diff --git a/charts/node-analyzer/Chart.yaml b/charts/node-analyzer/Chart.yaml
index 24ddd444e..03215e42f 100644
--- a/charts/node-analyzer/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/node-analyzer/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: node-analyzer
 description: Sysdig Node Analyzer
 
 # currently matching Sysdig's appVersion 1.14.34
-version: 1.8.51
+version: 1.8.52
 appVersion: 12.6.0
 keywords:
   - monitoring
diff --git a/charts/node-analyzer/README.md b/charts/node-analyzer/README.md
index b36fce9e4..caa2576ac 100644
--- a/charts/node-analyzer/README.md
+++ b/charts/node-analyzer/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Sysdig Node Analyze
 | `sysdig.existingAccessKeySecret`                                     | Alternatively, specify the name of a Kubernetes secret containing an 'access-key' entry  | ` ` Either accessKey or existingAccessKeySecret is required                                                                                                           |
 | `secure.enabled`                                                     | Enable Sysdig Secure                                                                     | `true`                                                                                                                                                                |
 | `secure.vulnerabilityManagement.newEngineOnly`                       | Enable only the new vulnerability management engine                                         | `false`                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `daemonset.annotations`                                              | Custom annotations for the daemonset                                                     | `{}'                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | `daemonset.labels`                                                   | NodeAnalyzer specific labels (as a multi-line templated string map or as YAML)           | `{}`
 | `daemonset.updateStrategy.type`                | The updateStrategy for updating the daemonset                                                                                                           | RollingUpdate
 | `daemonset.updateStrategy.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable`                       | The maximum number of pods that can be unavailable during the update process             | 1
diff --git a/charts/node-analyzer/templates/daemonset-node-analyzer.yaml b/charts/node-analyzer/templates/daemonset-node-analyzer.yaml
index 8bc7c8e75..c14330275 100644
--- a/charts/node-analyzer/templates/daemonset-node-analyzer.yaml
+++ b/charts/node-analyzer/templates/daemonset-node-analyzer.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "nodeAnalyzer.name" . }}
 {{ include "daemonset.labels" . | indent 8 }}
 {{ include "nodeAnalyzer.labels" . | indent 8 }}
+{{- if .Values.daemonset.annotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{ toYaml .Values.daemonset.annotations | nindent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
     spec:
       volumes:
         {{- if include "nodeAnalyzer.deployBenchmarkRunner" . }}
diff --git a/charts/node-analyzer/tests/annotations_test.yaml b/charts/node-analyzer/tests/annotations_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f195f850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/node-analyzer/tests/annotations_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+suite: Test specifying annotations to the Node Analyzer DaemonSet
+templates:
+  - templates/daemonset-node-analyzer.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: Test no annotations by default
+    asserts:
+      - isNull:
+          path: template.metadata.annotations
+
+  - it: Test annotations are added as expected
+    set:
+      daemonset:
+        annotations:
+          super: annotation
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.metadata.annotations['super']
+          value: annotation
diff --git a/charts/node-analyzer/values.yaml b/charts/node-analyzer/values.yaml
index 56ac08403..0854babd8 100644
--- a/charts/node-analyzer/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/node-analyzer/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ gke:
   autopilot: false
 
 daemonset:
+  # Specify custom annotations for the DaemonSet
+  annotations: {}
   # Allow the DaemonSet to set labels
   labels: {}
   # Perform rolling updates by default in the DaemonSet agent