diff --git a/elasticsearch/README.md b/elasticsearch/README.md
index a4948bda4..31068040c 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ support multiple versions with minimal changes.
 
 | Parameter                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Default                                          |
 |------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
+| `annotations`                      | Configurable [annotations][] applied to the Elasticsearch Statefulset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | `{}`
 | `antiAffinityTopologyKey`          | The [anti-affinity][] topology key. By default this will prevent multiple Elasticsearch nodes from running on the same Kubernetes node                                                                                                                                                                            | `kubernetes.io/hostname`                         |
 | `antiAffinity`                     | Setting this to hard enforces the [anti-affinity][] rules. If it is set to soft it will be done "best effort". Other values will be ignored                                                                                                                                                                       | `hard`                                           |
 | `clusterHealthCheckParams`         | The [Elasticsearch cluster health status params][] that will be used by readiness [probe][] command                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `wait_for_status=green&timeout=1s`               |
diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 64fd42330..33563e5ed 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ metadata:
     {{- end }}
   annotations:
     esMajorVersion: "{{ include "elasticsearch.esMajorVersion" . }}"
+    {{- range $key, $value := .Values.annotations }}
+    {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
 spec:
   serviceName: {{ template "elasticsearch.uname" . }}-headless
   selector:
diff --git a/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py b/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py
index 00e9abd80..13d4181ac 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py
@@ -522,6 +522,19 @@ def test_adding_tolerations():
         == "key1"
     )
 
+def test_adding_annotations():
+    config = """
+annotations:
+  key: value
+"""
+    r = helm_template(config)
+    assert (
+        r["statefulset"][uname]["metadata"]["annotations"][
+            "key"
+        ]
+        == "value"
+    )
+
 
 def test_adding_pod_annotations():
     config = """
diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index 4143d619c..152126625 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
 podAnnotations: {}
 # iam.amazonaws.com/role: es-cluster
 
+annotations: {}
+
 # additionals labels
 labels: {}