diff --git a/chart/README.md b/chart/README.md
index f9195f43..df3ecccb 100644
--- a/chart/README.md
+++ b/chart/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,32 @@
 
 ### Logstash configuration
 
-| Name           | Description           | Value                  |
-| -------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------- |
-| `logstash.url` | Logstash instance URL | `http://logstash:9600` |
+| Name                    | Description           | Value                  |
+| ----------------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------- |
+| `logstash.url`          | Logstash instance URL | `http://logstash:9600` |
+| `logstash.httpTimeout`  | http timeout          | `3s`                   |
+| `logstash.httpInsecure` | http insecure         | `false`                |
+
+### Web settings
+
+| Name       | Description                         | Value |
+| ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ----- |
+| `web.path` | Path under which to expose metrics. | `/`   |
+
+### PodMonitor settings
+
+| Name                           | Description                       | Value                      |
+| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
+| `podMonitor.enabled`           | Enable pod monitor creation       | `false`                    |
+| `podMonitor.apiVersion`        | Set pod monitor apiVersion        | `monitoring.coreos.com/v1` |
+| `podMonitor.namespace`         | Set pod monitor namespace         | `""`                       |
+| `podMonitor.labels`            | Set pod monitor labels            | `{}`                       |
+| `podMonitor.interval`          | Set pod monitor interval          | `60s`                      |
+| `podMonitor.scrapeTimeout`     | Set pod monitor scrapeTimeout     | `10s`                      |
+| `podMonitor.honorLabels`       | Set pod monitor honorLabels       | `true`                     |
+| `podMonitor.scheme`            | Set pod monitor scheme            | `http`                     |
+| `podMonitor.relabelings`       | Set pod monitor relabelings       | `[]`                       |
+| `podMonitor.metricRelabelings` | Set pod monitor metricRelabelings | `[]`                       |
 
 ### Image settings
 
@@ -58,6 +81,12 @@
 | `deployment.rollingUpdate.maxSurge`       | Maximum surge for rolling update       | `1`   |
 | `deployment.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable` | Maximum unavailable for rolling update | `0`   |
 
+### metricsPort settings
+
+| Name                          | Description      | Value  |
+| ----------------------------- | ---------------- | ------ |
+| `deployment.metricsPort.name` | Name of the port | `http` |
+
 ### Service settings
 
