diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2be7de7..a5fd32a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ in the container namespace.
 | secretsExporter.affinity | object | `{}` | Affinity for Pods of the TLS Secrets exporter |
 | secretsExporter.debugMode | bool | `false` | Should debug messages be produced by the TLS Secrets exporter |
 | secretsExporter.enabled | bool | `true` | Should the TLS Secrets exporter be running |
-| secretsExporter.excludeLabels | list | `[]` | Exclude TLS Secrets having these labels. Items can be keys such as `my-label` or also require a value with syntax `my-label=my-value`.  |
+| secretsExporter.excludeLabels | list | `[]` | Exclude TLS Secrets having these labels. Items can be keys such as `my-label` or also require a value with syntax `my-label=my-value`. |
 | secretsExporter.excludeNamespaces | list | `[]` | Exclude namespaces from being scanned by the TLS Secrets exporter (evaluated after `includeNamespaces`) |
 | secretsExporter.includeLabels | list | `[]` | Only watch TLS Secrets having these labels (all secrets if empty). Items can be keys such as `my-label` or also require a value with syntax `my-label=my-value`. |
 | secretsExporter.includeNamespaces | list | `[]` | Restrict the list of namespaces the TLS Secrets exporter should scan for certificates to watch (all namespaces if empty) |
@@ -512,7 +512,9 @@ in the container namespace.
 | service.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to add to the Service |
 | service.create | bool | `true` | Should a headless Service be installed (required for ServiceMonitor) |
 | service.extraLabels | object | `{}` | Extra labels to add to the Service |
+| service.nodePort | string | `nil` | K8S node TCP port to expose the Service on. Relevant only when service.type is "NodePort" or "LoadBalancer" |
 | service.port | int | `9793` | TCP port to expose the Service on |
+| service.type | string | `"ClusterIP"` | Service type |
 
 ## ⚖️ License
 
diff --git a/templates/service.yaml b/templates/service.yaml
index 9d8afb4..51adaef 100644
--- a/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/templates/service.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@ metadata:
     {{- . | toYaml | trim | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
 spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
   ports:
   - name: metrics
     port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
     targetPort: metrics
+    {{- if and .Values.service.nodePort (or (eq .Values.service.type "NodePort") (eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer")) }}
+    nodePort: {{ .Values.service.nodePort }}
+    {{- else if eq .Values.service.type "ClusterIP" }}
+    nodePort: null
+    {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "x509-certificate-exporter.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 65211e1..6f6fea5 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ secretsExporter:
     capabilities:
       drop:
       - ALL
-  
+
   # -- Restrict the list of namespaces the TLS Secrets exporter should scan for certificates to watch (all namespaces if empty)
   includeNamespaces: []
   # -- Exclude namespaces from being scanned by the TLS Secrets exporter (evaluated after `includeNamespaces`)
   excludeNamespaces: []
   # -- Only watch TLS Secrets having these labels (all secrets if empty). Items can be keys such as `my-label` or also require a value with syntax `my-label=my-value`.
   includeLabels: []
-  # -- Exclude TLS Secrets having these labels. Items can be keys such as `my-label` or also require a value with syntax `my-label=my-value`. 
+  # -- Exclude TLS Secrets having these labels. Items can be keys such as `my-label` or also require a value with syntax `my-label=my-value`.
   excludeLabels: []
 
 hostPathsExporter:
@@ -193,8 +193,12 @@ rbacProxy:
 service:
   # service.create -- Should a headless Service be installed (required for ServiceMonitor)
   create: true
+  # -- Service type
+  type: ClusterIP
   # service.port -- TCP port to expose the Service on
   port: 9793
+  # -- K8S node TCP port to expose the Service on. Relevant only when service.type is "NodePort" or "LoadBalancer"
+  nodePort: null
   # service.annotations -- Annotations to add to the Service
   annotations: {}
   # service.extraLabels -- Extra labels to add to the Service