diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 73ca4bbbe..da2679421 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ spec:
             {{- if .Values.controller.configMapOverrides }}
             - --config-overrides=chaos-controller-overrides
             {{- end }}
+            - --client-go-qps={{ .Values.controller.clientGoQPS }}
+            - --client-go-burst={{ .Values.controller.clientGoBurst }}
+            {{- with .Values.controller.additionalArgs }}
+            {{- range . }}
+            - {{ . | quote }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: POD_NAMESPACE
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index a84c7febe..aea902a4a 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ controller:
     clusterThreshold: 66
     allowNodeFailure: true # if set to false, will prevent the creation of any disruption that applies a nodeFailure, but only if safeMode.enable is true
     allowNodeLevel: true # if set to false, will prevent the creation of any disruption at the node level, but only if safeMode.enable is true
+  additionalArgs: [] # list of additional arguments to pass to the controller
+  clientGoQPS: 20 # Number of queries per second client-go is allowed to make
+  clientGoBurst: 30 # Allowed burst queries for client-go
   logLevel: DEBUG # sets the log level for the chaos controller
   resources: # resources assigned to the controller pod. may need to be increased when deploying to larger scale clusters
     cpu: 100m
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index efb4613a3..01c98e72f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ import (
 //go:generate mockery  --config .local.mockery.yaml
 //go:generate mockery  --config .vendor.mockery.yaml
 
-var scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+var (
+	clientGoQPS   = flag.Float64("client-go-qps", 20, "Number of queries per second client-go is allowed to make (default 20)")
+	clientGoBurst = flag.Int("client-go-burst", 30, "Allowed burst queries for client-go (default 30)")
+	scheme        = runtime.NewScheme()
+)
 
 func init() {
 	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:scheme
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
 	logger, err := log.NewZapLogger()
 	if err != nil {
 		ctrl.Log.WithName("setup").Error(err, "error creating controller logger")
@@ -105,7 +111,11 @@ func main() {
 		logger.Fatalw("unable to create a valid configuration", "error", err)
 	}
 
-	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
+	ctrlConfig := ctrl.GetConfigOrDie()
+	ctrlConfig.QPS = float32(*clientGoQPS)
+	ctrlConfig.Burst = *clientGoBurst
+
+	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrlConfig, ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme:                 scheme,
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: cfg.Controller.HealthProbeBindAddr,
 		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{