diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/gateway-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0466ec977..63e9ad705 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
         {{ include "kong.renderTpl" (dict "value" .Values.podLabels "context" $) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
     spec:
+      hostNetwork: {{ .Values.hostNetwork }}
       {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
       {{ toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml b/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml
index 8c5ff2f31..2319eebb7 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml
@@ -117,3 +117,7 @@ certsDir:
 # Override the default deployment selector labels. This is useful if you don't want
 # to use the defaults or are migrating to this chart and want to use existing labels.
 # selectorLabels: []
+
+# Deploy the deployment in host network.
+# May be required to set to true if Calico CNI is used.
+hostNetwork: false
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