diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b64861bb..f4c7d89c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ helm delete argo-cd --purge
 kubectl delete crd -l app.kubernetes.io/part-of=argocd
 ```
 
+Pre-requisites:
+```
+helm repo add redis-ha https://dandydeveloper.github.io/charts/
+helm dependency update
+```
+
 Minimally:
 
 ```
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/templates/argocd-application-controller/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/templates/argocd-application-controller/clusterrole.yaml
index 3426c9c8..bd6ff8aa 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/templates/argocd-application-controller/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/templates/argocd-application-controller/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "argo-cd.labels" (dict "context" . "component" .Values.controller.name "name" .Values.controller.name) | nindent 4 }}
 rules:
+{{- if .Values.controller.clusterRoleRules.enabled }}
+{{- toYaml .Values.controller.clusterRoleRules.rules | nindent 2 }}
+{{ else }}
 - apiGroups:
   - '*'
   resources:
@@ -16,4 +19,5 @@ rules:
   - '*'
   verbs:
   - '*'
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/values.yaml
index 6483ca10..f5bff3b4 100755
--- a/charts/argo-cd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/values.yaml
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ controller:
   ## Enable if you would like to grant rights to ArgoCD to deploy to the local Kubernetes cluster.
   clusterAdminAccess:
     enabled: true
+  ## Enable Custom Rules for the Application Controller's Cluster Role resource
+  ## Enable this and set the rules: to whatever custom rules you want for the Cluster Role resource.
+  ## Defaults to off
+  clusterRoleRules:
+    enabled: false
+    rules: []
+
 
 ## Dex
 dex: