diff --git a/charts/actions-runner-controller/README.md b/charts/actions-runner-controller/README.md
index 77bbe38b..ca1e2fc4 100644
--- a/charts/actions-runner-controller/README.md
+++ b/charts/actions-runner-controller/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ All additional docs are kept in the `docs/` folder, this README is solely for do
 | `authSecret.github_basicauth_username`                     | Username for GitHub basic auth to use instead of PAT or GitHub APP in case it's running behind a proxy API                 |                                                                      |
 | `authSecret.github_basicauth_password`                     | Password for GitHub basic auth to use instead of PAT or GitHub APP in case it's running behind a proxy API                 |                                                                      |
 | `dockerRegistryMirror`                                   | The default Docker Registry Mirror used by runners.                                                                        |                                                                      |
+| `hostNetwork`                                            | The "hostNetwork" of the controller container                                                                              | false                                                                |
 | `image.repository`                                       | The "repository/image" of the controller container                                                                         | summerwind/actions-runner-controller                                 |
 | `image.tag`                                              | The tag of the controller container                                                                                        |                                                                      |
 | `image.actionsRunnerRepositoryAndTag`                    | The "repository/image" of the actions runner container                                                                     | summerwind/actions-runner:latest                                     |
diff --git a/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8885a6a5..234d36a7 100644
--- a/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/actions-runner-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -199,3 +199,6 @@ spec:
       topologySpreadConstraints:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.hostNetwork }}
+      hostNetwork: {{ .Values.hostNetwork }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml b/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml
index ebbba393..08d72d3f 100644
--- a/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/actions-runner-controller/values.yaml
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ admissionWebHooks:
   {}
   #caBundle: "Ci0tLS0tQk...<base64-encoded PEM bundle containing the CA that signed the webhook's serving certificate>...tLS0K"
 
+# There may be alternatives to setting `hostNetwork: true`, see
+# https://github.com/actions-runner-controller/actions-runner-controller/issues/1005#issuecomment-993097155
+#hostNetwork: true
+
 githubWebhookServer:
   enabled: false
   replicaCount: 1