diff --git a/chart/templates/postgres-secret.yaml b/chart/templates/postgres-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fea087b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/templates/postgres-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{- if ne .Values.postgres.password "" }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: gitlab-postgres
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+type: kubernetes.io/opaque
+stringData:
+  password: {{ .Values.postgres.password }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index ba25da0c..f1cb57eb 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ redis:
   namespace: dev-redis
   port: 6379
 postgres:
+  password: ""
+
   # Set to false to use external postgres
   internal: true
   selector: