diff --git a/examples/helm-deployment/skaffold.yaml b/examples/helm-deployment/skaffold.yaml
index 5e37951dd5b..cc54dd5b1ae 100644
--- a/examples/helm-deployment/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm-deployment/skaffold.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ deploy:
       #valuesFilePath: helm-skaffold-values.yaml
       values:
         image: skaffold-helm
+      #overrides builds an override values.yaml file to run with the helm deploy
+      #overrides:
+      # some:
+      #   key: someValue
       #setValues get appended to the helm deploy with --set.  
       #setValues:
         #some.key: someValue
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go
index c0f4000a898..448ad042880 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 type HelmDeployer struct {
@@ -122,6 +123,20 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(out io.Writer, r v1alpha2.HelmRelease, buil
 	if ns != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--namespace", ns)
 	}
+	if len(r.Overrides) != 0 {
+		overrides, err := yaml.Marshal(r.Overrides)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot marshal overrides to create overrides values.yaml")
+		}
+		overridesFile, err := os.Create("skaffold-overrides.yaml")
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot create file skaffold-overrides.yaml")
+		}
+		if _, err := overridesFile.WriteString(string(overrides)); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write file skaffold-overrides.yaml")
+		}
+		args = append(args, "-f", "skaffold-overrides.yaml")
+	}
 	if r.ValuesFilePath != "" {
 		args = append(args, "-f", r.ValuesFilePath)
 	}
@@ -140,7 +155,11 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(out io.Writer, r v1alpha2.HelmRelease, buil
 	}
 	args = append(args, setOpts...)
 
-	return h.helm(out, args...)
+	helmErr := h.helm(out, args...)
+	if len(r.Overrides) != 0 {
+		os.Remove("skaffold-overrides.yaml")
+	}
+	return helmErr
 }
 
 func (h *HelmDeployer) deleteRelease(out io.Writer, r v1alpha2.HelmRelease) error {
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm_test.go
index c11dda5284e..92fc05f0d8d 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ var testDeployConfig = &v1alpha2.DeployConfig{
 					Values: map[string]string{
 						"image.tag": "skaffold-helm",
 					},
+					Overrides: map[string]interface{}{
+						"foo": "bar",
+					},
 					SetValues: map[string]string{
 						"some.key": "somevalue",
 					},
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/schema/v1alpha2/config.go b/pkg/skaffold/schema/v1alpha2/config.go
index d32d9887f79..743e35df5be 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/schema/v1alpha2/config.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/schema/v1alpha2/config.go
@@ -125,14 +125,15 @@ type HelmDeploy struct {
 }
 
 type HelmRelease struct {
-	Name           string            `yaml:"name"`
-	ChartPath      string            `yaml:"chartPath"`
-	ValuesFilePath string            `yaml:"valuesFilePath"`
-	Values         map[string]string `yaml:"values,omitempty"`
-	Namespace      string            `yaml:"namespace"`
-	Version        string            `yaml:"version"`
-	SetValues      map[string]string `yaml:"setValues"`
-	Wait           bool              `yaml:"wait"`
+	Name           string                 `yaml:"name"`
+	ChartPath      string                 `yaml:"chartPath"`
+	ValuesFilePath string                 `yaml:"valuesFilePath"`
+	Values         map[string]string      `yaml:"values,omitempty"`
+	Namespace      string                 `yaml:"namespace"`
+	Version        string                 `yaml:"version"`
+	SetValues      map[string]string      `yaml:"setValues"`
+	Wait           bool                   `yaml:"wait"`
+	Overrides      map[string]interface{} `yaml:"overrides"`
 }
 
 // Artifact represents items that need to be built, along with the context in which