diff --git a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 0de7485e49..cef9af6113 100644
--- a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: A Helm chart for prometheus mysql exporter with cloudsqlproxy
 name: prometheus-mysql-exporter
-version: 0.5.1
+version: 0.5.2
 home: https://github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter
 appVersion: v0.11.0
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/README.md b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/README.md
index 95e1981173..a1f78c7598 100644
--- a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/README.md
+++ b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the mysql exporter char
 | `mysql.port`                           | MySQL connection port                               | `3306`                             |
 | `mysql.protocol`                       | MySQL connection protocol (optional)                | `""`                               |
 | `mysql.user`                           | MySQL connection username                           | `exporter`                         |
+| `mysql.existingSecret`                 | Use existing kubernetes secret for DATA_SOURCE_NAME | `false`                            |
 | `cloudsqlproxy.enabled`                | Flag to enable the connection using Cloud SQL Proxy | `false`                            |
 | `cloudsqlproxy.image.repo`             | Cloud SQL Proxy image repository                    | `gcr.io/cloudsql-docker/gce-proxy` |
 | `cloudsqlproxy.image.tag`              | Cloud SQL Proxy image tag                           | `1.14`                             |
diff --git a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 9fcb0a922b..214c3bf21b 100644
--- a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -37,3 +37,14 @@ Secret name for cloudsql credentials
 {{- define "prometheus-mysql-exporter.cloudsqlsecret" -}}
 {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.fullname" . }}-cloudsqlsecret
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Secret name for DATA_SOURCE_NAME
+*/}}
+{{- define "prometheus-mysql-exporter.secret" -}}
+    {{- if .Values.mysql.existingSecret -}}
+        {{- printf "%s" .Values.mysql.existingSecret -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+        {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.fullname" . }}
+    {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
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diff --git a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3639220146..8fa969e3e1 100644
--- a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
           envFrom:
             - secretRef:
-                name: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.fullname" . }}
+                name: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.secret" . }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
           livenessProbe:
diff --git a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-env.yaml b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-env.yaml
index bd3914937b..83789725e6 100644
--- a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-env.yaml
+++ b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-env.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if or (not .Values.mysql.existingSecret) }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -5,3 +6,4 @@ metadata:
 type: Opaque
 stringData:
   DATA_SOURCE_NAME: "{{ .Values.mysql.user }}:{{ .Values.mysql.pass }}@{{ if .Values.mysql.protocol }}{{ .Values.mysql.protocol }}{{ end }}({{ .Values.mysql.host }}:{{ .Values.mysql.port }})/{{ if .Values.mysql.db }}{{ .Values.mysql.db }}{{ end }}{{ if .Values.mysql.param }}?{{ .Values.mysql.param }}{{ end }}"
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml
index 1f2309f646..9b8afd9fde 100644
--- a/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ mysql:
   port: 3306
   protocol: ""
   user: "exporter"
+  existingSecret: false
 
 # cloudsqlproxy https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/sql-proxy
 cloudsqlproxy: