diff --git a/templates/sync-catalog-deployment.yaml b/templates/sync-catalog-deployment.yaml
index e463b346d2ff..ad57a0ef0314 100644
--- a/templates/sync-catalog-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/sync-catalog-deployment.yaml
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ spec:
                 {{- if .Values.syncCatalog.consulPrefix}}
                 -consul-service-prefix="{{ .Values.syncCatalog.consulPrefix}}" \
                 {{- end}}
+                {{- if .Values.syncCatalog.addK8SNamespaceSuffix}}
+                -add-k8s-namespace-suffix \
+                {{- end}}
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /health/ready
diff --git a/test/unit/sync-catalog-deployment.bats b/test/unit/sync-catalog-deployment.bats
index 5f7179681b6b..306b7074446f 100755
--- a/test/unit/sync-catalog-deployment.bats
+++ b/test/unit/sync-catalog-deployment.bats
@@ -371,3 +371,27 @@ load _helpers
       yq -r '.command | any(contains("consul-k8s acl-init"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# addK8SNamespaceSuffix
+
+@test "syncCatalog/Deployment: k8s namespace suffix enabled by default" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      -x templates/sync-catalog-deployment.yaml  \
+      --set 'syncCatalog.enabled=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command | any(contains("-add-k8s-namespace-suffix"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
+
+@test "syncCatalog/Deployment: can set addK8SNamespaceSuffix to false" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      -x templates/sync-catalog-deployment.yaml  \
+      --set 'syncCatalog.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'syncCatalog.addK8SNamespaceSuffix=false' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command | any(contains("-add-k8s-namespace-suffix"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "false" ]
+}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 16f41ee67f65..bc14b2587f48 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ global:
   # to consul-k8s v0.6.0. If using an older consul-k8s version, you may need to
   # remove these checks to make the sync work.
   # If using mesh gateways and bootstrapACLs then must be >= 0.9.0.
-  imageK8S: "hashicorp/consul-k8s:0.9.4"
+  imageK8S: "hashicorp/consul-k8s:0.9.5"
 
   # Datacenter is the name of the datacenter that the agents should register
   # as. This shouldn't be changed once the Consul cluster is up and running
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ client:
 # https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/dns-custom-nameservers/#configure-stub-domain-and-upstream-dns-servers
 dns:
   enabled: "-"
-  
+
   # Set a predefined cluster IP for the DNS service.
   # Useful if you need to reference the DNS service's IP
   # address in CoreDNS config.
@@ -335,10 +335,22 @@ syncCatalog:
   # to all namespaces.
   k8sSourceNamespace: null
 
-  # consulPrefix is the service prefix which preprends itself
+  # addK8SNamespaceSuffix appends Kubernetes namespace suffix to
+  # each service name synced to Consul, separated by a dash.
+  # For example, for a service 'foo' in the default namespace,
+  # the sync process will create a Consul service named 'foo-default'.
+  # Set this flag to true to avoid registering services with the same name
+  # but in different namespaces as instances for the same Consul service.
+  # Namespace suffix is not added if 'annotationServiceName' is provided.
+  addK8SNamespaceSuffix: true
+
+  # consulPrefix is the service prefix which prepends itself
   # to Kubernetes services registered within Consul
-  # For example, "k8s-" will register all services peprended with "k8s-".
+  # For example, "k8s-" will register all services prepended with "k8s-".
   # (Kubernetes -> Consul sync)
+  # consulPrefix is ignored when 'annotationServiceName' is provided.
+  # NOTE: Updating this property to a non-null value for an existing installation will result in deregistering
+  # of existing services in Consul and registering them with a new name.
   consulPrefix: null
 
   # k8sTag is an optional tag that is applied to all of the Kubernetes services