diff --git a/cluster/addons/prometheus/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml b/cluster/addons/prometheus/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
index f79fdd5a8d4..61996fae570 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/prometheus/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/prometheus/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ spec:
             valueFrom:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: config-volume
+            mountPath: /etc/config
         command:
           - /pod_nanny
+          - --config-dir=/etc/config
           - --container=kube-state-metrics
           - --cpu=100m
           - --extra-cpu=1m
@@ -65,3 +69,23 @@ spec:
           - --extra-memory=2Mi
           - --threshold=5
           - --deployment=kube-state-metrics
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: kube-state-metrics-config
+---
+# Config map for resource configuration.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics-config
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: kube-state-metrics
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+data:
+  NannyConfiguration: |-
+    apiVersion: nannyconfig/v1alpha1
+    kind: NannyConfiguration
+