diff --git a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml
index 2ed2c6422..75d60039c 100644
--- a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml
+++ b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: ceph.rook.io/v1
 kind: CephCluster
 metadata:
-  name: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  name: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.clusterName }}
 spec:
   monitoring:
     rulesNamespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.monitoring.rulesNamespaceOverride }}
diff --git a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
index 9764b2ff0..b84d0dbcc 100644
--- a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # Namespace of the main rook operator
 operatorNamespace: rook-ceph
 
+# The metadata.name of the CephCluster CR. The default name is the same as the namespace.
+#clusterName: rook-ceph
+
 # Ability to override ceph.conf
 configOverride:
 #configOverride: |