diff --git a/charts/zookeeper-operator/templates/operator.yaml b/charts/zookeeper-operator/templates/operator.yaml
index eb8223ad..eeeaeb53 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper-operator/templates/operator.yaml
+++ b/charts/zookeeper-operator/templates/operator.yaml
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ spec:
         image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
         ports:
-        - containerPort: 6000
+        - containerPort: {{ int .Values.metricsPort }}
           name: metrics
         command:
         - zookeeper-operator
-        {{- if .Values.disableFinalizer }}
         args:
+        - -metrics-bind-address={{ .Values.metricsBindAddress }}:{{ int .Values.metricsPort }}
+        {{- if .Values.disableFinalizer }}
         - -disableFinalizer
         {{- end }}
         env:
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml b/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml
index afc8397e..3830f81f 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml
@@ -86,3 +86,7 @@ additionalVolumes: {}
 #   emptyDir: {}
 
 disableFinalizer: false
+
+## In order to enable gathering metrics by Prometheus etc... bind to 0.0.0.0
+metricsBindAddress: 127.0.0.1
+metricsPort: "6000"