diff --git a/helm-charts/digger-backend/templates/backend-deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/digger-backend/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
index 1b2c76a35..b9af82f1b 100644
--- a/helm-charts/digger-backend/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/digger-backend/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: {{ include "digger-backend.name" . }}-web
+      {{- if .Values.digger.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- with .Values.digger.podAnnotations }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- if $.Values.digger.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
diff --git a/helm-charts/digger-backend/values.yaml b/helm-charts/digger-backend/values.yaml
index f3fc30131..7bc1adf57 100644
--- a/helm-charts/digger-backend/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/digger-backend/values.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ digger:
   #     value: "another-value"
   customEnv: []
 
+  # Custom pod annotations to be added to the backend pod
+  podAnnotations: {}
+
   # Set the log level for the backend
   # DEBUG will enable the debug logs, any other value will set it to INFO
   logLevel: "INFO"