diff --git a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml
index 3763a933ac..7350f829c3 100644
--- a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml
@@ -350,6 +350,18 @@ spec:
             - --csi-address=$(ADDRESS)
             - --v={{ .Values.sidecars.resizer.logLevel }}
             - --handle-volume-inuse-error=false
+            - --leader-election={{ (.Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection).enabled | required "leader election state for csi-resizer is required, must be set to true || false." }}
+            {{- if .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.enabled }}
+            {{- if .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.leaseDuration }}
+            - --leader-election-lease-duration={{ .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.leaseDuration }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.renewDeadline}}
+            - --leader-election-renew-deadline={{ .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.renewDeadline }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.retryPeriod }}
+            - --leader-election-retry-period={{ .Values.sidecars.resizer.leaderElection.retryPeriod }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: /var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/csi.sock
diff --git a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
index 944ea2e26c..51c13bc493 100644
--- a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ sidecars:
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       repository: public.ecr.aws/eks-distro/kubernetes-csi/external-resizer
       tag: "v1.8.0-eks-1-27-3"
+    # Tune leader lease election for csi-resizer.
+    # Leader election is on by default.
+    leaderElection:
+      enabled: true
+      # Optional values to tune lease behavior.
+      # The arguments provided must be in an acceptable time.ParseDuration format.
+      # Ref: https://pkg.go.dev/flag#Duration
+      # leaseDuration: "15s"
+      # renewDeadline: "10s"
+      # retryPeriod: "5s"
     logLevel: 2
     resources: {}
     securityContext:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
index 0b1e89774b..1830c1f80a 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ spec:
             - --csi-address=$(ADDRESS)
             - --v=2
             - --handle-volume-inuse-error=false
+            - --leader-election=true
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: /var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/csi.sock