diff --git a/charts/argo-workflows/Chart.yaml b/charts/argo-workflows/Chart.yaml
index fd9bc5a1..60d71bf1 100644
--- a/charts/argo-workflows/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-workflows/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ appVersion: v3.4.3
 name: argo-workflows
 description: A Helm chart for Argo Workflows
 type: application
-version: 0.20.8
+version: 0.20.9
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/master/docs/assets/argo.png
 home: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm
 sources:
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ maintainers:
     url: https://argoproj.github.io/
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - "[Fixed]: add missing attribute for sso"
+    - "[Fixed]: allow users to optionally whitelist secrets"
diff --git a/charts/argo-workflows/README.md b/charts/argo-workflows/README.md
index b02fcc11..3f60f868 100644
--- a/charts/argo-workflows/README.md
+++ b/charts/argo-workflows/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ Fields to note:
 | controller.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | SecurityContext to set on the controller pods |
 | controller.priorityClassName | string | `""` | Leverage a PriorityClass to ensure your pods survive resource shortages. |
 | controller.rbac.create | bool | `true` | Adds Role and RoleBinding for the controller. |
+| controller.rbac.secretWhitelist | list | `[]` | Allows controller to get, list, and watch certain k8s secrets |
 | controller.replicas | int | `1` | The number of controller pods to run |
 | controller.resourceRateLimit | object | `{}` | Globally limits the rate at which pods are created. This is intended to mitigate flooding of the Kubernetes API server by workflows with a large amount of parallel nodes. |
 | controller.resources | object | `{}` | Resource limits and requests for the controller |
diff --git a/charts/argo-workflows/templates/controller/workflow-controller-cluster-roles.yaml b/charts/argo-workflows/templates/controller/workflow-controller-cluster-roles.yaml
index 4b0f389a..34f91c0d 100644
--- a/charts/argo-workflows/templates/controller/workflow-controller-cluster-roles.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-workflows/templates/controller/workflow-controller-cluster-roles.yaml
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ rules:
   resourceNames:
   {{/* for HTTP templates */}}
   - argo-workflows-agent-ca-certificates
+{{- with .Values.controller.rbac.secretWhitelist }}
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - secrets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  resourceNames: {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 
 {{- if .Values.controller.clusterWorkflowTemplates.enabled }}
 ---
diff --git a/charts/argo-workflows/values.yaml b/charts/argo-workflows/values.yaml
index c8a68bcf..3a371a8f 100644
--- a/charts/argo-workflows/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-workflows/values.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ controller:
   rbac:
     # -- Adds Role and RoleBinding for the controller.
     create: true
+    # -- Allows controller to get, list, and watch certain k8s secrets
+    secretWhitelist: []
 
   # -- Limits the maximum number of incomplete workflows in a namespace
   namespaceParallelism: