diff --git a/src/commands/flags.ts b/src/commands/flags.ts
index ac84e0d09..8b0d46aa5 100644
--- a/src/commands/flags.ts
+++ b/src/commands/flags.ts
@@ -768,6 +768,16 @@ export const deploymentClusters: CommandFlag = {
   }
 }
 
+export const pinger: CommandFlag = {
+  constName: 'pinger',
+  name: 'pinger',
+  definition: {
+    describe: 'Enable Pinger service in the Mirror node monitor',
+    defaultValue: false,
+    type: 'boolean'
+  }
+}
+
 //* ------------- Node Proxy Certificates ------------- !//
 
 export const grpcTlsCertificatePath: CommandFlag = {
@@ -889,6 +899,7 @@ export const allFlags: CommandFlag[] = [
   privateKey,
   profileFile,
   profileName,
+  pinger,
   relayReleaseTag,
   releaseTag,
   replicaCount,
diff --git a/src/commands/mirror_node.ts b/src/commands/mirror_node.ts
index 7de1fe1be..b7b760e59 100644
--- a/src/commands/mirror_node.ts
+++ b/src/commands/mirror_node.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ export class MirrorNodeCommand extends BaseCommand {
       flags.quiet,
       flags.tlsClusterIssuerType,
       flags.valuesFile,
-      flags.mirrorNodeVersion
+      flags.mirrorNodeVersion,
+      flags.pinger
     ]
   }
 
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ export class MirrorNodeCommand extends BaseCommand {
       chartPath: string
       valuesArg: string
       mirrorNodeVersion: string
-      getUnusedConfigs: () => string[]
+      getUnusedConfigs: () => string[],
+      pinger: boolean
     }
 
     interface Context {
@@ -171,7 +173,8 @@ export class MirrorNodeCommand extends BaseCommand {
             flags.hederaExplorerVersion,
             flags.tlsClusterIssuerType,
             flags.valuesFile,
-            flags.mirrorNodeVersion
+            flags.mirrorNodeVersion,
+            flags.pinger
           ])
 
           await prompts.execute(task, self.configManager, MirrorNodeCommand.DEPLOY_FLAGS_LIST)
@@ -186,6 +189,20 @@ export class MirrorNodeCommand extends BaseCommand {
 
           ctx.config.valuesArg += this.prepareValuesFiles(constants.MIRROR_NODE_VALUES_FILE)
 
+          if (ctx.config.pinger) {
+            const startAccId = constants.HEDERA_NODE_ACCOUNT_ID_START
+            const networkPods = await this.k8.getPodsByLabel(['solo.hedera.com/type=network-node'])
+
+            if (networkPods.length) {
+              const pod = networkPods[0]
+              ctx.config.valuesArg += ` --set monitor.config.hedera.mirror.monitor.nodes.0.accountId=${startAccId}`
+              ctx.config.valuesArg += ` --set monitor.config.hedera.mirror.monitor.nodes.0.host=${pod.status.podIP}`
+
+              ctx.config.valuesArg += ` --set monitor.config.hedera.mirror.monitor.operator.accountId=${constants.OPERATOR_ID}`
+              ctx.config.valuesArg += ` --set monitor.config.hedera.mirror.monitor.operator.privateKey=${constants.OPERATOR_KEY}`
+            }
+          }
+
           if (!await self.k8.hasNamespace(ctx.config.namespace)) {
             throw new SoloError(`namespace ${ctx.config.namespace} does not exist`)
           }
diff --git a/src/commands/network.ts b/src/commands/network.ts
index 5e7ed9fdf..93d8cbc16 100644
--- a/src/commands/network.ts
+++ b/src/commands/network.ts
@@ -567,8 +567,8 @@ export class NetworkCommand extends BaseCommand {
             config.namespace,
             constants.SOLO_DEPLOYMENT_CHART,
             constants.SOLO_TESTING_CHART_URL + constants.SOLO_DEPLOYMENT_CHART,
-            config.valuesArg,
-            config.soloChartVersion
+            config.soloChartVersion,
+            config.valuesArg
           )
         }
       },
diff --git a/src/commands/node/tasks.ts b/src/commands/node/tasks.ts
index cd5e1bc49..5624ebb70 100644
--- a/src/commands/node/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/commands/node/tasks.ts
@@ -1236,8 +1236,8 @@ export class NodeCommandTasks {
       await self.chartManager.upgrade(
         config.namespace,
         constants.SOLO_DEPLOYMENT_CHART, constants.SOLO_TESTING_CHART_URL + constants.SOLO_DEPLOYMENT_CHART,
-        valuesArg,
-        config.soloChartVersion
+        config.soloChartVersion,
+        valuesArg
       )
     }, skip)
   }
diff --git a/src/core/chart_manager.ts b/src/core/chart_manager.ts
index e7fc1f01f..fb4e37b87 100644
--- a/src/core/chart_manager.ts
+++ b/src/core/chart_manager.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class ChartManager {
     return true
   }
 
-  async upgrade (namespaceName: string, chartReleaseName: string, chartPath: string, valuesArg = '', version = '') {
+  async upgrade (namespaceName: string, chartReleaseName: string, chartPath: string, version = '', valuesArg = '') {
     const versionArg = version ? `--version ${version}` : ''
 
     try {
diff --git a/test/e2e/commands/mirror_node.test.ts b/test/e2e/commands/mirror_node.test.ts
index b8cc383f6..4a3ff002a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/commands/mirror_node.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/commands/mirror_node.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ argv[flags.relayReleaseTag.name] = flags.relayReleaseTag.definition.defaultValue
 // set the env variable SOLO_CHARTS_DIR if developer wants to use local Solo charts
 argv[flags.chartDirectory.name] = process.env.SOLO_CHARTS_DIR ?? undefined
 argv[flags.quiet.name] = true
+argv[flags.pinger.name] = true
 
 e2eTestSuite(testName, argv, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, true, (bootstrapResp) => {
   describe('MirrorNodeCommand', async () => {