diff --git a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
index 7783e6cdc1..32ca5366de 100644
--- a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ maintainers:
 name: kong
 sources:
 - https://github.com/Kong/kong
-version: 0.5.1
+version: 0.5.2
 appVersion: 0.14.1
diff --git a/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3e713d88d9..1d11f9500d 100644
--- a/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_CASSANDRA_CONTACT_POINTS
           value: {{ template "kong.cassandra.fullname" . }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- range $key, $val := .Values.env }}
+        - name: KONG_{{ $key | upper}}
+          value: {{ $val | quote }}
+        {{- end}}
         command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "until kong start; do echo 'waiting for db'; sleep 1; done; kong stop" ]
       containers:
       - name: {{ template "kong.name" . }}