diff --git a/charts/tigera-operator/README.md b/charts/tigera-operator/README.md
index 6953eac4a4a..86a28a2f70d 100644
--- a/charts/tigera-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/tigera-operator/README.md
@@ -158,4 +158,9 @@ calicoctl:
 
 # Configuration for the Calico CSI plugin - setting to None will disable the plugin, default: /var/lib/kubelet
 kubeletVolumePluginPath: None   
+
+# Optionally configure the host and port used to access the Kubernetes API server.
+kubernetesServiceEndpoint:
+  host: ""
+  port: "6443"
 ```
diff --git a/charts/tigera-operator/templates/tigera-operator/01-kubernetes-services-endpoint.yaml b/charts/tigera-operator/templates/tigera-operator/01-kubernetes-services-endpoint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ad30a52ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/tigera-operator/templates/tigera-operator/01-kubernetes-services-endpoint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{- if .Values.kubernetesServiceEndpoint.host -}}
+kind: ConfigMap
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: kubernetes-services-endpoint
+  namespace: {{.Release.Namespace}}
+data:
+  KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST: {{ .Values.kubernetesServiceEndpoint.host }}
+  KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT: {{ .Values.kubernetesServiceEndpoint.port }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/tigera-operator/values.yaml b/charts/tigera-operator/values.yaml
index 566bdb259a3..9ef6a063092 100644
--- a/charts/tigera-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tigera-operator/values.yaml
@@ -58,4 +58,9 @@ calicoctl:
   image: docker.io/calico/ctl
   tag: master
 
-kubeletVolumePluginPath: /var/lib/kubelet
\ No newline at end of file
+kubeletVolumePluginPath: /var/lib/kubelet
+
+# Optionally configure the host and port used to access the Kubernetes API server.
+kubernetesServiceEndpoint:
+  host: ""
+  port: "6443"