diff --git a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
index e655d8497c..c0df250d94 100644
--- a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ maintainers:
 name: kong
 sources:
 - https://github.com/Kong/kong
-version: 0.14.3
+version: 0.15.0
 appVersion: 1.2
diff --git a/stable/kong/README.md b/stable/kong/README.md
index 1df9b71625..e717ea8ade 100644
--- a/stable/kong/README.md
+++ b/stable/kong/README.md
@@ -135,23 +135,24 @@ Enabling both will create both databases in your cluster, but only one
 will be used by Kong based on the `env.database` parameter.
 Postgres is enabled by default.
 
-| Parameter                         | Description                                                            | Default               |
-| ------------------------------    | --------------------------------------------------------------------   | -------------------   |
-| cassandra.enabled                 | Spin up a new cassandra cluster for Kong                               | `false`               |
-| postgresql.enabled                | Spin up a new postgres instance for Kong                               | `true`                |
-| waitImage.repository              | Image used to wait for database to become ready                        | `busybox`             |
-| waitImage.tag                     | Tag for image used to wait for database to become ready                | `latest`              |
-| env.database                      | Choose either `postgres` or `cassandra`                                | `postgres`            |
-| env.pg_user                       | Postgres username                                                      | `kong`                |
-| env.pg_database                   | Postgres database name                                                 | `kong`                |
-| env.pg_password                   | Postgres database password (required if you are using your own database)| `kong`               |
-| env.pg_host                       | Postgres database host (required if you are using your own database)   | ``                    |
-| env.pg_port                       | Postgres database port                                                 | `5432`                |
-| env.cassandra_contact_points      | Cassandra contact points (required if you are using your own database) | ``                    |
-| env.cassandra_port                | Cassandra query port                                                   | `9042`                |
-| env.cassandra_keyspace            | Cassandra keyspace                                                     | `kong`                |
-| env.cassandra_repl_factor         | Replication factor for the Kong keyspace                               | `2`                   |
-
+| Parameter                     | Description                                                             | Default               |
+| ------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------|
+| cassandra.enabled             | Spin up a new cassandra cluster for Kong                                | `false`               |
+| postgresql.enabled            | Spin up a new postgres instance for Kong                                | `true`                |
+| waitImage.repository          | Image used to wait for database to become ready                         | `busybox`             |
+| waitImage.tag                 | Tag for image used to wait for database to become ready                 | `latest`              |
+| env.database                  | Choose either `postgres`, `cassandra` or `"off"` (for dbless mode)      | `postgres`            |
+| env.pg_user                   | Postgres username                                                       | `kong`                |
+| env.pg_database               | Postgres database name                                                  | `kong`                |
+| env.pg_password               | Postgres database password (required if you are using your own database)| `kong`                |
+| env.pg_host                   | Postgres database host (required if you are using your own database)    | ``                    |
+| env.pg_port                   | Postgres database port                                                  | `5432`                |
+| env.cassandra_contact_points  | Cassandra contact points (required if you are using your own database)  | ``                    |
+| env.cassandra_port            | Cassandra query port                                                    | `9042`                |
+| env.cassandra_keyspace        | Cassandra keyspace                                                      | `kong`                |
+| env.cassandra_repl_factor     | Replication factor for the Kong keyspace                                | `2`                   |
+| dblessConfig.configMap        | Name of an existing ConfigMap containing the `kong.yml` file. This must have the key `kong.yml`.| `` |
+| dblessConfig.config           | Yaml configuration file for the dbless (declarative) configuration of Kong | see in `values.yaml`    |
 
 All `kong.env` parameters can also accept a mapping instead of a value to ensure the parameters can be set through configmaps and secrets.
 
@@ -324,6 +325,16 @@ If your SMTP server requires authentication, you should the `username` and
 `smtp_password_secret` must be a Secret containing an `smtp_password` key whose
 value is your SMTP password.
 
+### DB-less Configuration
+
+
+When deploying Kong in DB-less mode (`env.database: "off"`) and without the Ingress
+Controller (`ingressController.enabled: false`), Kong needs a config to run. In
+this case, configuration can be provided using an exsiting ConfigMap
+(`dblessConfig.configMap`) or pushed directly into the values file under
+`dblessConfig.config`. See the example configuration in the default values.yaml
+for more details.
+
 ### Kong Ingress Controller
 
