diff --git a/couchdb/README.md b/couchdb/README.md
index 3f77687..8d93599 100644
--- a/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/couchdb/README.md
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ A variety of other parameters are also configurable. See the comments in the
 | `prometheusPort.bind_address`        | 0.0.0.0                                          |
 | `lifecycle`                          | {}                                               |
 | `lifecycleTemplate`                  | false (set `true` and add a named `lifecycleTemplate` if using couchdb as a subchart) |
+| `extraEnv`                           | []                                               |
+| `extraEnvTemplate`                   | false (set `true` and add a named `extraEnvTemplate` if using couchdb as a subchart) |
 | `placementConfig.enabled`            | false                                            |
 | `placementConfig.image.repository`   | caligrafix/couchdb-autoscaler-placement-manager  |
 | `placementConfig.image.tag`          | 0.1.0                                            |
diff --git a/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml b/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 339887d..ed112a6 100644
--- a/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ spec:
                   key: erlangCookie
             - name: ERL_FLAGS
               value: "{{ range $k, $v := .Values.erlangFlags }} -{{ $k }} {{ $v }} {{ end }}"
+{{- if .Values.extraEnv }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.extraEnv | indent 12 }}
+{{- else if .Values.extraEnvTemplate }}
+{{- include "couchdb.extraEnvTemplate" . | indent 12 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.livenessProbe.enabled }}
           livenessProbe:
 {{- if .Values.couchdbConfig.chttpd.require_valid_user }}