diff --git a/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 12b8aa70e..79ae0ce4d 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ Build the args for the service binary.
 - -default-https-listener-port={{ .Values.controller.defaultHTTPSListenerPort}}
 {{- if .Values.controller.globalConfiguration.create }}
 - -global-configuration=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/{{ include "nginx-ingress.controller.fullname" . }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- if .Values.controller.globalConfigurationCustomName }}
+- -global-configuration={{ .Values.controller.globalConfigurationCustomName }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 - -ready-status={{ .Values.controller.readyStatus.enable }}
diff --git a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
index 0440ae6d5..f3bdacde9 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
@@ -1042,6 +1042,14 @@
             }
           ]
         },
+        "globalConfigurationCustomName": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "",
+          "title": "The globalConfigurationCustomName",
+          "examples": [
+            "the-namespace/the-name-of-the-global-configuration-custom-resource"
+          ]
+        },
         "enableSnippets": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false,
diff --git a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
index 6ed8f0e21..3638a05f8 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ controller:
     #   port: 5353
     #   protocol: TCP
 
+  ## globalConfigurationCustomName: "the-namespace/the-name-of-the-global-configuration-custom-resource"
+  ## The name of the GlobalConfiguration custom resource to use instead of the one provided by default when controller.globalConfiguration.create is set to false.
+
   ## Enable custom NGINX configuration snippets in Ingress, VirtualServer, VirtualServerRoute and TransportServer resources.
   enableSnippets: false