diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment-backend.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment-backend.yaml
index 7f3e0fd43..4084a7230 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment-backend.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment-backend.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.base.namespace }}
             - name: JSON_LOGS_ENABLED
               value: "true"
+            {{- with .Values.backend.env -}}
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: {{ include "hangar.fullname" . }}-backend-config-volume
               mountPath: /hangar/config
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 02394c8a9..709199f43 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ backend:
 
   envFrom: {}
 
+  env: {}
+
   config:
     postgresql:
       hostname: "hangar-postgresql"