diff --git a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/Chart.yaml b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/Chart.yaml
index ef9967b36c..9aa32ef99c 100644
--- a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: kubernetes-dashboard
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.9.0
 appVersion: 1.10.1
 description: General-purpose web UI for Kubernetes clusters
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/README.md b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/README.md
index f87db55abd..098029eb29 100644
--- a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/README.md
+++ b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the kubernetes-dashboar
 | `extraArgs`                         | Additional container arguments                                                                                              | `[]`                                                                       |
 | `extraEnv`                          | Additional container environment variables                                                                                  | `[]`                                                                       |
 | `podAnnotations`                    | Annotations to be added to pods                                                                                             | {}                                                                         |
+| `dashboardContainerSecurityContext` | SecurityContext for the kubernetes dashboard container                                                                      | {}                                                                         |
 | `nodeSelector`                      | node labels for pod assignment                                                                                              | `{}`                                                                       |
 | `tolerations`                       | List of node taints to tolerate (requires Kubernetes >= 1.6)                                                                | `[]`                                                                       |
 | `affinity`                          | Affinity for pod assignment                                                                                                 | `[]`                                                                       |
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the kubernetes-dashboar
 | `podDisruptionBudget.enabled`       | Create a PodDisruptionBudget                                                                                                | `false`                                                                    |
 | `podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable`  | Minimum available instances; ignored if there is no PodDisruptionBudget                                                     |                                                                            |
 | `podDisruptionBudget.maxUnavailable`| Maximum unavailable instances; ignored if there is no PodDisruptionBudget                                                   |                                                                            |
-| `securityContext`                   | Security context                                                                                                            | `{}`                                                                       |
+| `securityContext`                   | PodSecurityContext for pod level securityContext                                                                            | `{}`                                                                       |
 | `networkPolicy`                     | Whether to create a network policy that allows access to the service                                                        | `false`                                                                    |
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example,
diff --git a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/templates/deployment.yaml
index 26610063b2..bc2ff71bf9 100644
--- a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
           initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
           timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+{{- if .Values.dashboardContainerSecurityContext }}
+        securityContext:
+{{ toYaml .Values.dashboardContainerSecurityContext | indent 10 }}
+{{- end }}
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
     {{- if .Values.image.pullSecrets }}
diff --git a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/values.yaml b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/values.yaml
index 34153dd845..560b0ebce4 100644
--- a/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kubernetes-dashboard/values.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,21 @@ extraEnv: []
 #   value: 'some value'
 
 # Annotations to be added to kubernetes dashboard pods
+## Recommended value
+# podAnnotations:
+#   seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/pod: 'runtime/default'
 podAnnotations: {}
 
+## SecurityContext for the kubernetes dashboard container
+## Recommended values
+# dashboardContainerSecurityContext:
+#   allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+#   readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+## The two values below can be set here or at podLevel (using variable .securityContext)
+#   runAsUser: 1001
+#   runAsGroup: 2001
+dashboardContainerSecurityContext: {}
+
 ## Node labels for pod assignment
 ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
 ##
@@ -174,6 +187,12 @@ podDisruptionBudget:
   minAvailable:
   maxUnavailable:
 
+
+## PodSecurityContext for pod level securityContext
+##
+# securityContext:
+#   runAsUser: 1001
+#   runAsGroup: 2001
 securityContext: {}
 
 networkPolicy: false