diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bb3c18b..e865839b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Flags:
       --disable-openapi-validation       disables rendered templates validation against the Kubernetes OpenAPI Schema
       --disable-validation               disables rendered templates validation against the Kubernetes cluster you are currently pointing to. This is the same validation performed on an install
       --dry-run                          disables cluster access and show diff as if it was install. Implies --install, --reset-values, and --disable-validation
+      --enable-dns                       enable DNS lookups when rendering templates 
   -D, --find-renames float32             Enable rename detection if set to any value greater than 0. If specified, the value denotes the maximum fraction of changed content as lines added + removed compared to total lines in a diff for considering it a rename. Only objects of the same Kind are attempted to be matched
   -h, --help                             help for diff
       --include-tests                    enable the diffing of the helm test hooks
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ Flags:
       --disable-openapi-validation       disables rendered templates validation against the Kubernetes OpenAPI Schema
       --disable-validation               disables rendered templates validation against the Kubernetes cluster you are currently pointing to. This is the same validation performed on an install
       --dry-run                          disables cluster access and show diff as if it was install. Implies --install, --reset-values, and --disable-validation
+      --enable-dns                       enable DNS lookups when rendering templates 
   -D, --find-renames float32             Enable rename detection if set to any value greater than 0. If specified, the value denotes the maximum fraction of changed content as lines added + removed compared to total lines in a diff for considering it a rename. Only objects of the same Kind are attempted to be matched
   -h, --help                             help for upgrade
       --include-tests                    enable the diffing of the helm test hooks
diff --git a/cmd/helm3.go b/cmd/helm3.go
index cb3e8c1d..c860dab4 100644
--- a/cmd/helm3.go
+++ b/cmd/helm3.go
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ func (d *diffCmd) template(isUpgrade bool) ([]byte, error) {
 		flags = append(flags, "--disable-openapi-validation")
 	}
 
+	if d.enableDNS {
+		flags = append(flags, "--enable-dns")
+	}
+
 	var (
 		subcmd string
 		filter func([]byte) []byte
diff --git a/cmd/upgrade.go b/cmd/upgrade.go
index 0f8bfb8d..1c32979a 100644
--- a/cmd/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/upgrade.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type diffCmd struct {
 	disableOpenAPIValidation bool
 	dryRunMode               string
 	dryRunModeSpecified      bool
+	enableDNS                bool
 	namespace                string // namespace to assume the release to be installed into. Defaults to the current kube config namespace.
 	valueFiles               valueFiles
 	values                   []string
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ func newChartCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.devel, "devel", false, "use development versions, too. Equivalent to version '>0.0.0-0'. If --version is set, this is ignored.")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.disableValidation, "disable-validation", false, "disables rendered templates validation against the Kubernetes cluster you are currently pointing to. This is the same validation performed on an install")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.disableOpenAPIValidation, "disable-openapi-validation", false, "disables rendered templates validation against the Kubernetes OpenAPI Schema")
+	f.BoolVar(&diff.enableDNS, "enable-dns", false, "enable DNS lookups when rendering templates")
 	f.StringVar(&diff.postRenderer, "post-renderer", "", "the path to an executable to be used for post rendering. If it exists in $PATH, the binary will be used, otherwise it will try to look for the executable at the given path")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&diff.postRendererArgs, "post-renderer-args", []string{}, "an argument to the post-renderer (can specify multiple)")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.insecureSkipTLSVerify, "insecure-skip-tls-verify", false, "skip tls certificate checks for the chart download")