diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6622239..1658047 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,25 @@ spec:
 From now on, when a mounted ConfigMap or Secret is updated, Wave will update
 this `config-hash` annotation and cause a Rolling Update to occur.
 
+### Advanced Features
+
+If your Pod is reading some ConfigMap or Secret using the API and you want it
+to be restarted on change you can tell Wave in an annotation:
+
+```
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    wave.pusher.com/update-on-config-change: "true"
+    wave.pusher.com/extra-configmaps: "some-namespace/my-configmap,configmap-in-same-namespace"
+    wave.pusher.com/extra-secrets: "some-namespace/my-secret,some-other-namespace/foo"
+...
+```
+
+Wave will watch those ConfigMap or Secret and behave just like if they were
+mounted.
+
 ## Project Concepts
 
 This section outlines some of the underlying concepts that enable this
diff --git a/pkg/core/children.go b/pkg/core/children.go
index 7d9b351..e52246d 100644
--- a/pkg/core/children.go
+++ b/pkg/core/children.go
@@ -157,6 +157,30 @@ func getChildNamesByType(obj podController) (configMetadataMap, configMetadataMa
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Parse deployment annotations for cms/secrets used inside the pod
+		if annotations := obj.GetAnnotations(); annotations != nil {
+			if configMapString, ok := annotations[ExtraConfigMapsAnnotation]; ok {
+				for _, cm := range strings.Split(configMapString, ",") {
+					parts := strings.Split(cm, "/")
+					if len(parts) == 1 {
+						configMaps[GetNamespacedName(parts[0], obj.GetNamespace())] = configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}
+					} else if len(parts) == 2 {
+						configMaps[GetNamespacedName(parts[1], parts[0])] = configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if secretString, ok := annotations[ExtraSecretsAnnotation]; ok {
+				for _, secret := range strings.Split(secretString, ",") {
+					parts := strings.Split(secret, "/")
+					if len(parts) == 1 {
+						secrets[GetNamespacedName(parts[0], obj.GetNamespace())] = configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}
+					} else if len(parts) == 2 {
+						secrets[GetNamespacedName(parts[1], parts[0])] = configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Range through all Containers and their respective EnvFrom,
diff --git a/pkg/core/children_test.go b/pkg/core/children_test.go
index 4dba0f5..5f1dc17 100644
--- a/pkg/core/children_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/children_test.go
@@ -275,6 +275,24 @@ var _ = Describe("Wave children Suite", func() {
 			configMaps, secrets = getChildNamesByType(podControllerDeployment)
 		})
 
+		It("returns ConfigMaps referenced in extra-configmaps annotations", func() {
+			Expect(configMaps).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName("test-cm1", "ns1"),
+				configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}))
+			Expect(configMaps).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName("test-cm2", "ns2"),
+				configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}))
+			Expect(configMaps).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName("local-cm1", podControllerDeployment.GetNamespace()),
+				configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}))
+		})
+
+		It("returns Secrets referenced in extra-secrets annotations", func() {
+			Expect(secrets).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName("test-secret1", "ns1"),
+				configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}))
+			Expect(secrets).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName("test-secret2", "ns2"),
+				configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}))
+			Expect(secrets).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName("local-secret1", podControllerDeployment.GetNamespace()),
+				configMetadata{required: false, allKeys: true}))
+		})
+
 		It("returns ConfigMaps referenced in Volumes", func() {
 			Expect(configMaps).To(HaveKeyWithValue(GetNamespacedName(cm1.GetName(), podControllerDeployment.GetNamespace()),
 				configMetadata{required: true, allKeys: true}))
@@ -364,8 +382,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Wave children Suite", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("does not return extra children", func() {
-			Expect(configMaps).To(HaveLen(9))
-			Expect(secrets).To(HaveLen(9))
+			Expect(configMaps).To(HaveLen(12))
+			Expect(secrets).To(HaveLen(12))
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/pkg/core/types.go b/pkg/core/types.go
index 8bc1a94..93b1373 100644
--- a/pkg/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/core/types.go
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ const (
 	// SchedulingDisabledSchedulerName is the dummy scheduler to disable scheduling of pods
 	SchedulingDisabledSchedulerName = "wave.pusher.com/invalid"
 
+	// ExtraConfigMapsAnnotation is the key of the annotation that contains additional
+	// ConfigMaps which Wave should watch
+	ExtraConfigMapsAnnotation = "wave.pusher.com/extra-configmaps"
+
+	// ExtraSecretsAnnotation is the key of the annotation that contains additional
+	// Secrets which Wave should watch
+	ExtraSecretsAnnotation = "wave.pusher.com/extra-secrets"
+
 	// RequiredAnnotation is the key of the annotation on the Deployment that Wave
 	// checks for before processing the deployment
 	RequiredAnnotation = "wave.pusher.com/update-on-config-change"
diff --git a/test/utils/test_objects.go b/test/utils/test_objects.go
index 1429ac6..19dbe6e 100644
--- a/test/utils/test_objects.go
+++ b/test/utils/test_objects.go
@@ -26,14 +26,20 @@ var labels = map[string]string{
 	"app": "example",
 }
 
+var annotations = map[string]string{
+	"wave.pusher.com/extra-configmaps": "ns1/test-cm1,ns2/test-cm2,local-cm1",
+	"wave.pusher.com/extra-secrets":    "ns1/test-secret1,ns2/test-secret2,local-secret1",
+}
+
 var trueValue = true
 
 // ExampleDeployment is an example Deployment object for use within test suites
 var ExampleDeployment = &appsv1.Deployment{
 	ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-		Name:      "example",
-		Namespace: "default",
-		Labels:    labels,
+		Name:        "example",
+		Namespace:   "default",
+		Labels:      labels,
+		Annotations: annotations,
 	},
 	Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 		Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{