diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/kubernetes/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 3f42735a..0f514523 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ ollama
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "ollama.url" -}}
+{{- if .Values.ollama.externalHost }}
+{{- printf .Values.ollama.externalHost }}
+{{- else }}
 {{- printf "http://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:%d/" (include "ollama.name" .) (.Release.Namespace) (.Values.ollama.service.port | int) }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
 
 {{- define "chart.name" -}}
 {{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-service.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-service.yaml
index becb6ad2..32c93cae 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-service.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-service.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if not .Values.ollama.externalHost }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -19,3 +20,4 @@ spec:
     port: {{ .port }}
     targetPort: http
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-statefulset.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-statefulset.yaml
index c348b04c..2750956a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/templates/ollama-statefulset.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if not .Values.ollama.externalHost }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
@@ -94,3 +95,4 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml
index 394e5a49..4437973e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 nameOverride: ""
 
 ollama:
+  externalHost: ""
   annotations: {}
   podAnnotations: {}
   replicaCount: 1