diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98aa02038..07c1ef0cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Changes:
 * Default `vault` version updated to 1.17.3
 * Default `vault-csi-provider` version updated to 1.5.0
 
+Features:
+
+* csi: Allow modification of the hostNetwork parameter on the DaemonSet [GH-1046](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-helm/pull/1046)
+
 Bugs:
 
 * Properly handle JSON formatted server config [GH-1049](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-helm/pull/1049)
diff --git a/templates/csi-daemonset.yaml b/templates/csi-daemonset.yaml
index b019f3dc4..aacce0a27 100644
--- a/templates/csi-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/templates/csi-daemonset.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.csi.priorityClassName }}
       priorityClassName: {{ .Values.csi.priorityClassName }}
       {{- end }}
+      hostNetwork: {{ .Values.csi.hostNetwork }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "vault.fullname" . }}-csi-provider
       {{- template "csi.pod.tolerations" . }}
       {{- template "csi.pod.nodeselector" . }}
diff --git a/test/unit/csi-daemonset.bats b/test/unit/csi-daemonset.bats
index b603b745a..d536a4085 100644
--- a/test/unit/csi-daemonset.bats
+++ b/test/unit/csi-daemonset.bats
@@ -561,6 +561,30 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# hostNetwork
+
+@test "csi/daemonset: csi.hostNetwork not set" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      --show-only templates/csi-daemonset.yaml \
+      --set 'csi.enabled=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.hostNetwork' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "false" ]
+}
+
+@test "csi/daemonset: csi.hostNetwork is set" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+        --show-only templates/csi-daemonset.yaml \
+        --set 'csi.enabled=true' \
+        --set 'csi.hostNetwork=true' \
+        . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.hostNetwork' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Readiness/liveness probes
 
diff --git a/values.schema.json b/values.schema.json
index 34d413179..b361ef4d9 100644
--- a/values.schema.json
+++ b/values.schema.json
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
                 "hmacSecretName": {
                     "type": "string"
                 },
+                "hostNetwork": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "image": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "properties": {
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index f46e5fdbd..0f45050b0 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -1120,6 +1120,10 @@ csi:
   # generating secret versions.
   hmacSecretName: ""
 
+  # Allow modification of the hostNetwork parameter to avoid the need of a
+  # dedicated pod ip
+  hostNetwork: false
+
   # Settings for the daemonSet used to run the provider.
   daemonSet:
     updateStrategy: