diff --git a/kibana/README.md b/kibana/README.md
index df1f03ef7..5ad8ee162 100644
--- a/kibana/README.md
+++ b/kibana/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ as a reference. They are also used in the automated testing of this chart.
 | Parameter             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                    | Default                            |
 |-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 | `affinity`            | Configurable [affinity][]                                                                                                                                                                      | `{}`                               |
+| `annotations`         | Configurable [annotations][] on the deployment object                                                                                                                                          | `{}`                               |
 | `automountToken`      | Whether or not to automount the service account token in the Pod                                                                                                                               | `true`                             |
 | `elasticsearchHosts`  | The URLs used to connect to Elasticsearch                                                                                                                                                      | `http://elasticsearch-master:9200` |
 | `envFrom`             | Templatable string to be passed to the [environment from variables][] which will be appended to the `envFrom:` definition for the container                                                    | `[]`                               |
diff --git a/kibana/templates/deployment.yaml b/kibana/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0d8b46ba0..13332e0ac 100644
--- a/kibana/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kibana/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "kibana.fullname" . }}
   labels: {{ include "kibana.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if .Values.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- range $key, $value := .Values.annotations }}
+    {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicas }}
   strategy:
diff --git a/kibana/tests/kibana_test.py b/kibana/tests/kibana_test.py
index fd76eb83b..47aa2575e 100644
--- a/kibana/tests/kibana_test.py
+++ b/kibana/tests/kibana_test.py
@@ -836,3 +836,15 @@ def test_disable_automount_sa_token():
         ]
         == False
     )
+
+
+def test_adding_annotations():
+    config = """
+ annotations:
+   iam.amazonaws.com/role: es-role
+ """
+    r = helm_template(config)
+    assert (
+        r["deployment"][name]["metadata"]["annotations"]["iam.amazonaws.com/role"]
+        == "es-role"
+    )
diff --git a/kibana/values.yaml b/kibana/values.yaml
index 028fbcfa1..1b2d0e244 100644
--- a/kibana/values.yaml
+++ b/kibana/values.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
 # additionals labels
 labels: {}
 
+annotations: {}
+
 podAnnotations: {}
 # iam.amazonaws.com/role: es-cluster