diff --git a/modem-stats/Chart.yaml b/modem-stats/Chart.yaml
index b2838c70..4c321296 100644
--- a/modem-stats/Chart.yaml
+++ b/modem-stats/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: modem-stats
-version: 1.0.7
+version: 1.0.8
 appVersion: 1.0.0
 description: periodic cable modem data collection and save the results to InfluxDB
 keywords:
diff --git a/modem-stats/README.md b/modem-stats/README.md
index 6d3f6380..1ee2ea38 100644
--- a/modem-stats/README.md
+++ b/modem-stats/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ 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.modem.url`                   | sb6183 stats URL page                        | `http://192.168.100.1/RgConnect.asp`                       |
+| `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/modem-stats/templates/deployment.yaml b/modem-stats/templates/deployment.yaml
index 5af4e190..7066d0c8 100644
--- a/modem-stats/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/modem-stats/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/modem-stats/values.yaml b/modem-stats/values.yaml
index fc7deb47..22a89aa2 100644
--- a/modem-stats/values.yaml
+++ b/modem-stats/values.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ config:
     ssl: false
   modem:
     url: http://192.168.100.1/RgConnect.asp
+
+podAnnotations: {}