diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0bb6dc..4224827 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ 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 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)"
 
 
 # Extra vars which will be passed to the Docker-build
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ 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/clean_local_webhook.sh
 	/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 4ef0bec..cf76be1 100755
--- a/hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh
+++ b/hack/run_with_local_webhook.sh
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ else
     oc scale --replicas=0 -n openstack-operators deploy/placement-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 b0b1646..8b22c1e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ 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.")
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ func main() {
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
 		LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID:       "73d6b7ce.openstack.org",
+		PprofBindAddress:       pprofBindAddress,
 		WebhookServer: webhook.NewServer(
 			webhook.Options{
 				Port:    9443,