diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
index 5b7b730831..829de6272a 100755
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: elasticsearch
 home: https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch
-version: 0.4.4
+version: 0.4.5
 description: Flexible and powerful open source, distributed real-time search and analytics
   engine.
 icon: https://static-www.elastic.co/assets/blteb1c97719574938d/logo-elastic-elasticsearch-lt.svg
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md b/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md
index 5bb880ebca..76724652d2 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the elasticsearch char
 | `client.podAnnotations`              | Client Deployment annotations                                       | `{}`                                 |
 | `client.serviceAnnotations`          | Client Service annotations                                          | `{}`                                 |
 | `client.serviceType`                 | Client service type                                                 | `ClusterIP`                          |
+| `master.exposeHttp`                 | Expose http port 9200 on master Pods for monitoring, etc           | `false`                              |
 | `master.name`                        | Master component name                                               | `master`                             |
 | `master.replicas`                    | Master node replicas (deployment)                                   | `2`                                  |
 | `master.resources`                   | Master node resources requests & limits                             | `{} - cpu limit must be an integer`  |
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the elasticsearch char
 | `master.persistence.size`            | Master persistent volume size                                       | `4Gi`                                |
 | `master.persistence.storageClass`    | Master persistent volume Class                                      | `nil`                                |
 | `master.persistence.accessMode`      | Master persistent Access Mode                                       | `ReadWriteOnce`                      |
+| `data.exposeHttp`                   | Expose http port 9200 on data Pods for monitoring, etc              | `false`                              |
 | `data.replicas`                      | Data node replicas (statefulset)                                    | `3`                                  |
 | `data.resources`                     | Data node resources requests & limits                               | `{} - cpu limit must be an integer`  |
 | `data.heapSize`                      | Data node heap size                                                 | `1536m`                              |
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/data-statefulset.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/data-statefulset.yaml
index b35dfc2657..1ecd0b1a46 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/data-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/data-statefulset.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9300
           name: transport
+{{ if .Values.data.exposeHttp }}
+        - containerPort: 9200
+          name: http
+{{ end }}
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.data.resources | indent 12 }}
         readinessProbe:
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/master-statefulset.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/master-statefulset.yaml
index 9beb65d39e..3f6326321e 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/master-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/templates/master-statefulset.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9300
           name: transport
+{{ if .Values.master.exposeHttp }}
+        - containerPort: 9200
+          name: http
+{{ end }}
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
           name: data
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index b6f218f17f..dca2d37843 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ client:
 
 master:
   name: master
+  exposeHttp: false
   replicas: 3
   heapSize: "512m"
   persistence:
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ master:
 
 data:
   name: data
+  exposeHttp: false
   replicas: 2
   heapSize: "1536m"
   persistence: