diff --git a/helm-charts/infisical/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm-charts/infisical/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 8012f636a..2f2bf2a3a 100644
--- a/helm-charts/infisical/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm-charts/infisical/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -112,3 +112,27 @@ We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{/*
+Create the mongodb connection string.
+*/}}
+{{- define "infisical.mongodb.connectionString" -}}
+{{- $host := include "infisical.mongodb.fullname" . -}}
+{{- $port := 27017 -}}
+{{- $user := "root" -}}
+{{- $pass := "root" -}}
+{{- if .Values.mongodbConnection -}}
+{{- if .Values.mongodbConnection.host -}}
+{{- $host = .Values.mongodbConnection.host -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if .Values.mongodbConnection.port -}}
+{{- $port = .Values.mongodbConnection.port -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if .Values.mongodbConnection.username -}}
+{{- $user = .Values.mongodbConnection.username -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if .Values.mongodbConnection.password -}}
+{{- $pass = .Values.mongodbConnection.password -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- printf "mongodb://%s:%s@%s:%d/" $user $pass $host $port -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
index 01e216092..7e4b922a2 100644
--- a/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ spec:
             name: {{ .Values.backend.kubeSecretRef }}
         {{- end }}
         env:
+        - name: MONGO_URL
+          value: {{ include "infisical.mongodb.connectionString" . | quote }}
         {{- range $key, $value := .Values.backendEnvironmentVariables }}
         {{- if $value | quote | eq "MUST_REPLACE" }}
           {{ fail "Environment variables are not set. Please set all environment variables to continue." }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml b/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml
index 584ec7860..e51f081d3 100644
--- a/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ mongodb:
   service:
     annotations: {}
 
+
+# Recommended to replace with Mongo Cloud URI as the DB instance in the cluster does not have persistence yet
+mongodbConnection: {}
+  # host: mymongodb.com # defaults to the internal mongo service
+  # port: 27017
+  # username: root
+  # password: root
+
 ingress:
   enabled: true
   annotations:
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ ingress:
     pathType: Prefix
   tls: []
 
+
 ## Complete Ingress example 
 # ingress:
 #   enabled: true
@@ -94,8 +103,4 @@ backendEnvironmentVariables:
   SMTP_USERNAME: MUST_REPLACE
   SMTP_PASSWORD: MUST_REPLACE
 
-  # Recommended to replace with Mongo Cloud URI as the DB instance in the cluster does not have persistence yet
-  MONGO_URL: mongodb://root:root@mongodb-service:27017/
-
 # frontendEnvironmentVariables:
-    
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