diff --git a/pkg/install/install.go b/pkg/install/install.go
index 22d3dfb9..48fdec87 100644
--- a/pkg/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/install/install.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ const (
 	SystemNamespace = "percona-everest"
 	// monitoringNamespace is the namespace where the monitoring stack is installed.
 	monitoringNamespace = "percona-everest-monitoring"
+
+	// EverestMonitoringNamespaceEnvVar is the name of the environment variable that holds the monitoring namespace.
+	EverestMonitoringNamespaceEnvVar = "MONITORING_NAMESPACE"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -486,6 +489,10 @@ func (o *Install) installOperator(ctx context.Context, channel, operatorName, na
 						Name:  kubernetes.EverestDBNamespacesEnvVar,
 						Value: strings.Join(o.config.Namespaces, ","),
 					},
+					{
+						Name:  EverestMonitoringNamespaceEnvVar,
+						Value: monitoringNamespace,
+					},
 				},
 			}
 		}