diff --git a/charts/meilisearch/Chart.yaml b/charts/meilisearch/Chart.yaml
index ea572f4..5bd5ec1 100644
--- a/charts/meilisearch/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/meilisearch/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: "v0.26.0"
 description: A Helm chart for the Meilisearch search engine
 name: meilisearch
-version: 0.1.28
+version: 0.1.29
 icon: https://res.cloudinary.com/meilisearch/image/upload/v1597822872/Logo/logo_img.svg
 home: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch-kubernetes/charts
 maintainers:
diff --git a/charts/meilisearch/README.md b/charts/meilisearch/README.md
index babf0ba..3229a54 100644
--- a/charts/meilisearch/README.md
+++ b/charts/meilisearch/README.md
@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ helm uninstall <your-service-name>
 | `image.pullPolicy`               | Meilisearch image pull policy                                  | `IfNotPresent`
 | | |
 | `image.pullSecret`               | Secret to authenticate against the docker registry             | '' |
-| | | 
-| `serviceAccount.annotations`     | Additional annotations for service account                     | `{}`
-| | |
+|                                  |                                                                | 
+| `serviceAccount.create`          | Should this chart create a service account                     | `true`
+|                                  |                                                                |
+| `serviceAccount.annotations`     | Additional annotations for created service account             | `{}`
+|                                  |                                                                |
+| `serviceAccount.name`            | Custom service account name, if not created by this chart      | ''
+|                                  |                                                                |
 | `ingress.enabled`                | Enable ingress controller resource                             | `false`
 | | |
 | `ingress.annotations`            | Ingress annotations                                            | `{}`
diff --git a/charts/meilisearch/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/meilisearch/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
index 46be803..dc35940 100644
--- a/charts/meilisearch/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/meilisearch/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
@@ -14,3 +15,4 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     {{ toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/meilisearch/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/meilisearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 1d5f99d..64d2673 100644
--- a/charts/meilisearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/meilisearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
     spec:
-      serviceAccountName: {{ template "meilisearch.fullname" . }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.serviceAccount.name | default (include "meilisearch.fullname" .) }}
       {{- if .Values.image.pullSecret }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         - name: {{ .Values.image.pullSecret }}
diff --git a/charts/meilisearch/values.yaml b/charts/meilisearch/values.yaml
index 461cdc7..be2db8b 100644
--- a/charts/meilisearch/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/meilisearch/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ auth:
   existingMasterKeySecret: ""
 
 serviceAccount:
+  # You can use a specific pre-created service account instead of
+  # the one created by this chart.
+  # Set create to false to prevent creating a service account and use your own.
+  create: true
+  name: ''
   annotations: {}
 
 podAnnotations: {}