diff --git a/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/templates/deployment.yaml
index f324ac1573..3f4a78c695 100644
--- a/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ spec:
     type: Recreate
   template:
     metadata:
+      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       labels:
         {{- include "plugin-barman-cloud.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- with .Values.podLabels }}
diff --git a/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/03-pod_annotations-assert.yaml b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/03-pod_annotations-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93bfa8d0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/03-pod_annotations-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: plugin-barman-cloud
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        example.com/static: "static-value"
+        example.com/release: "plugin-barman-cloud"
diff --git a/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/03-pod_annotations.yaml b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/03-pod_annotations.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec6a51580e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/03-pod_annotations.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+podAnnotations:
+  example.com/static: "static-value"
+  example.com/release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+resources:
+  limits:
+    cpu: 100m
+    memory: 200Mi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 100m
+    memory: 100Mi
diff --git a/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/chainsaw-test.yaml b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/chainsaw-test.yaml
index 5c303c07c7..2c0ea77ee9 100644
--- a/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/chainsaw-test.yaml
+++ b/charts/plugin-barman-cloud/test/simple-deployment/chainsaw-test.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ spec:
               plugin-barman-cloud ../../
         - assert:
             file: ./02-loglevel_override-assert.yaml
+    - name: Set pod annotations
+      try:
+        - script:
+            content: |
+              helm upgrade \
+              --install \
+              --namespace $NAMESPACE \
+              --values ./03-pod_annotations.yaml \
+              --wait \
+              plugin-barman-cloud ../../
+        - assert:
+            file: ./03-pod_annotations-assert.yaml
     - name: Cleanup
       try:
         - script: