diff --git a/helm/minio/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/minio/templates/deployment.yaml
index f40df14d2..8c987afbd 100644
--- a/helm/minio/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/minio/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.podLabels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
       annotations:
+{{- if not .Values.ignoreChartChecksums }}
         checksum/secrets: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/secrets.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | trimSuffix "\n" | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/minio/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml b/helm/minio/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml
index 4ed62bb4c..2d51830f5 100644
--- a/helm/minio/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/minio/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.podLabels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
       annotations:
+{{- if not .Values.ignoreChartChecksums }}
         checksum/secrets: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/secrets.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | trimSuffix "\n" | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/minio/templates/statefulset.yaml b/helm/minio/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 9cc33eff0..edf730b66 100644
--- a/helm/minio/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/helm/minio/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.podLabels | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
       annotations:
+{{- if not .Values.ignoreChartChecksums }}
         checksum/secrets: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/secrets.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | trimSuffix "\n" | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/minio/values.yaml b/helm/minio/values.yaml
index 09e3419e4..e503e242e 100644
--- a/helm/minio/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/minio/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ additionalLabels: []
 ## Additional annotations to include with deployment or statefulset
 additionalAnnotations: []
 
+## Typically the deployment/statefulset includes checksums of secrets/config,
+## So that when these change on a subsequent helm install, the deployment/statefulset 
+## is restarted. This can result in unnecessary restarts under GitOps tooling such as 
+## flux, so set to "true" to disable this behaviour.
+ignoreChartChecksums: false
+
 ## Additional arguments to pass to minio binary
 extraArgs: []