diff --git a/helm/operator/templates/operator-deployment.yaml b/helm/operator/templates/operator-deployment.yaml
index c883b6bb92d..5ffbd317860 100644
--- a/helm/operator/templates/operator-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/operator/templates/operator-deployment.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ spec:
           {{- with .Values.operator.env }}
           env: {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.operator.sidecarImage }}
+            - name: "OPERATOR_SIDECAR_IMAGE"
+              value: "{{ .Values.operator.sidecarImage.repository }}:{{ .Values.operator.sidecarImage.digest | default .Values.operator.sidecarImage.tag }}"
+          {{- end }}
           resources: {{- toYaml .Values.operator.resources | nindent 12 }}
           {{- with .Values.operator.containerSecurityContext }}
           securityContext: {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/helm/operator/values.yaml b/helm/operator/values.yaml
index b7e59c584d6..eba5a5d3bfa 100644
--- a/helm/operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/operator/values.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,30 @@ operator:
     tag: v5.0.15
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   ###
+  # Specify the sidecar container image to deploy on tenant pods for init container and sidecar.
+  # Only need to change this if want to use a different version that the default, or want to set a custom registry.
+  # ``sidecarImage.tag``
+  # For example, the following sets the image to the ``quay.io/minio/operator-sidecar`` repo and the v5.0.15 tag.
+  # The container pulls the image if not already present:
+  #
+  # .. code-block:: yaml
+  #
+  #    sidecarImage:
+  #      repository: quay.io/minio/operator-sidecar
+  #      tag: v5.0.15
+  #      pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  #
+  # The chart also supports specifying an image based on digest value:
+  #
+  # .. code-block:: yaml
+  #
+  #    sidecarImage:
+  #      repository: quay.io/minio/operator-sidecar@sha256
+  #      digest: 28c80b379c75242c6fe793dfbf212f43c602140a0de5ebe3d9c2a3a7b9f9f983
+  #      pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  #
+  sidecarImage: {}
+  ###
   #
   # An array of Kubernetes secrets to use for pulling images from a private ``image.repository``.
   # Only one array element is supported at this time.