diff --git a/stable/mssql-linux/Chart.yaml b/stable/mssql-linux/Chart.yaml
index e7d9e363f0..ae8957cb3b 100644
--- a/stable/mssql-linux/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/mssql-linux/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: SQL Server 2017 Linux Helm Chart
 name: mssql-linux
-version: 0.5.0
+version: 0.5.1
 appVersion: 14.0.3023.8
 home: https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/mssql-server-linux/
 icon: https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1I4Dx
diff --git a/stable/mssql-linux/README.md b/stable/mssql-linux/README.md
index 158a3cf069..bd1dc3b967 100644
--- a/stable/mssql-linux/README.md
+++ b/stable/mssql-linux/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ The configuration parameters in this section control the resources requested and
 | nodeSelector     | Node labels for pod assignment                                                                 | `{}`                             |
 | service.type     | Service Type                                                                                   | `ClusterIP`                      |
 | service.port     | Service Port                                                                                   | `1433`                           |
+| service.annotations | Kubernetes service annotations                                                              | `{}`                             |
 | collation        | Default collation for SQL Server                                                               | `SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS`   |
 | lcid             | Default languages for SQL Server                                                               | `1033`                           |
 | hadr             | Enable Availability Group                                                                      | `0`                              |
diff --git a/stable/mssql-linux/templates/service.yaml b/stable/mssql-linux/templates/service.yaml
index 600b6a5768..1b9f4b1633 100644
--- a/stable/mssql-linux/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/stable/mssql-linux/templates/service.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ metadata:
     chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- if .Values.service.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 spec:
   type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
   ports:
diff --git a/stable/mssql-linux/values.yaml b/stable/mssql-linux/values.yaml
index a28aa46be3..78daddf7e3 100644
--- a/stable/mssql-linux/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/mssql-linux/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ image:
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
   port: 1433
+  annotations: {}
 persistence:
   enabled: true
   # existingDataClaim: