diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 29a74b80d441..01a9b5b28625 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,18 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        {{- if .Values.env }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.env | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
+
+        {{ else }}
+        {{- if .Values.env }}
+        env:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.env | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        
+        {{- end }}
+
         args:
         {{-  if .Values.extraArgs  }}
         {{- .Values.extraArgs | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index ddfdd22fd6b4..948eb587269a 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ serviceAccount:
   # If false then the user will opt out of automounting API credentials.
   automountServiceAccountToken: true
 
+# Additional Environment variables
+env: {}
+  # - name: GOMAXPROCS
+  #   valueFrom:
+  #     resourceFieldRef:
+  #       resource: limits.cpu
+
 prometheus:
   monitor:
     enabled: false