diff --git a/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md b/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md
index 33cd21247..afa860bd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md
+++ b/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the rook-operator chart
 | `priorityClassName` | Set the priority class for the rook operator deployment if desired | `nil` |
 | `rbacAggregate.enableOBCs` | If true, create a ClusterRole aggregated to [user facing roles](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/#user-facing-roles) for objectbucketclaims | `false` |
 | `rbacEnable` | If true, create & use RBAC resources | `true` |
+| `reconcileConcurrentClusters` | Number of clusters the operator reconciles concurrently | `1` |
 | `resources` | Pod resource requests & limits | `{"limits":{"memory":"512Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"200m","memory":"128Mi"}}` |
 | `revisionHistoryLimit` | The revision history limit for all pods created by Rook. If blank, the K8s default is 10. | `nil` |
 | `scaleDownOperator` | If true, scale down the rook operator. This is useful for administrative actions where the rook operator must be scaled down, while using gitops style tooling to deploy your helm charts. | `false` |
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml
index 110f48f8e..a7ff567a2 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: ROOK_CURRENT_NAMESPACE_ONLY
               value: {{ .Values.currentNamespaceOnly | quote }}
+            - name: ROOK_RECONCILE_CONCURRENT_CLUSTERS
+              value: {{ .Values.reconcileConcurrentClusters | quote }}
             {{- with .Values.discover }}
             {{- with .toleration }}
             - name: DISCOVER_TOLERATION
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
index 8c314ac3b..2797b70fb 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ unreachableNodeTolerationSeconds: 5
 # -- Whether the operator should watch cluster CRD in its own namespace or not
 currentNamespaceOnly: false
 
+# -- Number of clusters the operator reconciles concurrently
+reconcileConcurrentClusters: 1
+
 # -- Custom pod labels for the operator
 operatorPodLabels: {}