diff --git a/helm/openwhisk/templates/kafka-pod.yaml b/helm/openwhisk/templates/kafka-pod.yaml
index f49d30f4..102e94e5 100644
--- a/helm/openwhisk/templates/kafka-pod.yaml
+++ b/helm/openwhisk/templates/kafka-pod.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ spec:
           value: "EXTERNAL://_{HOSTNAME_COMMAND}:{{ .Values.kafka.port }}"
         - name: "KAFKA_INTER_BROKER_LISTENER_NAME"
           value: "EXTERNAL"
+{{- if .Values.kafka.quota.producer }}
+        - name: "KAFKA_QUOTA_PRODUCER"
+          value: "{{.Values.kafka.quota.producer}}"
+{{- end}}
+{{- if .Values.kafka.quota.consumer }}
+        - name: "KAFKA_QUOTA_CONSUMER"
+          value: "{{.Values.kafka.quota.consumer}}"
+{{- end}}
 
         # zookeeper info
         - name: "KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT"
diff --git a/helm/openwhisk/values.yaml b/helm/openwhisk/values.yaml
index 2d74e82c..32ed5041 100644
--- a/helm/openwhisk/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/openwhisk/values.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ whisk:
   # Kafka configuration. For all sub-fields a value of "" means use the default from application.conf
   kafka:
     replicationFactor: ""
+    quota:
+      consumer: ""
+      producer: ""
     topics:
       cacheInvalidation:
         segmentBytes: ""