diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 8450f4d31c..8aef17597d 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: Elasticsearch stats exporter for Prometheus
 name: elasticsearch-exporter
-version: 1.5.0
+version: 1.6.0
 appVersion: 1.0.2
 home: https://github.com/justwatchcom/elasticsearch_exporter
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md
index 20cc6bfdbb..cac99e37a0 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `service.metricsPort.name` | name for the http service | `http`
 `service.annotations` | Annotations on the http service | `{}`
 `service.labels` | Additional labels for the service definition | `{}`
-`es.uri` | address of the Elasticsearch node to connect to | `http://localhost:9200`
+`env` | Extra environment variables passed to pod | `{}`
+`es.uri` | address of the Elasticsearch node to connect to | `localhost:9200`
 `es.all` | if `true`, query stats for all nodes in the cluster, rather than just the node we connect to | `true`
 `es.indices` | if true, query stats for all indices in the cluster | `true`
 `es.timeout` | timeout for trying to get stats from Elasticsearch | `30s`
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index ad18705009..01d459eb6c 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          {{- if .Values.env }}
+          env:
+          {{- range $key, $value := .Values.env }}
+          - name: {{ $key }}
+            value: "{{ $value }}"
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- end }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           command: ["elasticsearch_exporter",
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml
index ff6c48bb1a..74b93fa3ea 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ service:
   annotations: {}
   labels: {}
 
+## Extra environment variables that will be passed into the exporter pod
+## example:
+## env:
+##   KEY_1: value1
+##   KEY_2: value2
+# env:
+
 es:
   ## Address (host and port) of the Elasticsearch node we should connect to.
   ## This could be a local node (localhost:9200, for instance), or the address