diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 243c17a2..9f2d7ac5 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
@@ -52,18 +53,47 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	var metricsAddr string
-	var enableLeaderElection bool
-	var probeAddr string
-	var qps float64
-	var burst int
+	var (
+		metricsAddr string
+		probeAddr   string
+		qps         float64
+		burst       int
+
+		// leader election
+		enableLeaderElection         bool
+		leaderElectLeaseDuration     time.Duration
+		leaderElectRenewDeadline     time.Duration
+		leaderElectRetryPeriod       time.Duration
+		leaderElectResourceLock      string
+		leaderElectionID             string
+		leaderElectResourceNamespace string
+	)
+
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
-	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
-		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
-			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
 	flag.Float64Var(&qps, "kube-api-qps", 500, "Maximum QPS to use while talking with Kubernetes API")
 	flag.IntVar(&burst, "kube-api-burst", 500, "Maximum burst for throttle while talking with Kubernetes API")
+	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", true,
+		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
+			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
+	flag.DurationVar(&leaderElectLeaseDuration, "leader-elect-lease-duration", 15*time.Second,
+		"The duration that non-leader candidates will wait after observing a leadership renewal until attempting to acquire "+
+			"leadership of a led but unrenewed leader slot. This is effectively the maximum duration that a leader can be stopped"+
+			" before it is replaced by another candidate. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled.")
+	flag.DurationVar(&leaderElectRenewDeadline, "leader-elect-renew-deadline", 10*time.Second,
+		"The interval between attempts by the acting master to renew a leadership slot before it stops leading. This"+
+			"must be less than or equal to the lease duration. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled.")
+	flag.DurationVar(&leaderElectRetryPeriod, "leader-elect-retry-period", 2*time.Second,
+		"The duration the clients should wait between attempting acquisition and renewal of a leadership. This is only"+
+			"applicable if leader election is enabled.")
+	flag.StringVar(&leaderElectResourceLock, "leader-elect-resource-lock", "leases",
+		"The type of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. Supported options are "+
+			"'endpoints', 'configmaps', 'leases', 'endpointsleases' and 'configmapsleases'")
+	flag.StringVar(&leaderElectionID, "leader-elect-resource-name", "b8b2488c.x-k8s.io",
+		"The name of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. ")
+	flag.StringVar(&leaderElectResourceNamespace, "leader-elect-resource-namespace", "lws-system",
+		"The namespace of resource object that is used for locking during leader election.")
+
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: true,
 	}
@@ -77,11 +107,16 @@ func main() {
 	kubeConfig.Burst = burst
 
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(kubeConfig, ctrl.Options{
-		Scheme:                 scheme,
-		Metrics:                metricsserver.Options{BindAddress: metricsAddr},
-		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
-		LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
-		LeaderElectionID:       "b8b2488c.x-k8s.io",
+		Scheme:                     scheme,
+		Metrics:                    metricsserver.Options{BindAddress: metricsAddr},
+		HealthProbeBindAddress:     probeAddr,
+		LeaderElection:             enableLeaderElection,
+		LeaderElectionID:           leaderElectionID,
+		LeaderElectionResourceLock: leaderElectResourceLock,
+		LeaderElectionNamespace:    leaderElectResourceNamespace,
+		LeaseDuration:              &leaderElectLeaseDuration,
+		RenewDeadline:              &leaderElectRenewDeadline,
+		RetryPeriod:                &leaderElectRetryPeriod,
 		// LeaderElectionReleaseOnCancel defines if the leader should step down voluntarily
 		// when the Manager ends. This requires the binary to immediately end when the
 		// Manager is stopped, otherwise, this setting is unsafe. Setting this significantly
diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 8316c5de..9e51cda2 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       control-plane: controller-manager
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 2
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations: