diff --git a/.chloggen/1997-expose-pprof-server.yaml b/.chloggen/1997-expose-pprof-server.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3d31456001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/1997-expose-pprof-server.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. operator, target allocator, github action)
+component: operator
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add flag to enable support for the pprof server in the operator.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [1997]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c7538a3068..622a67a906 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func main() {
 	var (
 		metricsAddr                    string
 		probeAddr                      string
+		pprofAddr                      string
 		enableLeaderElection           bool
 		collectorImage                 string
 		targetAllocatorImage           string
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	pflag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	pflag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-addr", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
+	pflag.StringVar(&pprofAddr, "pprof-addr", "", "The address to expose the pprof server. Default is empty string which disables the pprof server.")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "enable-leader-election", false,
 		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
 			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ func main() {
 		LeaseDuration:          &leaseDuration,
 		RenewDeadline:          &renewDeadline,
 		RetryPeriod:            &retryPeriod,
+		PprofBindAddress:       pprofAddr,
 		WebhookServer: webhook.NewServer(webhook.Options{
 			Port:    webhookPort,
 			TLSOpts: optionsTlSOptsFuncs,