diff --git a/hacks/values/kratos.yaml b/hacks/values/kratos.yaml
index 80140d0351..a666243620 100644
--- a/hacks/values/kratos.yaml
+++ b/hacks/values/kratos.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,31 @@ deployment:
   extraEnv:
     - name: FOO
       value: BAR
+  customLivenessProbe:
+    failureThreshold: 5
+    exec:
+      command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - |-
+          wget -S http://127.0.0.1:4434/admin/health/ready -O -
+    initialDelaySeconds: 10
+    periodSeconds: 10
+    successThreshold: 1
+    timeoutSeconds: 1
+  customReadinessProbe:
+    failureThreshold: 5
+    exec:
+      command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - |-
+          wget -S http://127.0.0.1:4434/admin/health/ready -O -
+    initialDelaySeconds: 10
+    periodSeconds: 10
+    successThreshold: 1
+    timeoutSeconds: 1
+
 
 job:
   extraContainers: |
diff --git a/helm/charts/kratos/templates/deployment-kratos.yaml b/helm/charts/kratos/templates/deployment-kratos.yaml
index b286836c7c..ef9b82864f 100644
--- a/helm/charts/kratos/templates/deployment-kratos.yaml
+++ b/helm/charts/kratos/templates/deployment-kratos.yaml
@@ -188,15 +188,23 @@ spec:
               containerPort: {{ .Values.kratos.config.serve.public.port }}
               protocol: TCP
           livenessProbe:
+          {{- if .Values.deployment.customLivenessProbe }}
+            {{- toYaml .Values.deployment.customLivenessProbe | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- else }}
             httpGet:
               path: /admin/health/ready
               port: {{ .Values.kratos.config.serve.admin.port }}
             {{- toYaml .Values.deployment.livenessProbe | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           readinessProbe:
+          {{- if .Values.deployment.customReadinessProbe }}
+            {{- toYaml .Values.deployment.customReadinessProbe | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- else }}
             httpGet:
               path: /admin/health/ready
               port: {{ .Values.kratos.config.serve.admin.port }}
             {{- toYaml .Values.deployment.readinessProbe | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml $resources | nindent 12 }}  
           {{- if .Values.securityContext }}
diff --git a/helm/charts/kratos/values.yaml b/helm/charts/kratos/values.yaml
index 9b9b91c04f..a0d444c62b 100644
--- a/helm/charts/kratos/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/charts/kratos/values.yaml
@@ -175,16 +175,22 @@ kratos:
 
 # -- Configuration options for the k8s deployment
 deployment:
-  # -- Configure the probes for when the deployment is considered ready and ongoing health check
+  # -- Configure the livenessProbe parameters
   livenessProbe:
     initialDelaySeconds: 30
     periodSeconds: 10
     failureThreshold: 5
+  # -- Configure the readinessProbe parameters
   readinessProbe:
     initialDelaySeconds: 30
     periodSeconds: 10
     failureThreshold: 5
 
+  # -- Configure a custom livenessProbe. This overwrites the default object
+  customLivenessProbe: {}
+  # -- Configure a custom readinessProbe. This overwrites the default object
+  customReadinessProbe: {}
+
   # -- Array of extra arguments to be passed down to the deployment. Kubernetes args format is expected
   # - --foo
   # - --sqa-opt-out