diff --git a/charts/karpenter/README.md b/charts/karpenter/README.md
index 0d56bb603504..58669e7096a4 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/README.md
+++ b/charts/karpenter/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ cosign verify public.ecr.aws/karpenter/karpenter:1.1.0 \
 | additionalClusterRoleRules | list | `[]` | Specifies additional rules for the core ClusterRole. |
 | additionalLabels | object | `{}` | Additional labels to add into metadata. |
 | affinity | object | `{"nodeAffinity":{"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":{"nodeSelectorTerms":[{"matchExpressions":[{"key":"karpenter.sh/nodepool","operator":"DoesNotExist"}]}]}},"podAntiAffinity":{"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":[{"topologyKey":"kubernetes.io/hostname"}]}}` | Affinity rules for scheduling the pod. If an explicit label selector is not provided for pod affinity or pod anti-affinity one will be created from the pod selector labels. |
+| controller.containerName | string | `"controller"` | Distinguishing container name (containerName: karpenter-controller). |
 | controller.env | list | `[]` | Additional environment variables for the controller pod. |
 | controller.envFrom | list | `[]` |  |
 | controller.extraVolumeMounts | list | `[]` | Additional volumeMounts for the controller pod. |
diff --git a/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml
index f43822270dd6..990ce486292e 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ spec:
       schedulerName: {{ . | quote }}
       {{- end }}
       containers:
-        - name: controller
+        - name: {{ .Values.controller.containerName | default "controller" }}
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 65532
             runAsGroup: 65532
diff --git a/charts/karpenter/values.yaml b/charts/karpenter/values.yaml
index c560190c3c4c..a1d16eb7f4d0 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/values.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ extraVolumes: []
 #         expirationSeconds: 86400
 #         path: token
 controller:
+  # -- Distinguishing container name (containerName: karpenter-controller).
+  containerName: controller
   image:
     # -- Repository path to the controller image.
     repository: public.ecr.aws/karpenter/controller