diff --git a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/Chart.yaml b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/Chart.yaml
index 4b895554..bca7167f 100644
--- a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ appVersion: 4.0.0
 description: nfs-subdir-external-provisioner is an automatic provisioner that used your *already configured* NFS server, automatically creating Persistent Volumes.
 name: nfs-subdir-external-provisioner
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner
-version: 4.0.0
+version: 4.0.1
 kubeVersion: ">=1.9.0-0"
 sources:
 - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner
diff --git a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/README.md b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/README.md
index d9be5248..ac692969 100644
--- a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/README.md
+++ b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of this chart and their d
 | `storageClass.provisionerName`      | Name of the provisionerName                                 | null                                              |
 | `storageClass.archiveOnDelete`      | Archive pvc when deleting                                   | `true`                                            |
 | `storageClass.accessModes`          | Set access mode for PV                                      | `ReadWriteOnce`                                   |
+| `leaderElection.enabled`            | Enables or disables leader election                         | `true`                                            |
 | `nfs.server`                        | Hostname of the NFS server (required)                       | null (ip or hostname)                             |
 | `nfs.path`                          | Basepath of the mount point to be used                      | `/nfs-storage`                                 |
 | `nfs.mountOptions`                  | Mount options (e.g. 'nfsvers=3')                            | null                                              |
diff --git a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6693722f..75519915 100644
--- a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.nfs.server }}
             - name: NFS_PATH
               value: {{ .Values.nfs.path }}
+            {{- if eq .Values.leaderElection.enabled false }}
+            - name: ENABLE_LEADER_ELECTION
+              value: false
+            {{- end }}
           {{- with .Values.resources }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 12 }}
diff --git a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/values.yaml b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/values.yaml
index 0b5e4e5b..95c23038 100644
--- a/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/values.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ storageClass:
   # Set access mode - ReadWriteOnce, ReadOnlyMany or ReadWriteMany
   accessModes: ReadWriteOnce
 
+leaderElection:
+  # When set to false leader election will be disabled
+  enabled: true
+
 ## For RBAC support:
 rbac:
   # Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created