diff --git a/charts/freeipa/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/freeipa/templates/ingress.yaml
index 3cbdd4e..eade285 100644
--- a/charts/freeipa/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/charts/freeipa/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
             {{- if eq "true" (include "common.ingress.supportsPathType" .) }}
             pathType: {{ .Values.ingress.pathType }}
             {{- end }}
-            backend: {{- include "common.ingress.backend" (dict "serviceName" (printf "%s" (include "common.names.fullname" .)) "servicePort" "http" "context" $)  | nindent 14 }}
+            backend: {{- include "common.ingress.backend" (dict "serviceName" (printf "%s" (include "common.names.fullname" .)) "servicePort" .Values.ingress.backendProtocol "context" $)  | nindent 14 }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- range .Values.ingress.extraHosts }}
     - host: {{ .name }}
diff --git a/charts/freeipa/values.yaml b/charts/freeipa/values.yaml
index 5edee7d..bde3d82 100644
--- a/charts/freeipa/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/freeipa/values.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ ingress:
   ## existingSecret: name-of-existing-secret
   ##
   tls: false
+  ## @param ingress.backendProtocol The backend serviceport which the ingress record will point at
+  ##
+  backendProtocol: "http"
   ## @param ingress.extraHosts An array with additional hostname(s) to be covered with the ingress record
   ## Most likely the hostname above will be enough, but in the event more hosts are needed, this is an array
   ## extraHosts: