diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 4711dbaa42..cc27d42de0 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ keywords:
 - metric
 - monitoring
 - prometheus
-version: 1.1.0
+version: 1.2.0
 appVersion: 1.5.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md b/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
index 266b6f02ab..3abd656065 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ $ helm install stable/kube-state-metrics
 | `image.pullPolicy`                    | Image pull policy                                       | IfNotPresent                                |
 | `replicas`                            | Number of replicas                                      | 1                                           |
 | `service.port`                        | The port of the container                               | 8080                                        |
+| `hostNetwork`                         | Whether or not to use the host network                  | false                                       |
 | `prometheusScrape`                    | Whether or not enable prom scrape                       | true                                        |
 | `rbac.create`                         | If true, create & use RBAC resources                    | true                                        |
 | `serviceAccount.create`               | If true, and rbac true, create & use serviceAccount     | true                                        |
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2afd8523ff..f2f25c1530 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
     spec:
+      hostNetwork: {{ .Values.hostNetwork }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "kube-state-metrics.serviceAccountName" . }}
       {{- if .Values.securityContext.enabled }}
       securityContext:
@@ -114,4 +115,3 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
 {{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
-
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index bc2861935c..bf1e0ee69a 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ service:
   nodePort: 0
   loadBalancerIP: ""
 
+hostNetwork: false
+
 rbac:
   # If true, create & use RBAC resources
   create: true