diff --git a/stable/kube-ops-view/Chart.yaml b/stable/kube-ops-view/Chart.yaml
index adff517cc4..2b5ce43111 100644
--- a/stable/kube-ops-view/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-ops-view/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: kube-ops-view
-version: 1.2.0
+version: 1.2.1
 appVersion: 20.4.0
 description: Kubernetes Operational View - read-only system dashboard for multiple
   K8s clusters
diff --git a/stable/kube-ops-view/README.md b/stable/kube-ops-view/README.md
index 908e76afc1..166667bcc2 100644
--- a/stable/kube-ops-view/README.md
+++ b/stable/kube-ops-view/README.md
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ $ helm delete my-release
 ```
 
 The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.
+
+## Variables
+| Parameter                              | Description                                                                      | Default                                           |
+| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
+| `env`                                  | Pass environment variables to the pod ([more info](https://github.com/hjacobs/kube-ops-view#configuration)) | `{}` |
diff --git a/stable/kube-ops-view/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/kube-ops-view/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8aabdc0750..85ab54927c 100644
--- a/stable/kube-ops-view/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-ops-view/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ spec:
         args:
         - --redis-url=redis://{{ .Release.Name }}-redis-master:{{ .Values.redis.master.port }}
         {{- end }}
+        env:
+        {{- range $key, $value := index .Values "env" }}
+        - name: {{ $key }}
+          value: {{ $value | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
         securityContext: {{ toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/stable/kube-ops-view/values.yaml b/stable/kube-ops-view/values.yaml
index 9c2b84644f..e7040f47ac 100644
--- a/stable/kube-ops-view/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-ops-view/values.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ affinity: {}
 nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []
 
+# pass env vars like this: helm [...] --set env.ENV_NAME=env_value,env.ENV_NAME2=env_value2
+env: {}
+
 # Add securityContext
 securityContext: {}