diff --git a/speedtest/Chart.yaml b/speedtest/Chart.yaml
index 84b3eeda..0e89ec83 100644
--- a/speedtest/Chart.yaml
+++ b/speedtest/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: speedtest
-version: 1.1.7
+version: 1.1.8
 appVersion: 1.0.0
 description: periodic speedtest and save the results to InfluxDB
 keywords:
diff --git a/speedtest/README.md b/speedtest/README.md
index ede72caf..37a789dd 100644
--- a/speedtest/README.md
+++ b/speedtest/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Sentry chart and t
 | `config.influxdb.password`           | InfluxDB password                            | ``                                                       |
 | `config.influxdb.ssl`                | InfluxDB connection using SSL                | `false`                                                  |
 | `config.speedtest.server`            | server to use for speedtest - leave blank to auto-pick | ``                                               |
+| `podAnnotations`                     | Key-value pairs to add as pod annotations    | `{}` |
+
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example,
 
diff --git a/speedtest/templates/deployment.yaml b/speedtest/templates/deployment.yaml
index 022dba08..5b50ebea 100644
--- a/speedtest/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/speedtest/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ metadata:
     chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+  {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- range $key, $value := .Values.podAnnotations }}
+    {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/speedtest/values.yaml b/speedtest/values.yaml
index 345cc128..252457fc 100644
--- a/speedtest/values.yaml
+++ b/speedtest/values.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ config:
   speedtest:
     # Leave blank to auto pick server
     server:
+
+podAnnotations: {}