diff --git a/apis/v1/storageoscluster_types.go b/apis/v1/storageoscluster_types.go
index 35fe7420..93f0c722 100644
--- a/apis/v1/storageoscluster_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1/storageoscluster_types.go
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ type StorageOSClusterSpec struct {
 
 	// Disable StorageOS scheduler extender.
 	DisableScheduler bool `json:"disableScheduler,omitempty"`
+
+	// Environment contains environment variables that are passed to StorageOS.
+	Environment map[string]string `json:"environment,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ContainerImages contains image names of all the containers used by the operator.
diff --git a/apis/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index fd10c1f3..b36f6bd9 100644
--- a/apis/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ func (in *StorageOSClusterSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *StorageOSClusterSpec) {
 		}
 	}
 	in.Resources.DeepCopyInto(&out.Resources)
+	if in.Environment != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Environment, &out.Environment
+		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new StorageOSClusterSpec.
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/storageos.com_storageosclusters.yaml b/config/crd/bases/storageos.com_storageosclusters.yaml
index 069ec522..ca0a3cf7 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/storageos.com_storageosclusters.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/storageos.com_storageosclusters.yaml
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ spec:
               disableTelemetry:
                 description: Disable Telemetry.
                 type: boolean
+              environment:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  type: string
+                description: Environment contains environment variables that are passed
+                  to StorageOS.
+                type: object
               forceTCMU:
                 description: "Force TCMU can be set to true to ensure that TCMU is
                   enabled or cause StorageOS to abort startup. \n At startup, StorageOS
diff --git a/config/manager/related_images_config.yaml b/config/manager/related_images_config.yaml
index c90edbf4..0a93e8aa 100644
--- a/config/manager/related_images_config.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/related_images_config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-RELATED_IMAGE_API_MANAGER=storageos/api-manager:v1.1.3-alpha1
+RELATED_IMAGE_API_MANAGER=storageos/api-manager:v1.1.3-alpha2
 RELATED_IMAGE_CSIV1_EXTERNAL_PROVISIONER=storageos/csi-provisioner:v2.1.1-patched
 RELATED_IMAGE_CSIV1_EXTERNAL_ATTACHER_V3=quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v3.1.0
 RELATED_IMAGE_CSIV1_EXTERNAL_RESIZER=quay.io/k8scsi/csi-resizer:v1.1.0
diff --git a/controllers/storageoscluster/node_operand.go b/controllers/storageoscluster/node_operand.go
index 3bf8dfde..73378e2f 100644
--- a/controllers/storageoscluster/node_operand.go
+++ b/controllers/storageoscluster/node_operand.go
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ func getNodeBuilder(fs filesys.FileSystem, obj client.Object, kcl kubectl.Kubect
 		stransform.SetConfigMapData("LOG_LEVEL", cluster.GetLogLevel()),
 	}
 
+	// Set extra environment variables for node.
+	for k, v := range cluster.Spec.Environment {
+		configmapTransforms = append(configmapTransforms, stransform.SetConfigMapData(k, v))
+	}
+
 	// If etcd TLS related values are set, mount the secret volume and set the
 	// etcd related configurations.
 	if cluster.Spec.TLSEtcdSecretRefName != "" {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/deployment-test/03-deploy-storageos.yaml b/tests/e2e/deployment-test/03-deploy-storageos.yaml
index 2538de0e..0f6c6b86 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/deployment-test/03-deploy-storageos.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/deployment-test/03-deploy-storageos.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ spec:
   storageClassName: "storageos"
   kvBackend:
     address: "etcd-client.default.svc.cluster.local:2379"
+  environment:
+    ENV_TO_TEST: must exists in storageos-node configmap
diff --git a/tests/e2e/deployment-test/04-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/deployment-test/04-assert.yaml
index 2396164d..db0b3708 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/deployment-test/04-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/deployment-test/04-assert.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ data:
   DISABLE_TELEMETRY: "false"
   DISABLE_CRASH_REPORTING: "false"
   DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK: "false"
+  ENV_TO_TEST: must exists in storageos-node configmap