diff --git a/charts/immich/templates/checks.yaml b/charts/immich/templates/checks.yaml
index 53429658..931ee5d2 100644
--- a/charts/immich/templates/checks.yaml
+++ b/charts/immich/templates/checks.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@
 {{ if hasKey .Values "redis" }}
     {{ fail "The redis subchart has been removed. Please see https://github.com/immich-app/immich-charts/releases/tag/immich-0.10.0 for more detail."}}
 {{ end }}
+
+{{- if and (ne .Values.immich.configurationKind "Secret") (ne .Values.immich.configurationKind "ConfigMap") }}
+    {{- fail "Invalid immich.configurationKind: must be either 'ConfigMap' or 'Secret'" }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/immich/templates/immich-config.yml b/charts/immich/templates/immich-config.yml
index 1a23cf91..50eb981a 100644
--- a/charts/immich/templates/immich-config.yml
+++ b/charts/immich/templates/immich-config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{- if .Values.immich.configuration }}
 apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
+kind: {{ .Values.immich.configurationKind }}
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Release.Name }}-immich-config
   labels:
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
     app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
     helm.sh/chart: {{ printf "%s-%s\n" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- if (eq .Values.immich.configurationKind "Secret")}}
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+{{- else }}
 data:
+{{- end }}
   immich-config.yaml: |
 {{- .Values.immich.configuration | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/immich/templates/server.yaml b/charts/immich/templates/server.yaml
index 0062216b..b50c9737 100644
--- a/charts/immich/templates/server.yaml
+++ b/charts/immich/templates/server.yaml
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ persistence:
 {{- if .Values.immich.configuration }}
   config:
     enabled: true
+    {{- if eq .Values.immich.configurationKind "Secret" }}
+    type: secret
+    {{- else }}
     type: configMap
+    {{- end }}
     name: {{ .Release.Name }}-immich-config
 {{- end }}
   data:
diff --git a/charts/immich/values.yaml b/charts/immich/values.yaml
index 674bae1b..1a2f96e8 100644
--- a/charts/immich/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/immich/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ immich:
     # storageTemplate:
     #   enabled: true
     #   template: "{{y}}/{{y}}-{{MM}}-{{dd}}/{{filename}}"
+  # Sets the resource Kind to store configuration in. Must be either ConfigMap or Secret.
+  configurationKind: ConfigMap
 
 # Dependencies