diff --git a/class/defaults.yml b/class/defaults.yml
index ac9c956..fc2ca91 100644
--- a/class/defaults.yml
+++ b/class/defaults.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ parameters:
 
     manifests_version: 1.0.0
 
+    args: []
+
     api_token: ?{vaultkv:${cluster:tenant}/${cluster:name}/cloudscale/token}
diff --git a/component/main.jsonnet b/component/main.jsonnet
index a01a569..2a411a9 100644
--- a/component/main.jsonnet
+++ b/component/main.jsonnet
@@ -13,15 +13,24 @@ local manifests = std.parseJson(
 );
 
 local patchDaemonset(obj) =
-  if isOpenShift && obj.kind == 'DaemonSet' then
+  if obj.kind == 'DaemonSet' then
     obj {
       spec+: {
         template+: {
           spec+: {
-            nodeSelector: {
+            containers: [
+              if c.name == 'cloudscale-cloud-controller-manager' then
+                c {
+                  command+: params.args,
+                }
+              else
+                c
+              for c in super.containers
+            ],
+            [if isOpenShift then 'nodeSelector']: {
               'node-role.kubernetes.io/master': '',
             },
-            tolerations+: [
+            [if isOpenShift then 'tolerations']+: [
               {
                 key: 'node-role.kubernetes.io/master',
                 effect: 'NoSchedule',
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
index 8490f23..3583124 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ default:: `syn-cloudscale-cloud-controller-manager`
 
 The namespace in which to deploy this component.
 
+== `manifests_version`
+
+[horizontal]
+type:: string
+defaults:: [See `class/defaults.yml`]
+
+The cloudscale CCM version to deploy.
+
+== `args`
+
+[horizontal]
+type:: list
+defaults:: `[]`
+
+Additional arguments to provide to the cloudscale CCM.
+The contents of this parameter are appended to the upstream manifest verbatim.
 
 == `api_token`