diff --git a/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2423055..fb60c80 100644
--- a/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ spec:
         - name: OPERATOR_APPLICATION_PAUSE_AUTO_SYNC
           value: "true"
         {{- end }}
+        - name: OPERATOR_METRICS_ENABLED
+          value: {{ .Values.operator.metrics | ternary "true" "false" | quote }}
         - name: OPERATOR_JSON_LOG
           value: {{ .Values.operator.jsonLog | ternary "true" "false" | quote }}
         - name: OPERATOR_AGENT_CONFIG
@@ -128,6 +130,10 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.operator.port }}
           name: https
+        {{- if .Values.operator.metrics }}
+        - containerPort: 9000
+          name: metrics
+        {{- end }}
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /health
diff --git a/mirrord-operator/values.yaml b/mirrord-operator/values.yaml
index ae3644d..1c26c03 100644
--- a/mirrord-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/mirrord-operator/values.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ operator:
   kafkaSplitting: false
   # Has to be set to `true` in order to use the argocd application auto-sync pause feature.
   applicationPauseAutoSync: false
+  # Enable prometheus metrics endpoint
+  metrics: false
 
   # imagePullSecrets:
   #   - name: value