diff --git a/charts/velero/Chart.yaml b/charts/velero/Chart.yaml
index edf74c33..e53e718c 100644
--- a/charts/velero/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/velero/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ appVersion: 1.13.0
 kubeVersion: ">=1.16.0-0"
 description: A Helm chart for velero
 name: velero
-version: 6.0.0
+version: 6.1.0
 home: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
 icon: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*-9mb3AKnKdcL_QD3CMnthQ.png
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/velero/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/velero/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0468cba9..a79a3082 100644
--- a/charts/velero/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/velero/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ spec:
             {{- with .namespace }}
             - --namespace={{ . }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- with .extraArgs }}
+            ### User-supplied overwrite flags
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- with .Values.resources }}
           resources:
diff --git a/charts/velero/values.yaml b/charts/velero/values.yaml
index fd1c5f8b..1aa3c1d1 100644
--- a/charts/velero/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/velero/values.yaml
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ configuration:
   # `velero server` default: velero
   namespace:
 
+  # additional command-line arguments that will be passed to the `velero server`
+  # e.g.: extraArgs: ["--foo=bar"]
+  extraArgs: []
+
   # additional key/value pairs to be used as environment variables such as "AWS_CLUSTER_NAME: 'yourcluster.domain.tld'"
   extraEnvVars: {}