diff --git a/helm/botkube/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/botkube/templates/deployment.yaml
index f1b175cfd..b177684b2 100644
--- a/helm/botkube/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/botkube/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.logLevel | quote }}
             - name: BOTKUBE_VERSION
               value: {{ .Chart.Version }}
+        {{- if .Values.extraEnv }}
+          {{- range $name, $value := .Values.extraEnv }}
+            - name: {{ $name }}
+              value: {{ quote $value }}
+          {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}            
       volumes:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap:
diff --git a/helm/botkube/values.yaml b/helm/botkube/values.yaml
index b3e138010..7a974f07b 100644
--- a/helm/botkube/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/botkube/values.yaml
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ resources: {}
   #  cpu: 100m
   #  memory: 128Mi
 
+extraEnv:   # Extra environment variables to pass to the botkube container, example HTTP_PROXY
+  #HTTP_PROXY: <proxyURL>:<port>
+  
 nodeSelector: {}
 
 tolerations: []