diff --git a/charts/lorax/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/lorax/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9ae096aca..1646e6d56 100644
--- a/charts/lorax/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/lorax/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ spec:
         - {{ .Values.deployment.args.maxBatchPrefillTokens | quote }}
         - --sharded
         - {{ .Values.deployment.args.sharded | quote }}
+        - --eager-prefill
+        - {{ .Values.deployment.args.eagerPrefill | quote }}
         env:
         - name: PORT
           value: "8000"
diff --git a/charts/lorax/values.yaml b/charts/lorax/values.yaml
index cffb9b80a..c9769484e 100644
--- a/charts/lorax/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/lorax/values.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ deployment:
     maxBatchTotalTokens: 4096
     maxBatchPrefillTokens: 2048
     sharded: false
+    eagerPrefill: false
 
   env:
     # Your huggingface hub token. Required for some models such as the llama-2 family.