diff --git a/charts/pg-db/README.md b/charts/pg-db/README.md
index a0b73194..6ac54954 100644
--- a/charts/pg-db/README.md
+++ b/charts/pg-db/README.md
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ The chart can be customized using the following configurable parameters:
 | `pmm.image.repository`          | PMM Container image repository                                                                                                                                                           | `percona/pmm-client` |
 | `pmm.image.tag`                 | PMM Container image tag                                                                                                                                                                  | `2.44.0`             |
 | `pmm.serverHost`                | PMM server related K8S service hostname                                                                                                                                                  | `monitoring-service` |
+| `pmm.secret`                    | PMM API key secret (populate PMM_SERVER_KEY)                                                                                                                                             | `cluster1-pmm-secret`|
 | `pmm.querySource`               | PMM querySource, 'pgstatmonitor' or 'pgstatstatemenets'.                                                                                                                                 | `pgstatmonitor`      |
 | `pmm.resources.requests.memory` | Container resource request for RAM                                                                                                                                                       | `200M`               |
 | `pmm.resources.requests.cpu`    | Container resource request for CPU                                                                                                                                                       | `500m`               |
diff --git a/charts/pg-db/templates/cluster.yaml b/charts/pg-db/templates/cluster.yaml
index b694dd4c..2c495e73 100644
--- a/charts/pg-db/templates/cluster.yaml
+++ b/charts/pg-db/templates/cluster.yaml
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ spec:
     enabled: {{ .Values.pmm.enabled }}
     image: {{ .Values.pmm.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.pmm.image.tag }}
     serverHost: {{ .Values.pmm.serverHost }}
-    secret: {{ include "pg-database.fullname" . }}-pmm-secret
+    secret: {{ .Values.pmm.secret | default (printf "%s-pmm-secret" (include "pg-database.fullname" .)) }}
     querySource: {{ .Values.pmm.querySource }}
 
   backups:
diff --git a/charts/pg-db/values.yaml b/charts/pg-db/values.yaml
index 988d37b4..936e58a6 100644
--- a/charts/pg-db/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pg-db/values.yaml
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ pmm:
     repository: percona/pmm-client
     tag: 2.44.0
 #  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  secret: cluster1-pmm-secret
+#  secret: cluster1-pmm-secret
   serverHost: monitoring-service
   querySource: pgstatmonitor
 #  resources: