diff --git a/examples/k8s_glue_example.py b/examples/k8s_glue_example.py
index 6c1b6bf..c528619 100644
--- a/examples/k8s_glue_example.py
+++ b/examples/k8s_glue_example.py
@@ -21,12 +21,23 @@ def parse_args():
         "--num-of-services", type=int, default=20,
         help="Specify the number of k8s services to be used. Use only with ports-mode."
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--base-port", type=int,
+        help="If using ports-mode, specifies the base port exposed by the services."
+             "For pod #X, the port will be <base-port>+X"
+    )
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()
-    k8s = K8sIntegration(ports_mode=args.ports_mode, num_of_services=args.num_of_services)
+
+    user_props_cb = None
+    if args.ports_mode and args.base_port:
+        def user_props_cb(pod_number):
+            return {"k8s-pod-port": args.base_port + pod_number}
+
+    k8s = K8sIntegration(ports_mode=args.ports_mode, num_of_services=args.num_of_services, user_props_cb=user_props_cb)
     k8s.k8s_daemon(args.queue)
 
 
diff --git a/trains_agent/glue/k8s.py b/trains_agent/glue/k8s.py
index 4feda2a..25aefd3 100644
--- a/trains_agent/glue/k8s.py
+++ b/trains_agent/glue/k8s.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
             debug=False,
             ports_mode=False,
             num_of_services=20,
+            user_props_cb=None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize the k8s integration glue layer daemon
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
             Requires the `num_of_services` parameter.
         :param int num_of_services: Number of k8s services configured in the cluster. Required if `port_mode` is True.
             (default: 20)
+        :param callable user_props_cb: An Optional callable allowing additional user properties to be specified
+            when scheduling a task to run in a pod. Callable can receive an optional pod number and should return
+            a dictionary of user properties (name and value). Signature is [[Optional[int]], Dict[str,str]]
         """
         super(K8sIntegration, self).__init__()
         self.k8s_pending_queue_name = k8s_pending_queue_name or self.K8S_PENDING_QUEUE
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
         self.ports_mode = ports_mode
         self.num_of_services = num_of_services
         self._edit_hyperparams_support = None
+        self._user_props_cb = user_props_cb
 
     def _set_task_user_properties(self, task_id: str, **properties: str):
         if self._edit_hyperparams_support is not True:
@@ -200,9 +205,17 @@ class K8sIntegration(Worker):
             self.log.error("Running kubectl encountered an error: {}".format(
                 error if isinstance(error, str) else error.decode()))
         elif self.ports_mode:
+            user_props = {"k8s-pod-number": pod_number, "k8s-pod-label": labels[0]}
+            if self._user_props_cb:
+                # noinspection PyBroadException
+                try:
+                    custom_props = self._user_props_cb(pod_number) if self.ports_mode else self._user_props_cb()
+                    user_props.update(custom_props)
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
             self._set_task_user_properties(
                 task_id=task_id,
-                **{"k8s-pod-number": pod_number, "k8s-pod-label": labels[0]}
+                **user_props,
             )
 
     def run_tasks_loop(self, queues: List[Text], worker_params, **kwargs):