diff --git a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/Chart.yaml b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/Chart.yaml
index f82136011c..6392eeacb9 100644
--- a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.28.0
 description: Cinder CSI Chart for OpenStack
 name: openstack-cinder-csi
-version: 2.29.0-alpha.0
+version: 2.29.0-alpha.1
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack
 icon: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/logo/logo.png
 maintainers:
diff --git a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-deployment.yaml b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-deployment.yaml
index 78422ee045..ed18ee5e44 100644
--- a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-deployment.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ spec:
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
             - "--cloud-config=$(CLOUD_CONFIG)"
             - "--cluster=$(CLUSTER_NAME)"
+            {{- if .Values.csi.plugin.httpServer.enabled }}
+            - "--http-endpoint=:{{ .Values.csi.plugin.httpServer.port }}"
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.csi.plugin.extraArgs }}
             {{- with .Values.csi.plugin.extraArgs }}
             {{- tpl . $ | trim | nindent 12 }}
@@ -174,6 +177,11 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 9808
               name: healthz
               protocol: TCP
+            {{- if .Values.csi.plugin.httpServer.enabled }}
+            - containerPort: {{ .Values.csi.plugin.httpServer.port }}
+              name: http
+              protocol: TCP
+            {{- end }}
           # The probe
           livenessProbe:
             failureThreshold: {{ .Values.csi.livenessprobe.failureThreshold }}
diff --git a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-podmonitor.yaml b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-podmonitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48e3b9d8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/templates/controllerplugin-podmonitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{- if .Values.csi.plugin.podMonitor.enabled }}
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    {{- include "cinder-csi.controllerplugin.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  name: {{ include "cinder-csi.name" . }}-controllerplugin
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- with .Values.commonAnnotations }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+  - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+    interval: 30s
+    port: http
+    scheme: https
+    tlsConfig:
+      insecureSkipVerify: true
+  jobLabel: component
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "cinder-csi.controllerplugin.matchLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/values.yaml b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/values.yaml
index d2ba86ae8b..152d41c9df 100644
--- a/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cinder-csi-plugin/values.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ fullnameOverride: ""
 timeout: 3m
 
 csi:
+
   attacher:
     image:
       repository: registry.k8s.io/sig-storage/csi-attacher
@@ -111,6 +112,14 @@ csi:
       nodeSelector: {}
       tolerations: []
     resources: {}
+    # Enable http-server
+    httpServer:
+      enabled: false
+      port: 8080
+    # Create Prometheus Operator PodMonitor. Requires http-server
+    # See https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/blob/main/Documentation/api.md#monitoring.coreos.com/v1.PodMonitor
+    podMonitor:
+      enabled: false
     extraArgs: {}
 
 # Log verbosity level.