diff --git a/charts/ext-postgres-operator/templates/operator.yaml b/charts/ext-postgres-operator/templates/operator.yaml
index 0f85af5a..1ea766b2 100644
--- a/charts/ext-postgres-operator/templates/operator.yaml
+++ b/charts/ext-postgres-operator/templates/operator.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
                 name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}
           env:
             - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
-              value: ""
+              value: {{ .Values.watchNamespace | default "" }}
             - name: POD_NAME
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
diff --git a/charts/ext-postgres-operator/values.yaml b/charts/ext-postgres-operator/values.yaml
index 1da10867..c2286321 100644
--- a/charts/ext-postgres-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ext-postgres-operator/values.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ image:
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
   tag: ""
 
+# Override chart name, defaults to Chart.name
 nameOverride: ""
+# Full chart name override
 fullnameOverride: ""
 
 serviceAccount:
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ resources: {}
   #   cpu: 100m
   #   memory: 128Mi
 
+# Which namespace to watch in kubernetes, empty string means all namespaces
+watchNamespace: ""
+
+# Define connection to postgres database server
 postgres:
   # postgres hostname
   host: "localhost"