diff --git a/charts/k3s/templates/token-secret.yaml b/charts/k3s/templates/token-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40c36f6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/k3s/templates/token-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{- if .Values.k3sToken }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: "vc-token-{{ .Release.Name }}"
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  token: {{ .Values.k3sToken | b64enc | quote }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/k3s/values.yaml b/charts/k3s/values.yaml
index a4377dcb1..ed5d2f0f5 100644
--- a/charts/k3s/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k3s/values.yaml
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ podDisruptionBudget:
   minAvailable: 1
   # maxUnavailable: 1
 
+# The k3s token to use. If empty will generate one automatically
+k3sToken: ""
+
 # Service configurations
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/devspace.yaml b/devspace.yaml
index 3ad17cbad..4597f9aba 100644
--- a/devspace.yaml
+++ b/devspace.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ deployments:
       chart:
         name: ./charts/k8s
       values: &values
+        k3sToken: "devspace"
         job:
           enabled: false
         fallbackHostDns: true
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ pipelines:
     run: |-
       # Deploy the vcluster
       run_pipelines deploy --set-flag distro=$(get_flag distro)
-      
+
       # Start dev mode
       start_dev --all
 
@@ -128,14 +129,14 @@ pipelines:
     run: |-
       # Make sure pull secrets are there
       ensure_pull_secrets --all
-      
+
       # Build the vcluster image
       build_images --all
-      
+
       # Deploy the vcluster
       if is_equal $(get_flag distro) k8s; then
         kubectl apply -f ./hack/vcluster-certs.yaml -n ${DEVSPACE_NAMESPACE}
-        create_deployments vcluster-k8s  
+        create_deployments vcluster-k8s
       elif is_equal $(get_flag distro) k0s; then
         create_deployments vcluster-k0s
       else
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ pipelines:
     run: |-
       # Purge the vcluster
       run_default_pipeline purge
-      
+
       # Make sure the pvcs are deleted as well
       kubectl delete pvc --all -n ${DEVSPACE_NAMESPACE}
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ profiles:
                   - --tls-san=vcluster
         vcluster-k0s: *hostmapper_patch # reuses the same patch defined under the &hostmapper_patch anchor
         vcluster-k8s: *hostmapper_patch # reuses the same patch defined under the &hostmapper_patch anchor
-  
+
   - name: test-k3s
     patches:
       - op: add
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ profiles:
           valuesFiles:
           - ${COMMON_VALUES}
           - ${VALUES_FILE}
-  
+
   - name: test-k0s
     patches:
       - op: add
diff --git a/pkg/config/helmvalues/base_values.go b/pkg/config/helmvalues/base_values.go
index caa6677f5..0e2831211 100644
--- a/pkg/config/helmvalues/base_values.go
+++ b/pkg/config/helmvalues/base_values.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type BaseHelm struct {
 }
 
 type K3s struct {
+	K3sToken string `json:"k3sToken,omitempty"`
 	BaseHelm
 	VCluster VClusterValues `json:"vcluster,omitempty"`
 	Syncer   SyncerValues   `json:"syncer,omitempty"`