diff --git a/stable/kube2iam/Chart.yaml b/stable/kube2iam/Chart.yaml
index 088468e09d..e232dbb3b7 100644
--- a/stable/kube2iam/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube2iam/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: kube2iam
-version: 0.6.0
+version: 0.6.1
 description: Provide IAM credentials to pods based on annotations.
 keywords:
 - kube2iam
diff --git a/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 214fbbd7b5..1837c401f8 100644
--- a/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: status.podIP
+          {{- if and .Values.aws.secret_key .Values.aws.access_key }}
+            - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ template "kube2iam.fullname" . }}
+                  key: aws_access_key_id
+            - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ template "kube2iam.fullname" . }}
+                  key: aws_secret_access_key
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.aws.region }}
+            - name: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+              value: {{ .Values.aws.region }}
+          {{- end }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8181
           resources:
diff --git a/stable/kube2iam/templates/secret.yaml b/stable/kube2iam/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..968a1dd146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable/kube2iam/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- if and .Values.aws.secret_key .Values.aws.access_key -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "kube2iam.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  name: {{ template "kube2iam.fullname" . }}
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  aws_access_key_id: {{ .Values.aws.access_key | b64enc | quote }}
+  aws_secret_access_key: {{ .Values.aws.secret_key | b64enc | quote }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml b/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml
index 1d74b3e0e0..4924eb1e72 100644
--- a/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ image:
   tag: 0.7.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
+# AWS Access keys to inject as environment variables
+aws:
+  secret_key: ""
+  access_key: ""
+  region: ""
+
 ## Node labels for pod assignment
 ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
 ##