diff --git a/charts/harbor-operator/README.md b/charts/harbor-operator/README.md
index f8cf072bc..effedef23 100644
--- a/charts/harbor-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/harbor-operator/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Deploy Harbor Operator
 | fullnameOverride | string | `""` |  |
 | harborClass | string | `""` | Class name of the Harbor operator |
 | image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` | The image pull policy for the controller. |
+| image.registry | string | `"docker.io"` | The image registry whose default is docker.io. |
 | image.repository | string | `"goharbor/harbor-operator"` | The image repository whose default is the chart appVersion. |
 | image.tag | string | `"dev_master"` | The image tag whose default is the chart appVersion. |
 | imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` | Reference to one or more secrets to be used when pulling images <https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/> For example: `[   {"name":"image-pull-secret"} ]` |
diff --git a/charts/harbor-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/harbor-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index c8fb1e34e..7ba20688d 100644
--- a/charts/harbor-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/harbor-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: '{{.Values.image.repository}}:{{.Values.image.tag|default .Chart.AppVersion}}'
+        image: '{{.Values.image.registry}}/{{.Values.image.repository}}:{{.Values.image.tag|default .Chart.AppVersion}}'
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/charts/harbor-operator/values.yaml b/charts/harbor-operator/values.yaml
index cba44af9e..617a7e2cb 100644
--- a/charts/harbor-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/harbor-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 image:
+  # image.registry -- The image registry whose default is docker.io.
+  registry: docker.io
   # image.repository -- The image repository whose default is the chart appVersion.
   repository: goharbor/harbor-operator
   # image.pullPolicy -- The image pull policy for the controller.
diff --git a/config/helm/deployment/kustomization.yaml b/config/helm/deployment/kustomization.yaml
index f7b00aebb..c75c1221b 100644
--- a/config/helm/deployment/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/helm/deployment/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ generatorOptions:
 
 images:
 - name: goharbor/harbor-operator:dev
-  newName: '{{.Values.image.repository}}'
+  newName: '{{.Values.image.registry}}/{{.Values.image.repository}}'
   newTag: '{{.Values.image.tag|default .Chart.AppVersion}}'
 
 patches: