diff --git a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
index 718f6457b..3952f4a7c 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ spec:
         args:
           - '--config'
           - '/etc/dendrite/dendrite.yaml'
+        {{- with .Values.extraArgs }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- end }}
         ports:
           - name: http
             containerPort: 8008
diff --git a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
index b68d9c182..02cd1aa13 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ persistence:
     #   GKE, AWS & OpenStack)
     storageClass:
 
+# -- Add additional arguments to the dendrite command
+extraArgs: []
+
 # -- Add additional volumes to the Dendrite Pod
 extraVolumes: []
 # ex.