diff --git a/pkg/loadtester/helm.go b/pkg/loadtester/helm.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48d639e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/loadtester/helm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package loadtester
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+const TaskTypeHelm = "helm"
+
+type HelmTask struct {
+	TaskBase
+	command      string
+	logCmdOutput bool
+}
+
+func (task *HelmTask) Hash() string {
+	return hash(task.canary + task.command)
+}
+
+func (task *HelmTask) Run(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "bash", "-c", task.command)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		task.logger.With("canary", task.canary).Errorf("command failed %s %v %s", task.command, err, out)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf(" %v %v", err, out)
+	} else {
+		if task.logCmdOutput {
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n", out)
+		}
+		task.logger.With("canary", task.canary).Infof("command finished %s", task.command)
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (task *HelmTask) String() string {
+	return task.command
+}
diff --git a/pkg/loadtester/server.go b/pkg/loadtester/server.go
index c5a34aae..c649b7ae 100644
--- a/pkg/loadtester/server.go
+++ b/pkg/loadtester/server.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ func ListenAndServe(port string, timeout time.Duration, logger *zap.SugaredLogge
 				bats := BatsTask{
 					command:      payload.Metadata["cmd"],
 					logCmdOutput: taskRunner.logCmdOutput,
+					TaskBase: TaskBase{
+						canary: fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", payload.Name, payload.Namespace),
+						logger: logger,
+					},
 				}
 
 				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), taskRunner.timeout)
@@ -65,6 +69,30 @@ func ListenAndServe(port string, timeout time.Duration, logger *zap.SugaredLogge
 				return
 			}
 
+			// run helm command (blocking task)
+			if typ == TaskTypeHelm {
+				helm := HelmTask{
+					command:      payload.Metadata["cmd"],
+					logCmdOutput: taskRunner.logCmdOutput,
+					TaskBase: TaskBase{
+						canary: fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", payload.Name, payload.Namespace),
+						logger: logger,
+					},
+				}
+
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), taskRunner.timeout)
+				defer cancel()
+
+				ok, err := helm.Run(ctx)
+				if !ok {
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+					w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				}
+
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+				return
+			}
+
 			taskFactory, ok := GetTaskFactory(typ)
 			if !ok {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)