diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
index df19a59934..6716394a0b 100755
--- a/stable/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: elasticsearch
 home: https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch
-version: 1.25.0
+version: 1.26.0
 appVersion: 6.7.0
 description: Flexible and powerful open source, distributed real-time search and analytics
   engine.
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch/README.md b/stable/elasticsearch/README.md
index 9fa724018a..cb84b49e74 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the elasticsearch chart
 | `client.ingress.annotations`         | Client Ingress annotations                                          | `{}`                                                |
 | `client.ingress.hosts`               | Client Ingress Hostnames                                            | `[]`                                                |
 | `client.ingress.tls`                 | Client Ingress TLS configuration                                    | `[]`                                                |
+| `client.exposeTransportPort`         | Expose transport port 9300 on client service (ClusterIP)            | `false`                                             |
 | `master.initResources`               | Master initContainer resources requests & limits                    | `{}`                                                |
 | `master.additionalJavaOpts`          | Parameters to be added to `ES_JAVA_OPTS` environment variable for master | `""`                                           |
 | `master.exposeHttp`                  | Expose http port 9200 on master Pods for monitoring, etc            | `false`                                             |
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch/ci/expose-transport-port-on-service-values.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch/ci/expose-transport-port-on-service-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2aa678b306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch/ci/expose-transport-port-on-service-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+# Expose transport port on ClusterIP service
+
+client:
+  exposeTransportPort: true
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch/templates/client-svc.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch/templates/client-svc.yaml
index e6325876f9..5fbbc18c26 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch/templates/client-svc.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch/templates/client-svc.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ spec:
       nodePort: {{ .Values.client.httpNodePort }}
 {{- end }}
       targetPort: http
+{{- if .Values.client.exposeTransportPort }}
+    - name: transport
+      port: 9300
+      targetPort: transport
+{{- end }}
   selector:
     app: {{ template "elasticsearch.name" . }}
     component: "{{ .Values.client.name }}"