diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index b12c5167..59da8b5e 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ keywords:
 - prometheus
 - kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 3.1.1
+version: 3.2.0
 appVersion: 2.0.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 090d880a..0dbcc1c7 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ spec:
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.containerSecurityContext }}
+        securityContext:
+{{ toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | indent 10 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
 {{ toYaml .Values.imagePullSecrets | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 62e178d2..a02c1181 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ securityContext:
   runAsUser: 65534
   fsGroup: 65534
 
+## Specify security settings for a Container
+## Allows overrides and additional options compared to (Pod) securityContext
+## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-container
+containerSecurityContext: {}
+
 ## Node labels for pod assignment
 ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
 nodeSelector: {}