diff --git a/charts/openobserve-collector/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/openobserve-collector/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index e427d1f..1346d3d 100644
--- a/charts/openobserve-collector/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/openobserve-collector/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -68,4 +68,11 @@ rules:
   resources:
   - events
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+{{- if .Values.rbac.extraRules }}
+{{- range .Values.rbac.extraRules }}
+- apiGroups: {{ .apiGroups | toJson }}
+  resources: {{ .resources | toJson }}
+  verbs: {{ .verbs | toJson }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/openobserve-collector/values.yaml b/charts/openobserve-collector/values.yaml
index 43629d5..9e29c89 100644
--- a/charts/openobserve-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/openobserve-collector/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ serviceAccount:
   # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
   name: ""
 
+# If additional RBAC rules are needed for the collector, they can be added here
+# Example use case: To allow the collector to access the custom resources from the third-party API groups
+rbac: {}
+# rbac:
+#   extraRules:
+#     - apiGroups: ["thirdparty.api.group"]
+#       resources: ["customresourcename"]
+#       verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+
+labels: {}
+
 # If Opentelemetry operator should be installed with the chart. If you already have the operator installed, set enabled to false. Refer https://opentelemetry.io/docs/kubernetes/operator/ and https://opentelemetry.io/docs/kubernetes/helm/operator/
 opentelemetry-operator:
   enabled: false
@@ -80,6 +91,18 @@ agent:
     #   cpu: 100m
     #   memory: 128Mi
   receivers:
+    otlp:
+      protocols:
+        grpc: {}
+        http: {}
+    prometheus:
+      config:
+        scrape_configs:
+          - job_name: "otel-collector"
+            scrape_interval: 5s
+            static_configs:
+              - targets: ["0.0.0.0:8888"]
+
     filelog/std:
       include: [/var/log/pods/*/*/*.log]
       exclude: