diff --git a/stable/grafana/Chart.yaml b/stable/grafana/Chart.yaml
index af3133db7b..886be917b8 100755
--- a/stable/grafana/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/grafana/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: grafana
-version: 3.2.0
+version: 3.3.0
 appVersion: 6.1.3
 kubeVersion: "^1.8.0-0"
 description: The leading tool for querying and visualizing time series and metrics.
diff --git a/stable/grafana/README.md b/stable/grafana/README.md
index 3567a535b9..2660253b4c 100644
--- a/stable/grafana/README.md
+++ b/stable/grafana/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `sidecar.imagePullPolicy`                 | Sidecar image pull policy                     | `IfNotPresent`                                          |
 | `sidecar.resources`              | Sidecar resources | `{}`       |
 | `sidecar.dashboards.enabled`              | Enabled the cluster wide search for dashboards and adds/updates/deletes them in grafana | `false`       |
+| `sidecar.skipTlsVerify`                   | Set to true to skip tls verification for kube api calls | `nil`       |
 | `sidecar.dashboards.label`                | Label that config maps with dashboards should have to be added | `grafana_dashboard`                                |
 | `sidecar.dashboards.searchNamespace`      | If specified, the sidecar will search for dashboard config-maps inside this namespace. Otherwise the namespace in which the sidecar is running will be used. It's also possible to specify ALL to search in all namespaces | `nil`                                |
 | `sidecar.datasources.enabled`             | Enabled the cluster wide search for datasources and adds/updates/deletes them in grafana |`false`       |
diff --git a/stable/grafana/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/grafana/templates/deployment.yaml
index e61a7db4b8..52570e2b63 100644
--- a/stable/grafana/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/grafana/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ spec:
             - name: NAMESPACE
               value: "{{ .Values.sidecar.datasources.searchNamespace }}"
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.sidecar.skipTlsVerify }}
+            - name: SKIP_TLS_VERIFY
+              value: "{{ .Values.sidecar.skipTlsVerify }}"
+            {{- end }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.sidecar.resources | indent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
@@ -126,6 +130,10 @@ spec:
             - name: NAMESPACE
               value: "{{ .Values.sidecar.dashboards.searchNamespace }}"
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.sidecar.skipTlsVerify }}
+            - name: SKIP_TLS_VERIFY
+              value: "{{ .Values.sidecar.skipTlsVerify }}"
+            {{- end }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.sidecar.resources | indent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/stable/grafana/values.yaml b/stable/grafana/values.yaml
index ec1776651d..daa93df6f8 100644
--- a/stable/grafana/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/grafana/values.yaml
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ sidecar:
 #   requests:
 #     cpu: 50m
 #     memory: 50Mi
+  # skipTlsVerify Set to true to skip tls verification for kube api calls
+  # skipTlsVerify: true
   dashboards:
     enabled: false
     # label that the configmaps with dashboards are marked with