diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34cf5b4..bb64eb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ gitea:
 | `global.imageRegistry`    | global image registry override                                            | `""`            |
 | `global.imagePullSecrets` | global image pull secrets override; can be extended by `imagePullSecrets` | `[]`            |
 | `global.storageClass`     | global storage class override                                             | `""`            |
+| `global.hostAliases`      | global hostAliases which will be added to the pod's hosts files           | `[]`            |
 | `replicaCount`            | number of replicas for the statefulset                                    | `1`             |
 | `clusterDomain`           | cluster domain                                                            | `cluster.local` |
 
diff --git a/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml b/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
index ce6f550..04cbdc5 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ spec:
               subPath: {{ .Values.persistence.subPath }}
               {{- end }}
             {{- include "gitea.container-additional-mounts" . | nindent 12 }}
+      {{- with .Values.global.hostAliases }}
+      hostAliases:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index ebd2e50..1213221 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ## @param global.imageRegistry global image registry override
 ## @param global.imagePullSecrets global image pull secrets override; can be extended by `imagePullSecrets`
 ## @param global.storageClass global storage class override
+## @param global.hostAliases global hostAliases which will be added to the pod's hosts files
 global:
   imageRegistry: ""
   ## E.g.
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ global:
   ##
   imagePullSecrets: []
   storageClass: ""
+  hostAliases: []
+  # - ip: 192.168.137.2
+  #   hostnames:
+  #   - example.com
 
 ## @param replicaCount number of replicas for the statefulset
 replicaCount: 1