diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/nginx/nginx-conf.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/nginx/nginx-conf.yaml
index b19263c..f23f726 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/nginx/nginx-conf.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/nginx/nginx-conf.yaml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ data:
 {{- if .Values.nginx.external_cors.enabled }}
         add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin {{ .Values.nginx.external_cors.domain }};
 {{ end }}
-        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials false;
+        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials {{ .Values.nginx.access_control_allow.credentials }};
         add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, Origin, User-Agent";
         add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, OPTIONS";
 
diff --git a/charts/geonode/values.yaml b/charts/geonode/values.yaml
index ed85763..5113c4f 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/values.yaml
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ nginx:
       memory: "1Gi"
       # -- limit cpu as in resource.requests.cpu (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/)
       cpu: "800m"
+  access_control_allow:
+    # -- control value of Access-Control-Allow-Credentials in nginx configuration 
+    credentials: false
   external_cors:
     # -- Add Access-Control-Allow-Origin directive to allow integration from an external domain
     enabled: false