diff --git a/kibana/README.md b/kibana/README.md
index 1ea5b97de..8f6a70e8d 100644
--- a/kibana/README.md
+++ b/kibana/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ 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 | `{}` |
 | `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                                                    | `[]`                               |
 | `extraContainers`     | Templatable string of additional containers to be passed to the `tpl` function                                                                                                                 | `""`                               |
diff --git a/kibana/templates/deployment.yaml b/kibana/templates/deployment.yaml
index 71703271f..ae6e83d0a 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 a7411f358..a14c73e51 100644
--- a/kibana/tests/kibana_test.py
+++ b/kibana/tests/kibana_test.py
@@ -756,3 +756,14 @@ def test_hostaliases():
     r = helm_template(config)
     hostAliases = r["deployment"][name]["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["hostAliases"]
     assert {"ip": "127.0.0.1", "hostnames": ["foo.local", "bar.local"]} in hostAliases
+
+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"
+    )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kibana/values.yaml b/kibana/values.yaml
index a97491e98..bd9be8159 100755
--- a/kibana/values.yaml
+++ b/kibana/values.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
 # additionals labels
 labels: {}
 
+annotations: {}
+
 podAnnotations: {}
   # iam.amazonaws.com/role: es-cluster