diff --git a/charts/ratify/README.md b/charts/ratify/README.md
index af3600209..571bfa141 100644
--- a/charts/ratify/README.md
+++ b/charts/ratify/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Values marked `# DEPRECATED` in the `values.yaml` as well as **DEPRECATED** in t
 | replicaCount                                       | The number of Ratify replicas in deployment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1                                 |
 | affinity                                           | Pod affinity for the Ratify deployment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `{}`                              |
 | tolerations                                        | Pod tolerations for the Ratify deployment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `[]`                              |
+| env                                                | Environment variables for Ratify container                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | `[]`                              |
 | notationCerts                                      | An array of public certificate/certificate chain used to create inline certstore used by Notation verifier                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ``                                |
 | cosignKeys                                         | An array of public keys used to create inline key management providers used by Cosign verifier                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `[]`                              |
 | notation.enabled                                   | Enables/disables the built-in notation verifier. MUST be set to true for notation verification.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | `true`                            |
diff --git a/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7a979ca43..46ed544ae 100644
--- a/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
             {{- end }}
           env:
+          {{- with .Values.env }}
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.logger.level }}
             - name: RATIFY_LOG_LEVEL
               value: {{ .Values.logger.level }}
diff --git a/charts/ratify/values.yaml b/charts/ratify/values.yaml
index ee7c82d41..348736e9b 100644
--- a/charts/ratify/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ratify/values.yaml
@@ -169,4 +169,9 @@ akvCertConfig: # DEPRECATED: Use azurekeyvault instead
   cert2Name: # DEPRECATED: Use azurekeyvault.certificates instead
   cert2Version: # DEPRECATED: Use azurekeyvault.certificates instead
   certificates: # DEPRECATED: Use azurekeyvault.certificates instead
-  tenantId: # DEPRECATED: Use azurekeyvault.tenantId instead
\ No newline at end of file
+  tenantId: # DEPRECATED: Use azurekeyvault.tenantId instead
+
+# env: environment variables for ratify container
+env: []
+#  - name: https_proxy
+#    value: http://proxy-server:80