 Kong Ingress Controller's primary purpose is to satisfy Ingress resources
diff --git a/stable/kong/ci/dbless-no-kic-internal-declarative-config-values.yaml b/stable/kong/ci/dbless-no-kic-internal-declarative-config-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3aebe1f7e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable/kong/ci/dbless-no-kic-internal-declarative-config-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# CI test for testing dbless deployment without ingress controllers
+ingressController:
+  enabled: false
+env:
+  database: "off"
+postgresql:
+  enabled: false
+dblessConfig:
+  # Or the configuration is passed in full-text below
+  config:
+    _format_version: "1.1"
+    services:
+      - name: test-svc
+        url: http://example.com
+        routes:
+        - name: test
+          paths:
+          - /test
+        plugins:
+        - name: request-termination
+          config:
+            status_code: 200
+            message: "dbless-config"
diff --git a/stable/kong/ci/dbless-without-kic.yaml b/stable/kong/ci/dbless-no-kic-values.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from stable/kong/ci/dbless-without-kic.yaml
rename to stable/kong/ci/dbless-no-kic-values.yaml
diff --git a/stable/kong/ci/dbless.yaml b/stable/kong/ci/dbless-values.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from stable/kong/ci/dbless.yaml
rename to stable/kong/ci/dbless-values.yaml
diff --git a/stable/kong/templates/_helpers.tpl b/stable/kong/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 401878ae15..0a39678cc9 100644
--- a/stable/kong/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/stable/kong/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this
 {{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- define "kong.dblessConfig.fullname" -}}
+{{- $name := default "kong-custom-dbless-config" .Values.dblessConfig.nameOverride -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 Create the name of the service account to use
 */}}
diff --git a/stable/kong/templates/config-dbless.yaml b/stable/kong/templates/config-dbless.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..186c0fa805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable/kong/templates/config-dbless.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{- if (and (not .Values.ingressController.enabled) (eq .Values.env.database "off")) }}
+{{- if not .Values.dblessConfig.configMap }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "kong.dblessConfig.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "kong.name" . }}
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
+    release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+    heritage: "{{ .Release.Service }}"
+data:
+  kong.yml: |
+{{ .Values.dblessConfig.config | toYaml | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
index cbc55bee88..c6552aec22 100644
--- a/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ spec:
       component: app
   template:
     metadata:
-    {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
       annotations:
+        {{- if (and (not .Values.ingressController.enabled) (eq .Values.env.database "off" )) }}
+        {{- if .Values.dblessConfig.config }}
+        checksum/dbless.config: {{ toYaml .Values.dblessConfig.config | sha256sum }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
-    {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       labels:
         app: {{ template "kong.name" . }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       {{- include "kong.wait-for-db" . | nindent 6 }}
       {{ end }}
       containers:
-      {{- if (and (.Values.ingressController) (eq .Values.env.database "off")) }}
+      {{- if (and (.Values.ingressController.enabled) (eq .Values.env.database "off")) }}
       {{- include "kong.controller-container" . | nindent 6 }}
       {{ end }}
       - name: {{ template "kong.name" . }}
@@ -152,6 +157,10 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_CASSANDRA_CONTACT_POINTS
           value: {{ template "kong.cassandra.fullname" . }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if (and (not .Values.ingressController.enabled) (eq .Values.env.database "off")) }}
+        - name: KONG_DECLARATIVE_CONFIG
+          value: "/kong_dbless/kong.yml"
+        {{- end }}
         {{- include "kong.env" .  | indent 8 }}
         ports:
         - name: admin
@@ -232,6 +241,10 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
           - name: custom-nginx-template-volume
             mountPath: /kong
+          {{- if (and (not .Values.ingressController.enabled) (eq .Values.env.database "off")) }}
+          - name: kong-custom-dbless-config-volume
+            mountPath: /kong_dbless/
+          {{- end }}
         readinessProbe:
 {{ toYaml .Values.readinessProbe | indent 10 }}
         livenessProbe:
@@ -252,4 +265,12 @@ spec:
         - name: custom-nginx-template-volume
           configMap:
             name: {{ .Release.Name }}-kong-default-custom-server-blocks
-
+{{- if (and (not .Values.ingressController.enabled) (eq .Values.env.database "off")) }}
+        - name: kong-custom-dbless-config-volume
+          configMap:
+            {{- if .Values.dblessConfig.configMap }}
+            name: {{ .Values.dblessConfig.configMap }}
+            {{- else }}
+            name: {{ template "kong.dblessConfig.fullname" . }}
+            {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/stable/kong/values.yaml b/stable/kong/values.yaml
index 768ca3e8f3..96598f8d81 100644
--- a/stable/kong/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/values.yaml
@@ -387,3 +387,19 @@ ingressController:
     name:
 
   ingressClass: kong
+
+# We pass the dbless (declarative) config over here.
+dblessConfig:
+  # Either Kong's configuration is managed from an existing ConfigMap (with Key: kong.yml)
+  configMap: ""
+  # Or the configuration is passed in full-text below
+  config:
+    _format_version: "1.1"
+    services:
+      # Example configuration
+      # - name: example.com
+      #   url: http://example.com
+      #   routes:
+      #   - name: example
+      #     paths:
+      #     - "/example"