diff --git a/charts/coredns/README.md b/charts/coredns/README.md
index 81e1e72..7a6524a 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/README.md
+++ b/charts/coredns/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `extraVolumeMounts`                             | Optional array of volumes to mount inside the CoreDNS container                                                                           | []                                                          |
 | `extraSecrets`                                  | Optional array of secrets to mount inside the CoreDNS container                                                                           | []                                                          |
 | `customLabels`                                  | Optional labels for Deployment(s), Pod, Service, ServiceMonitor objects                                                                   | {}                                                          |
+| `customAnnotations`                             | Optional annotations for Deployment(s), Pod, Service, ServiceMonitor objects
 | `rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable`                  | Maximum number of unavailable replicas during rolling update                                                                              | `1`                                                         |
 | `rollingUpdate.maxSurge`                        | Maximum number of pods created above desired number of pods                                                                               | `25%`                                                       |
 | `podDisruptionBudget`                           | Optional PodDisruptionBudget                                                                                                              | {}                                                          |
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `autoscaler.livenessProbe.successThreshold`     | Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed.                                              | `1`                                                         |
 | `deployment.enabled`                            | Optionally disable the main deployment and its respective resources.                                                                      | `true`                                                      |
 | `deployment.name`                               | Name of the deployment if `deployment.enabled` is true. Otherwise the name of an existing deployment for the autoscaler or HPA to target. | `""`                                                        |
+| `deployment.annotations`                        | Annotations to add to the main deployment                                                                                                 | `{}`                                                        |
 
 See `values.yaml` for configuration notes. Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example,
 
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrole-autoscaler.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrole-autoscaler.yaml
index 748c62b..1d738fa 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrole-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrole-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrolebinding-autoscaler.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrolebinding-autoscaler.yaml
index eafb38f..82a91d0 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrolebinding-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/clusterrolebinding-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-autoscaler.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-autoscaler.yaml
index 12210c2..ef67d7b 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ metadata:
     {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
     {{- toYaml .Values.customLabels | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.autoscaler.configmap.annotations }}
+{{ if or .Values.autoscaler.configmap.annotations .Values.customAnnotations }}
   annotations:
-    {{- toYaml .Values.autoscaler.configmap.annotations | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.customAnnotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- toYaml .Values.autoscaler.configmap.annotations | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 data:
   # When cluster is using large nodes(with more cores), "coresPerReplica" should dominate.
   # If using small nodes, "nodesPerReplica" should dominate.
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/configmap.yaml
index 64bfe4f..a1d8668 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 data:
   Corefile: |-
     {{- range $name, $conf := .Values.extraConfig }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/deployment-autoscaler.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/deployment-autoscaler.yaml
index 79450f1..31bcc96 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/deployment-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/deployment-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7ac0bbc..13b9bdc 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{ if or .Values.deployment.annotations .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.customAnnotations | indent 4 }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.deployment.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   {{- if not .Values.autoscaler.enabled }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/hpa.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/hpa.yaml
index 068b9fb..79fc4cc 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/hpa.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   scaleTargetRef:
     apiVersion: apps/v1
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
index 7754896..c2f0515 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/service-metrics.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/service-metrics.yaml
index b91922d..712a718 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/service-metrics.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/service-metrics.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- end }}
   annotations:
 {{ toYaml .Values.prometheus.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- if .Values.customAnnotations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.customAnnotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   selector:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/service.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/service.yaml
index 58d2b15..5749e4b 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/service.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ metadata:
 {{- end }}
   annotations:
 {{ toYaml .Values.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- if .Values.customAnnotations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.customAnnotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   selector:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount-autoscaler.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount-autoscaler.yaml
index 64f74fa..b0479e9 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- if .Values.customLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.customLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.autoscaler.image.pullSecrets }}
 imagePullSecrets:
 {{- range .Values.autoscaler.image.pullSecrets }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
index 0b1a1b0..c270b06 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ metadata:
     kubernetes.io/name: "CoreDNS"
     {{- end }}
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "coredns.name" . }}
-  {{- with .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
+{{ if or .Values.serviceAccount.annotations .Values.customAnnotations }}
   annotations:
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.customAnnotations | indent 4 }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.serviceAccount.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.image.pullSecrets }}
 imagePullSecrets:
 {{- range .Values.image.pullSecrets }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index ad1f84f..9e6f143 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ metadata:
     {{- if .Values.prometheus.monitor.additionalLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.prometheus.monitor.additionalLabels | indent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.customAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/charts/coredns/values.yaml b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
index 76ce4be..17bd168 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ extraSecrets: []
 # Custom labels to apply to Deployment, Pod, Configmap, Service, ServiceMonitor. Including autoscaler if enabled.
 customLabels: {}
 
+# Custom annotations to apply to Deployment, Pod, Configmap, Service, ServiceMonitor. Including autoscaler if enabled.
+customAnnotations: {}
+
 ## Alternative configuration for HPA deployment if wanted
 #
 hpa:
@@ -314,3 +317,5 @@ autoscaler:
 deployment:
   enabled: true
   name: ""
+  ## Annotations for the coredns deployment
+  annotations: {}
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