diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 285e42d2..76ca5d77 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -144,11 +144,12 @@ build: generate fmt vet ## Build manager binary.
 .PHONY: run
 run: export METRICS_PORT?=8080
 run: export HEALTH_PORT?=8081
+run: export PPROF_PORT?=8082
 run: export OPERATOR_TEMPLATES=./templates/
 run: export ENABLE_WEBHOOKS?=false
 run: manifests generate fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 	/bin/bash hack/clean_local_webhook.sh
-	go run ./main.go -metrics-bind-address ":$(METRICS_PORT)" -health-probe-bind-address ":$(HEALTH_PORT)"
+	go run ./main.go -metrics-bind-address ":$(METRICS_PORT)" -health-probe-bind-address ":$(HEALTH_PORT)" -pprof-bind-address ":$(PPROF_PORT)"
 
 .PHONY: docker-build
 docker-build: test ## Build docker image with the manager.
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ SKIP_CERT ?=false
 .PHONY: run-with-webhook
 run-with-webhook: export METRICS_PORT?=8080
 run-with-webhook: export HEALTH_PORT?=8081
+run-with-webhook: export PPROF_PORT?=8082
 run-with-webhook: manifests generate fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 	/bin/bash hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh
 
diff --git a/hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh b/hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh
index 64941c45..fe5b6af0 100755
--- a/hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh
+++ b/hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh
@@ -176,4 +176,4 @@ else
     oc scale --replicas=0 -n openstack-operators deploy/mariadb-operator-controller-manager
 fi
 
-go run ./main.go -metrics-bind-address ":${METRICS_PORT}" -health-probe-bind-address ":${HEALTH_PORT}"
+go run ./main.go -metrics-bind-address ":${METRICS_PORT}" -health-probe-bind-address ":${HEALTH_PORT}" -pprof-bind-address ":${PPROF_PORT}"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e27c9b99..fe377669 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ func main() {
 	var metricsAddr string
 	var enableLeaderElection bool
 	var probeAddr string
+	var pprofBindAddress string
 	var enableHTTP2 bool
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableHTTP2, "enable-http2", enableHTTP2, "If HTTP/2 should be enabled for the metrics and webhook servers.")
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
+	flag.StringVar(&pprofBindAddress, "pprof-bind-address", "", "The address the pprof endpoint binds to. Set to empty to disable pprof.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
 		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
 			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ func main() {
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
 		LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID:       "7c2a6c6b.openstack.org",
+		PprofBindAddress:       pprofBindAddress,
 		WebhookServer: webhook.NewServer(
 			webhook.Options{
 				Port:    9443,