diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index c03f290df..88b62cca5 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.service.internal.loadBalancerSourceRanges | list | `[]` | Restrict access For LoadBalancer service. Defaults to 0.0.0.0/0. |
 | controller.service.internal.ports | object | `{}` | Custom port mapping for internal service |
 | controller.service.internal.targetPorts | object | `{}` | Custom target port mapping for internal service |
+| controller.service.internal.type | string | `""` | Type of the internal controller service. |
 | controller.service.ipFamilies | list | `["IPv4"]` | List of IP families (e.g. IPv4, IPv6) assigned to the service. This field is usually assigned automatically based on cluster configuration and the ipFamilyPolicy field. # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack/ |
 | controller.service.ipFamilyPolicy | string | `"SingleStack"` | Represents the dual-stack-ness requested or required by this Service. Possible values are SingleStack, PreferDualStack or RequireDualStack. The ipFamilies and clusterIPs fields depend on the value of this field. # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack/ |
 | controller.service.labels | object | `{}` |  |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml
index b69a09f67..8df2d9609 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" . }}-internal
   namespace: {{ include "ingress-nginx.namespace" . }}
 spec:
-  type: "{{ .Values.controller.service.type }}"
+  type: "{{ .Values.controller.service.internal.type | default .Values.controller.service.type }}"
 {{- if hasKey .Values.controller.service.internal "allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts" }}
   allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts: {{ .Values.controller.service.internal.allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index c1e89d777..d48e847fa 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ controller:
       # allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts: true
       # -- Used by cloud providers to connect the resulting internal LoadBalancer to a pre-existing static IP. Make sure to add to the service the needed annotation to specify the subnet which the static IP belongs to. For instance, `networking.gke.io/internal-load-balancer-subnet` for GCP and `service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-subnets` for AWS.
       loadBalancerIP: ""
+      # -- Type of the internal controller service.
+      type: ""
       # -- Restrict access For LoadBalancer service. Defaults to 0.0.0.0/0.
       loadBalancerSourceRanges: []
       ## Set external traffic policy to: "Local" to preserve source IP on