diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service.yaml
index d81635014..239cb034b 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ spec:
 {{- if .Values.controller.service.externalIPs }}
   externalIPs: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.service.externalIPs | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.controller.service.externalName }}
+  externalName: {{ .Values.controller.service.externalName }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.controller.service.loadBalancerIP }}
   loadBalancerIP: {{ .Values.controller.service.loadBalancerIP }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index cb50b9d07..9c16463fc 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ controller:
     ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#external-ips
     ##
     externalIPs: []
+    # -- External reference that discovery mechanisms will retrun as an alias for this service
+    ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#externalname
+    ##
+    externalName: ""
     # -- Set to false to disable loadbalancer node port allocation
     # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#load-balancer-nodeport-allocation
     # allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts: true