MemcachedServers:        memcachedServers,
+		ContainerSharderEnabled: instance.Spec.SwiftStorage.ContainerSharderEnabled,
 	}
 
 	deployment := &swiftv1.SwiftStorage{
diff --git a/pkg/swiftstorage/statefulset.go b/pkg/swiftstorage/statefulset.go
index e2831612..d8987caa 100644
--- a/pkg/swiftstorage/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/swiftstorage/statefulset.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func getPorts(port int32, name string) []corev1.ContainerPort {
 func getStorageContainers(swiftstorage *swiftv1beta1.SwiftStorage) []corev1.Container {
 	securityContext := swift.GetSecurityContext()
 
-	return []corev1.Container{
+	containers := []corev1.Container{
 		{
 			Name:            "ring-sync",
 			Image:           swiftstorage.Spec.ContainerImageProxy,
@@ -164,6 +164,19 @@ func getStorageContainers(swiftstorage *swiftv1beta1.SwiftStorage) []corev1.Cont
 			Command:         []string{"/usr/bin/rsync", "--daemon", "--no-detach", "--config=/etc/swift/rsyncd.conf", "--log-file=/dev/stdout"},
 		},
 	}
+
+	if swiftstorage.Spec.ContainerSharderEnabled {
+		containers = append(containers, corev1.Container{
+			Name:            "container-sharder",
+			Image:           swiftstorage.Spec.ContainerImageContainer,
+			ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
+			SecurityContext: &securityContext,
+			VolumeMounts:    getStorageVolumeMounts(),
+			Command:         []string{"/usr/bin/swift-container-sharder", "/etc/swift/container-server.conf", "-v"},
+		})
+	}
+
+	return containers
 }
 
 func StatefulSet(
diff --git a/templates/swiftstorage/config/container-server.conf b/templates/swiftstorage/config/container-server.conf
index b5b75d4e..c537068e 100644
--- a/templates/swiftstorage/config/container-server.conf
+++ b/templates/swiftstorage/config/container-server.conf
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ use = egg:swift#recon
 
 [container-sync]
 
+[container-sharder]
+
 [filter:xprofile]
 use = egg:swift#xprofile
diff --git a/templates/swiftstorage/config/internal-client.conf b/templates/swiftstorage/config/internal-client.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..185b23e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/swiftstorage/config/internal-client.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+
+[pipeline:main]
+pipeline = catch_errors proxy-logging cache symlink proxy-server
+
+[app:proxy-server]
+use = egg:swift#proxy
+account_autocreate = true
+
+[filter:symlink]
+use = egg:swift#symlink
+
+[filter:cache]
+use = egg:swift#memcache
+
+[filter:proxy-logging]
+use = egg:swift#proxy_logging
+
+[filter:catch_errors]
+use = egg:swift#catch_errors