diff --git a/charts/tiller/templates/deployment-tiller.yaml b/charts/tiller/templates/deployment-tiller.yaml
index de58d2a7..f85cc350 100644
--- a/charts/tiller/templates/deployment-tiller.yaml
+++ b/charts/tiller/templates/deployment-tiller.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ spec:
           - -logtostderr
           - -v
           - {{ .Values.conf.tiller.verbosity | quote }}
+{{- if .Values.conf.tiller.trace }}
+          - -trace
+{{- end }}
         ports:
         - containerPort: 44134
           name: tiller
diff --git a/charts/tiller/values.yaml b/charts/tiller/values.yaml
index 1f918ab6..8296954c 100644
--- a/charts/tiller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tiller/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ deployment:
 conf:
   tiller:
     verbosity: 5
+    trace: false
 
 manifests:
   deployment_tiller: true