diff --git a/charts/polkadot/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/polkadot/templates/_helpers.tpl
index baeee8f..7b30e67 100644
--- a/charts/polkadot/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/polkadot/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -81,3 +81,10 @@ polkadot-custom-chainspec
 {{- define "polkadot-deployer.podRestarterName" -}}
 {{ .Release.Name }}-pod-restarter
 {{- end }}
+
+{{/* Json for private docker registry */}}
+{{- define "imagePullSecret" }}
+{{- with .Values.imagePullSecret.imageCredentials }}
+{{- printf "{\"auths\":{\"%s\":{\"username\":\"%s\",\"password\":\"%s\",\"email\":\"%s\",\"auth\":\"%s\"}}}" .registry .username .password .email (printf "%s:%s" .username .password | b64enc) | b64enc }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/polkadot/templates/secret-docker-registry.yaml b/charts/polkadot/templates/secret-docker-registry.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f8862a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/polkadot/templates/secret-docker-registry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{ if .Values.imagePullSecret }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata: 
+  name: {{ .Values.imagePullSecret.secretName | default "dockerregistrysecret" }}
+type: kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
+data:
+  .dockerconfigjson: {{ template "imagePullSecret" . }}
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/charts/polkadot/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/polkadot/templates/statefulset.yaml
index aeed7f0..4f2351d 100644
--- a/charts/polkadot/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/polkadot/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ spec:
           subPath: custom_chainspec.json
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.imagePullSecret }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+      - name: {{ .Values.imagePullSecret.secretName }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: {{ .Release.Name }}
         image: {{ .Values.image.repo }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}
diff --git a/charts/polkadot/values.yaml b/charts/polkadot/values.yaml
index 78991e9..97f1ca9 100644
--- a/charts/polkadot/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/polkadot/values.yaml
@@ -84,3 +84,11 @@ serviceMonitorLabels:
   release: prometheus-operator
 
 inPeers: "500"
+
+# imagePullSecret:
+#   secretName: docker-registry-secret          #k8s secret name
+#   imageCredentials:
+#     registry: registry.digitalocean.com       #docker registry url
+#     username: username                        #registry username
+#     password: password                        #registry password
+