diff --git a/chart/templates/mayastor/csi/csi-node-daemonset.yaml b/chart/templates/mayastor/csi/csi-node-daemonset.yaml
index 2b0548506..74a398eef 100644
--- a/chart/templates/mayastor/csi/csi-node-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/mayastor/csi/csi-node-daemonset.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: status.podIP
         - name: RUST_BACKTRACE
           value: "1"
+        {{- if .Values.csi.node.mkfs_args.xfs }}
+        - name: MKFS_XFS_ARGS
+          value: {{ .Values.csi.node.mkfs_args.xfs | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
         args:
         - "--csi-socket={{ .Values.csi.node.pluginMountPath }}/{{ .Values.csi.node.socketPath }}"
         - "--node-name=$(MY_NODE_NAME)"
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 8cff09c26..5d754d336 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ csi:
     kubeletDir: /var/lib/kubelet
     pluginMountPath: /csi
     socketPath: csi.sock
+    # Additional arguments when creating filesystems
+    mkfs_args:
+      xfs: ""
     # -- Set tolerations, overrides global
     tolerations: []
     # -- Set PriorityClass, overrides global