diff --git a/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
index 020e9662..845da835 100644
--- a/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.logFormat  }}  
         - "--log-format={{ .Values.logFormat }}"
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.dockerGID  }}
+        - "--docker-gid={{ .Values.dockerGID }}"
+        {{- end }}
         command:
         - "/manager"
         env:
diff --git a/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml b/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml
index 9d4dab84..97d0eb74 100644
--- a/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ admissionWebHooks:
 ## specify log format for actions runner controller.  Valid options are "text" and "json"
 logFormat: text
 
+# enable setting the docker group id for the runner container
+# https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller/pull/2499
+#dockerGID: 121
+
 githubWebhookServer:
   enabled: false
   replicaCount: 1