diff --git a/util/config/reader.go b/util/config/reader.go
index c8b93c1c68fa7..d2891eba1dbb4 100644
--- a/util/config/reader.go
+++ b/util/config/reader.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func UnmarshalLocalFile(path string, obj interface{}) error {
 // UnmarshalRemoteFile retrieves JSON or YAML through a GET request.
 // The caller is responsible for checking error return values.
 func UnmarshalRemoteFile(url string, obj interface{}) error {
-	data, err := readRemoteFile(url)
+	data, err := ReadRemoteFile(url)
 	if err == nil {
 		err = unmarshalObject(data, obj)
 	}
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func UnmarshalRemoteFile(url string, obj interface{}) error {
 
 // ReadRemoteFile issues a GET request to retrieve the contents of the specified URL as a byte array.
 // The caller is responsible for checking error return values.
-func readRemoteFile(url string) ([]byte, error) {
+func ReadRemoteFile(url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var data []byte
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/util/config/reader_test.go b/util/config/reader_test.go
index 6c3e5b611b2a7..70b9c99fa1088 100644
--- a/util/config/reader_test.go
+++ b/util/config/reader_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalRemoteFile(t *testing.T) {
 	address := <-c
 	t.Logf("Listening at address: %s", address)
 
-	data, err := readRemoteFile("http://" + address)
+	data, err := ReadRemoteFile("http://" + address)
 	if string(data) != sentinel {
 		t.Errorf("Test data did not match (err = %v)! Expected %q and received %q", err, sentinel, string(data))
 	}
diff --git a/util/helm/helm.go b/util/helm/helm.go
index 93b5f8974d690..3e12ced6cc819 100644
--- a/util/helm/helm.go
+++ b/util/helm/helm.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package helm
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 
 	argoappv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/config"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/kube"
 )
 
@@ -80,7 +82,13 @@ func (h *helm) GetParameters(valuesFiles []string) ([]*argoappv1.ComponentParame
 	}
 	values := append([]string{out})
 	for _, file := range valuesFiles {
-		fileValues, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(h.path, file))
+		var fileValues []byte
+		parsedURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(file)
+		if err == nil && (parsedURL.Scheme == "http" || parsedURL.Scheme == "https") {
+			fileValues, err = config.ReadRemoteFile(file)
+		} else {
+			fileValues, err = ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(h.path, file))
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read value file %s: %s", file, err)
 		}
diff --git a/util/helm/helm_test.go b/util/helm/helm_test.go
index 675ae2338657c..c3520526c06c0 100644
--- a/util/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/util/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,17 @@ func TestHelmTemplateValues(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, int32(3), *dep.Spec.Replicas)
 		}
 	}
+}
 
+func TestHelmTemplateValuesURL(t *testing.T) {
+	h := NewHelmApp("./testdata/redis")
+	valuesFiles := []string{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/master/util/helm/testdata/redis/values-production.yaml"}
+	objs, err := h.Template("test", "", valuesFiles, nil)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 8, len(objs))
+	params, err := h.GetParameters(valuesFiles)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, len(params) > 0)
 }
 
 func TestHelmGetParams(t *testing.T) {