diff --git a/examples/aws/10-deployment-kube2iam.yaml b/examples/aws/10-deployment-kube2iam.yaml
index 1b726ea7d..902514fed 100644
--- a/examples/aws/10-deployment-kube2iam.yaml
+++ b/examples/aws/10-deployment-kube2iam.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ark
           image: gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8085
           command:
             - /ark
           args:
diff --git a/examples/azure/00-ark-deployment.yaml b/examples/azure/00-ark-deployment.yaml
index 48ad7b2b0..614f0a37a 100644
--- a/examples/azure/00-ark-deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/azure/00-ark-deployment.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ark
           image: gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8085
           command:
             - /ark
           args:
diff --git a/examples/gcp/10-deployment.yaml b/examples/gcp/10-deployment.yaml
index 28be7daf7..312bfe82c 100644
--- a/examples/gcp/10-deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/gcp/10-deployment.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ark
           image: gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8085
           command:
             - /ark
           args:
diff --git a/examples/ibm/10-deployment.yaml b/examples/ibm/10-deployment.yaml
index 36c4f9cac..fc3895dcc 100644
--- a/examples/ibm/10-deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/ibm/10-deployment.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ark
           image: gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8085
           command:
             - /ark
           args:
diff --git a/examples/minio/20-ark-deployment.yaml b/examples/minio/20-ark-deployment.yaml
index e824c24c9..3b1984575 100644
--- a/examples/minio/20-ark-deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/minio/20-ark-deployment.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ark
           image: gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8085
           command:
             - /ark
           args:
diff --git a/pkg/install/deployment.go b/pkg/install/deployment.go
index db5525bad..fd0907cb4 100644
--- a/pkg/install/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/install/deployment.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func Deployment(namespace string, opts ...podTemplateOption) *appsv1beta1.Deploy
 						{
 							Name:            "ark",
 							Image:           c.image,
+							Ports:           containerPorts(),
 							ImagePullPolicy: pullPolicy,
 							Command: []string{
 								"/ark",
diff --git a/pkg/install/resources.go b/pkg/install/resources.go
index e59ec168c..eb18a3d8b 100644
--- a/pkg/install/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/install/resources.go
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ func podAnnotations() map[string]string {
 	}
 }
 
+func containerPorts() []corev1.ContainerPort {
+	return []corev1.ContainerPort{
+		{
+			Name:          "metrics",
+			ContainerPort: 8085,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func objectMeta(namespace, name string) metav1.ObjectMeta {
 	return metav1.ObjectMeta{
 		Name:      name,