diff --git a/stable/verdaccio/Chart.yaml b/stable/verdaccio/Chart.yaml
index aa3fa8ea1a..7579cd4354 100644
--- a/stable/verdaccio/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/verdaccio/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: A lightweight private npm proxy registry (sinopia fork)
 name: verdaccio
-version: 0.7.4
+version: 0.7.5
 appVersion: 3.11.6
 home: http://www.verdaccio.org
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/master/assets/bitmap/logo/logo-twitter.png
diff --git a/stable/verdaccio/README.md b/stable/verdaccio/README.md
index 584ecbf490..8b63b80bc3 100644
--- a/stable/verdaccio/README.md
+++ b/stable/verdaccio/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ and their default values.
 | `service.port`                     | Service port to expose                                          | `4873`                                                   |
 | `service.nodePort`                 | Service port to expose                                          | none                                                     |
 | `service.type`                     | Type of service to create                                       | `ClusterIP`                                              |
+| `extraEnvVars`                     | Define environment variables to be passed to the container                                       | `{}`  
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example,
 
diff --git a/stable/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml
index 65e3053ba1..e0ff7f70f2 100644
--- a/stable/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /verdaccio/conf
               name: config
               readOnly: true
+          env:
+{{- if .Values.extraEnvVars }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.extraEnvVars | indent 12 }}
+{{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.securityContext.enabled }}
       # Allow non-root user to access PersistentVolume
       securityContext:
diff --git a/stable/verdaccio/values.yaml b/stable/verdaccio/values.yaml
index 88fc97bfe1..a9e4aff505 100644
--- a/stable/verdaccio/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/verdaccio/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ ingress:
 #     hosts:
 #       - npm.blah.com
 
+# Extra Environment Values - allows yaml definitions
+extraEnvVars:
+#  - name: VALUE_FROM_SECRET
+#    valueFrom:
+#      secretKeyRef:
+#        name: secret_name
+#        key: secret_key
+#  - name: REGULAR_VAR
+#    value: ABC
+
 configMap: |
   # This is the config file used for the docker images.
   # It allows all users to do anything, so don't use it on production systems.