diff --git a/charts/hawkbit/Chart.yaml b/charts/hawkbit/Chart.yaml
index 28b13706..7eb39b7c 100644
--- a/charts/hawkbit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/hawkbit/Chart.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 ---
 apiVersion: v2
-version: 1.5.0
+version: 1.6.0
 appVersion: "0.3.0M6-mysql"
 description: |
    Eclipse hawkBit™ is a domain independent back-end framework for rolling out software updates
diff --git a/charts/hawkbit/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/hawkbit/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1724face..389ebf37 100644
--- a/charts/hawkbit/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/hawkbit/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ spec:
             - name: SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE
               value: "{{ .Values.spring.profiles }}"
             - name: "SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL"
+              {{- if .Values.env.springDatasourceUrl }}
+              value: "{{ .Values.env.springDatasourceUrl }}"
+              {{- else }}
               value: "jdbc:mysql://{{ if .Values.mysql.enabled }}{{ .Release.Name }}-mysql{{ else }}{{ .Values.env.springDatasourceHost }}{{ end }}:3306/{{ .Values.env.springDatasourceDb }}"
+              {{- end }}
             - name: "SPRING_APPLICATION_JSON"
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/charts/hawkbit/values.yaml b/charts/hawkbit/values.yaml
index c598a5f7..5fb06c2d 100644
--- a/charts/hawkbit/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/hawkbit/values.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ fileStorage:
 env:
   springDatasourceHost: "hawkbit-mysql"
   springDatasourceDb: "hawkbit"
+  # if springDatasourceUrl is set override default mysql db url
+  springDatasourceUrl: ""
   springRabbitmqHost: "hawkbit-rabbitmq"
   springRabbitmqUsername: "hawkbit"
   springRabbitmqPassword: "hawkbit"