 | Name                  | Description                    | Value       |
diff --git a/chart/schema.json b/chart/schema.json
index 8cde27ba..b01ccf33 100644
--- a/chart/schema.json
+++ b/chart/schema.json
@@ -9,6 +9,83 @@
                     "type": "string",
                     "description": "Logstash instance URL",
                     "default": "http://logstash:9600"
+                },
+                "httpTimeout": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "http timeout",
+                    "default": "3s"
+                },
+                "httpInsecure": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "http insecure",
+                    "default": false
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "web": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Path under which to expose metrics.",
+                    "default": "/"
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "podMonitor": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "enabled": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Enable pod monitor creation",
+                    "default": false
+                },
+                "apiVersion": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor apiVersion",
+                    "default": "monitoring.coreos.com/v1"
+                },
+                "namespace": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor namespace",
+                    "default": ""
+                },
+                "labels": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor labels",
+                    "default": {}
+                },
+                "interval": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor interval",
+                    "default": "60s"
+                },
+                "scrapeTimeout": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor scrapeTimeout",
+                    "default": "10s"
+                },
+                "honorLabels": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor honorLabels",
+                    "default": true
+                },
+                "scheme": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor scheme",
+                    "default": "http"
+                },
+                "relabelings": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor relabelings",
+                    "default": [],
+                    "items": {}
+                },
+                "metricRelabelings": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "description": "Set pod monitor metricRelabelings",
+                    "default": [],
+                    "items": {}
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -187,6 +264,16 @@
                             "default": 0
                         }
                     }
+                },
+                "metricsPort": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "name": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "description": "Name of the port",
+                            "default": "http"
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl b/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
index f5987e57..bc71d116 100644
--- a/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -39,3 +39,24 @@ It checks if .Values.image.tag is provided, and if not, it returns a tag with "v
 {{- printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "logstash-exporter.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Common labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "logstash-exporter.labels" -}}
+helm.sh/chart: {{ include "logstash-exporter.chart" . }}
+{{- with .Chart.AppVersion }}
+app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ . | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- if .Values.commonLabels }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.commonLabels }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3efece3e..f9268323 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ spec:
           value: {{ required "logstash.url is required" .Values.logstash.url | quote }}
         - name: PORT
           value: {{ required "service.port is required" .Values.service.port | quote }}
+        - name: HTTP_TIMEOUT
+          value: {{ required "logstash.httpTimeout is required" .Values.logstash.httpTimeout | quote }}
+        - name: HTTP_INSECURE
+          value: {{ required "logstash.httpInsecure is required" .Values.logstash.httpInsecure | quote }}
         {{- range $key, $value := .Values.deployment.env }}
         - name: {{ $key | quote }}
           value: {{ $value | quote }}
diff --git a/chart/templates/podmonitor.yaml b/chart/templates/podmonitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..847c44aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/templates/podmonitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{{- if .Values.podMonitor.enabled }}
+apiVersion: {{ .Values.podMonitor.apiVersion }}
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "logstash-exporter.fullname" . }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.podMonitor.namespace }}
+  {{- end }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "logstash-exporter.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if .Values.podMonitor.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml .Values.podMonitor.labels | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+spec:
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+      - {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+  - path: {{ .Values.web.path }}
+    port: {{ .Values.deployment.metricsPort.name }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.scheme }}
+    scheme: {{ .Values.podMonitor.scheme }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.interval }}
+    interval: {{ .Values.podMonitor.interval }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.scrapeTimeout }}
+    scrapeTimeout: {{ .Values.podMonitor.scrapeTimeout }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.honorLabels }}
+    honorLabels: true
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.metricRelabelings }}
+    metricRelabelings:
+      {{- toYaml .Values.podMonitor.metricRelabelings | nindent 6 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.podMonitor.relabelings }}
+    relabelings:
+      {{- toYaml .Values.podMonitor.relabelings | nindent 6 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ template "logstash-exporter.name" . }}
+      release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index f36c0a6a..543bf8ba 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,56 @@ logstash:
   ## @param logstash.url Logstash instance URL
   ##
   url: "http://logstash:9600"
+  ## @param logstash.httpTimeout http timeout
+  ##
+  httpTimeout: "3s"
+  ## @param logstash.httpInsecure http insecure
+  ##
+  httpInsecure: false
+
+## @section Web settings
+##
+web:
+  ## @param web.path Path under which to expose metrics.
+  ##
+  path: /
+
+## @section PodMonitor settings
+##
+podMonitor:
+  ## If true, a PodMonitor CRD is created for a Prometheus Operator
+  ## https://prometheus-operator.dev/docs/operator/api/#monitoring.coreos.com/v1.PodMonitor
+  ##
+  ## @param podMonitor.enabled Enable pod monitor creation
+  ##
+  enabled: false
+  ## @param podMonitor.apiVersion Set pod monitor apiVersion
+  ##
+  apiVersion: "monitoring.coreos.com/v1"
+  ## @param podMonitor.namespace Set pod monitor namespace
+  ##
+  namespace: ""
+  ## @param podMonitor.labels Set pod monitor labels
+  ##
+  labels: {}
+  ## @param podMonitor.interval Set pod monitor interval
+  ##
+  interval: 60s
+  ## @param podMonitor.scrapeTimeout Set pod monitor scrapeTimeout
+  ##
+  scrapeTimeout: 10s
+  ## @param podMonitor.honorLabels Set pod monitor honorLabels
+  ##
+  honorLabels: true
+  ## @param podMonitor.scheme Set pod monitor scheme
+  ##
+  scheme: http
+  ## @param podMonitor.relabelings Set pod monitor relabelings
+  ##
+  relabelings: []
+  ## @param podMonitor.metricRelabelings Set pod monitor metricRelabelings
+  ##
+  metricRelabelings: []
 
 ## @section Image settings
 ##
@@ -35,17 +85,9 @@ deployment:
   restartPolicy: Always
   ## @param deployment.annotations Additional deployment annotations
   ##
-  ## Example:
-  ## annotations:
-  ##   kubernetes.io/foo: bar
-  ##
   annotations: {}
   ## @param deployment.labels Additional deployment labels
   ##
-  ## Example:
-  ## labels:
-  ##   foo: bar
-  ##
   labels: {}
   ## @param deployment.pullSecret Kubernetes secret for pulling the image
   ##
@@ -120,6 +162,12 @@ deployment:
     ## @param deployment.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable Maximum unavailable for rolling update
     ##
     maxUnavailable: 0
+  ## @section metricsPort settings
+  ##
+  metricsPort:
+    ## @param deployment.metricsPort.name Name of the port
+    ##
+    name: http
 
 ## @section Service settings
 ##
@@ -151,4 +199,4 @@ serviceAccount:
   name: ""
   ## @param serviceAccount.annotations Additional service account annotations
   ##
-  annotations: {}
+  annotations: {}
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