diff --git a/charts/karpenter/templates/controller/deployment.yaml b/charts/karpenter/templates/controller/deployment.yaml
index b1650fa85b74..89ca83c7f012 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/templates/controller/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/templates/controller/deployment.yaml
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: manager
           image: {{ .Values.controller.image }}
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 1
-              memory: 1Gi
-            limits:
-              cpu: 1
-              memory: 1Gi
+        {{- if .Values.controller.resources }}
+          resources: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.resources | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/charts/karpenter/templates/webhook/deployment.yaml b/charts/karpenter/templates/webhook/deployment.yaml
index a80c538cd758..305acf2bd9fb 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/templates/webhook/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/templates/webhook/deployment.yaml
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: webhook
           image: {{ .Values.webhook.image }}
-          resources:
-            limits:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: 50Mi
-            requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: 50Mi
+        {{- if .Values.webhook.resources }}
+          resources: {{ toYaml .Values.webhook.resources | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: webhook
               containerPort: 8443
diff --git a/charts/karpenter/values.yaml b/charts/karpenter/values.yaml
index 6d7143c3fa94..04fdde3360b0 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ controller:
   image: "public.ecr.aws/karpenter/controller:v0.5.0@sha256:76fab69a5a2b1f5736c8beea349e60174d8903b26b65c4cc5009c6528f9aea72"
   clusterName: ""
   clusterEndpoint: ""
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 1
+      memory: 1Gi
+    limits:
+      cpu: 1
+      memory: 1Gi
   replicas: 1
 webhook:
   env: []
@@ -21,6 +28,12 @@ webhook:
   tolerations: []
   affinity: {}
   image: "public.ecr.aws/karpenter/webhook:v0.5.0@sha256:bc639160d55a15e1f9362a06d42e4133e692d3c81e96d87e2672bd9c53c98958"
-  # set to true if using custom CNI on EKS
   hostNetwork: false
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 50Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 50Mi
   replicas: 1