diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index 4647ab81a..36a12ecbe 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ rules:
   - ""
   resources:
   - nodes
-  # when using command line flag --resource-labels to create extended resources
-  # you will need to uncomment "- nodes/status"
-  # - nodes/status
+{{- if .Values.master.resourceLabels | empty | not }}
+  - nodes/status
+{{- end }}
   verbs:
   - get
   - patch
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml
index 78ad224b1..97944c50d 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ spec:
             {{- if .Values.master.extraLabelNs | empty | not }}
             - "--extra-label-ns={{- join "," .Values.master.extraLabelNs }}"
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.master.resourceLabels | empty | not }}
+            - "--resource-labels={{- join "," .Values.master.resourceLabels }}"
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.master.featureRulesController | kindIs "invalid" | not }}
             - "-featurerules-controller={{ .Values.master.featureRulesController }}"
             {{- else }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
index e7feb5ea7..45f04cc1b 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ nodeFeatureRule:
 master:
   instance:
   extraLabelNs: []
+  resourceLabels: []
   featureRulesController: null
 
   replicaCount: 1
diff --git a/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md b/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md
index 4728bc508..04d9f4100 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ We have introduced the following Chart parameters.
 | `master.*`                  | dict    |                                         | NFD master deployment configuration                                                                                                      |
 | `master.instance`           | string  |                                         | Instance name. Used to separate annotation namespaces for multiple parallel deployments                                                  |
 | `master.extraLabelNs`       | array   | []                                      | List of allowed extra label namespaces                                                                                                   |
+| `master.resourceLabels`     | array   | []                                      | List of labels to be registered as extended resources                                                                                          |
 | `master.featureRulesController` | bool | null                                   | Specifies whether the controller for processing of NodeFeatureRule objects is enabled. If not set, controller will be enabled if `master.instance` is empty. |
 | `master.replicaCount`       | integer | 1                                       | Number of desired pods. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified                                         |
 | `master.podSecurityContext` | dict    | {}                                      | [PodSecurityContext](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod) holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings |