diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml
index 216e93b80e..c2be0621a8 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: "5.5.4"
 description: A Helm chart for Elasticsearch Curator
 name: elasticsearch-curator
-version: 1.2.0
+version: 1.2.1
 home: https://github.com/elastic/curator
 keywords:
 - curator
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/README.md b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/README.md
index 4e1ab9d894..c6e3664fee 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/README.md
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ their default values.
 | `cronjob.failedJobsHistoryLimit`     | Specify the number of failed Jobs to keep             | `nil`                                        |
 | `cronjob.successfulJobsHistoryLimit` | Specify the number of completed Jobs to keep          | `nil`                                        |
 | `pod.annotations`                    | Annotations to add to the pod                         | {}                                           |
-| `dryrun`                              | Run Curator in dry-run mode                          |  `false`                                     |
+| `dryrun`                             | Run Curator in dry-run mode                           | `false`                                     |
+| `env`                                | Environment variables to add to the cronjob container | {}                                           |
+| `command`                            | Command to execute                                    | ["curator"]                                  |
 | `configMaps.action_file_yml`         | Contents of the Curator action_file.yml               | See values.yaml                              |
 | `configMaps.config_yml`              | Contents of the Curator config.yml (overrides config) | See values.yaml                              |
 | `resources`                          | Resource requests and limits                          | {}                                           |
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml
index 96d4a29574..9452f481f1 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -58,12 +58,22 @@ spec:
                   mountPath: /etc/es-curator
 {{- if .Values.extraVolumeMounts }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.extraVolumeMounts | indent 16 }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ if .Values.command }}
+              command:
+{{ toYaml .Values.command | indent 16 }}
 {{- end }}
-              command: [ "curator" ]
 {{- if .Values.dryrun }}
               args: [ "--dry-run", "--config", "/etc/es-curator/config.yml", "/etc/es-curator/action_file.yml" ]
 {{- else }}
               args: [ "--config", "/etc/es-curator/config.yml", "/etc/es-curator/action_file.yml" ]
+{{- end }}
+              env:
+{{- if .Values.env }}
+{{- range $key,$value := .Values.env }}
+              - name: {{ $key | upper | quote}}
+                value: {{ $value | quote}}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
               resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 16 }}
diff --git a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml
index e9a7e0c22b..6ac4f2c924 100644
--- a/stable/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ hooks:
 # run curator in dry-run mode
 dryrun: false
 
+command: ["curator"]
+env: {}
+
 configMaps:
   # Delete indices older than 7 days
   action_file_yml: |-