diff --git a/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/templates/configmap.yaml b/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/templates/configmap.yaml
index 2d3b259ee1d32ebd9672f5aa84c44ca3fbd4fc5c..e19ae4faf2f7b3cfe050652b4af35f2927490454 100644
--- a/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ data:
   helperPod.yaml: |-
     apiVersion: v1
     kind: Pod
+    namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.helperPod.namespaceOverride }}
     metadata:
-      name: helper-pod
+      name: {{ .Values.helperPod.name }}
+      {{- with .Values.helperPod.annotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
       priorityClassName: system-node-critical
       tolerations:
diff --git a/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/values.yaml b/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/values.yaml
index 930aa3b1777d04c6b03191169e4fcc22a214e9a7..92ce61ef0771a90dfc9670bc6755b4882d247be5 100644
--- a/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/chart/local-path-provisioner/values.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ configmap:
     set -eu
     rm -rf "$VOL_DIR"
 
+helperPod:
+  # Allows to run the helper pod in another namespace. Uses release namespace by default.
+  namespaceOverride: ""
+  name: "helper-pod"
+  annotations: {}
+
 # Number of provisioner worker threads to call provision/delete simultaneously.
 # workerThreads: 4