diff --git a/charts/argo/Chart.yaml b/charts/argo/Chart.yaml
index d519e34c..1ce323cc 100644
--- a/charts/argo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: v2.12.5
 description: A Helm chart for Argo Workflows
 name: argo
-version: 0.16.7
+version: 0.16.8
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/master/docs/assets/argo.png
 home: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm
 maintainers:
diff --git a/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml
index 82b36bf6..9ad509d0 100755
--- a/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ spec:
           - "--pod-workers"
           - {{ . | quote }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.controller.extraArgs }}
+          {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraArgs | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- end }}
           env:
           - name: ARGO_NAMESPACE
             valueFrom:
diff --git a/charts/argo/values.yaml b/charts/argo/values.yaml
index 43dc94ae..0a5be36d 100644
--- a/charts/argo/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo/values.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ controller:
   # The list of environment variable definitions to be added to the controller
   # manages container verbatim.
   extraEnv: []
+  # Extra arguments to be added to the controller
+  extraArgs: []
   replicas: 1
   pdb:
     enabled: false