diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87ffb20..df193c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+Improvements:
+
+* Support exec in the server liveness probe [GH-971](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-helm/pull/971)
+
 ## 0.26.1 (October 30, 2023)
 
 Bugs:
diff --git a/templates/server-statefulset.yaml b/templates/server-statefulset.yaml
index f330927..5d9afac 100644
--- a/templates/server-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/server-statefulset.yaml
@@ -179,10 +179,18 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.server.livenessProbe.enabled }}
           livenessProbe:
+            {{- if .Values.server.livenessProbe.execCommand }}
+            exec:
+              command:
+                {{- range (.Values.server.livenessProbe.execCommand) }}
+                - {{ . | quote }}
+                {{- end }}
+            {{- else }}
             httpGet:
               path: {{ .Values.server.livenessProbe.path | quote }}
               port: {{ .Values.server.livenessProbe.port }}
               scheme: {{ include "vault.scheme" . | upper }}
+            {{- end }}
             failureThreshold: {{ .Values.server.livenessProbe.failureThreshold }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.server.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.server.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
diff --git a/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats b/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
index de3ee2b..0f3da96 100755
--- a/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
+++ b/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
@@ -1415,6 +1415,41 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${actual}" = "100" ]
 }
 
+@test "server/standalone-StatefulSet: liveness exec disabled by default" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local object=$(helm template \
+      --show-only templates/server-statefulset.yaml  \
+      --set 'server.livenessProbe.enabled=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object |
+      yq -r '.exec' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "null" ]
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object |
+      yq -r '.httpGet' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ ! "${actual}" = "null" ]
+}
+
+@test "server/standalone-StatefulSet: liveness exec can be set" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local object=$(helm template \
+      --show-only templates/server-statefulset.yaml  \
+      --set 'server.livenessProbe.enabled=true' \
+      --set='server.livenessProbe.execCommand={/bin/sh,-c,sleep}' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object |
+      yq -r '.exec.command[0]' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "/bin/sh" ]
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object |
+      yq -r '.httpGet' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "null" ]
+}
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # args
 @test "server/standalone-StatefulSet: add extraArgs" {
diff --git a/values.schema.json b/values.schema.json
index 6a8b350..3152f3d 100644
--- a/values.schema.json
+++ b/values.schema.json
@@ -818,6 +818,12 @@
                         "path": {
                             "type": "string"
                         },
+                        "port": {
+                            "type": "integer"
+                        },
+                        "execCommand": {
+                            "type": "array"
+                        },
                         "periodSeconds": {
                             "type": "integer"
                         },
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 781b930..1edd647 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -531,8 +531,14 @@ server:
   # Used to enable a livenessProbe for the pods
   livenessProbe:
     enabled: false
+    # Used to define a liveness exec command. If provided, exec is preferred to httpGet (path) as the livenessProbe handler.
+    execCommand: []
+    # - /bin/sh
+    # - -c
+    # - /vault/userconfig/mylivenessscript/run.sh
+    # Path for the livenessProbe to use httpGet as the livenessProbe handler
     path: "/v1/sys/health?standbyok=true"
-    # Port number on which livenessProbe will be checked.
+    # Port number on which livenessProbe will be checked if httpGet is used as the livenessProbe handler
     port: 8200
     # When a probe fails, Kubernetes will try failureThreshold times before giving up
     failureThreshold: 2