diff --git a/charts/core/templates/pipeline-backend/deployment.yaml b/charts/core/templates/pipeline-backend/deployment.yaml
index 16c4325a..5066b5b4 100644
--- a/charts/core/templates/pipeline-backend/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/core/templates/pipeline-backend/deployment.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ spec:
             - name: config
               mountPath: {{ .Values.pipelineBackend.configPath }}
               subPath: config.yaml
+          env:
+          {{- if .Values.pipelineBackend.extraEnv }}
+            {{- toYaml .Values.pipelineBackend.extraEnv | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
         - name: pipeline-backend-init
           image: {{ .Values.pipelineBackend.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.pipelineBackend.image.tag }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pipelineBackend.image.pullPolicy }}