diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61db7b5..b88d6c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ charts: manifests kustomize helm-tool yq dist
 	$(YQ) e 'select(.kind != "CustomResourceDefinition")' dist/recommended.yaml > $(CHART_DIR)/templates/all.yaml
 	cp hack/helm/Chart.yaml $(CHART_DIR)/
 	cp hack/helm/NOTES.txt $(CHART_DIR)/templates/
-	touch $(CHART_DIR)/values.yaml
+	cp hack/helm/values.yaml $(CHART_DIR)/
+	# Replace hardcoded manager container resources with Helm-configurable values
+	perl -i -0777 -pe 's/(          resources:\n)            limits:\n              cpu: 100m\n              memory: 256Mi\n            requests:\n              cpu: 100m\n              memory: 256Mi/$$1            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}/g' $(CHART_DIR)/templates/all.yaml
 	helm package $(CHART_DIR) --version $(VERSION)
 
 deploy: manifests kustomize ## Deploy controller to the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
diff --git a/hack/helm/values.yaml b/hack/helm/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6975918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/helm/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+resources:
+  limits:
+    cpu: 100m
+    memory: 256Mi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 100m
+    memory: 256Mi