diff --git a/helm/oauth2-proxy/Chart.yaml b/helm/oauth2-proxy/Chart.yaml
index 57e9ad97..65b915de 100644
--- a/helm/oauth2-proxy/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/oauth2-proxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: oauth2-proxy
-version: 7.10.5
+version: 7.11.0
 apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: 7.8.1
 home: https://oauth2-proxy.github.io/oauth2-proxy/
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ kubeVersion: ">=1.16.0-0"
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
     - kind: added
-      description: Add documentation to ensure Redis password consistency between sessionStorage and Redis sub chart is well explained
+      description: Add envFromExistingSecret value for loading environment variables from an existing secret
       links:
         - name: Github PR
-          url: https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/manifests/pull/283
+          url: https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/manifests/pull/196
diff --git a/helm/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
index 89b2f35f..ea401ce0 100644
--- a/helm/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -172,8 +172,13 @@ spec:
         lifecycle:
 {{ toYaml .Values.lifecycle | indent 10 }}
 {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.envFromExistingSecret }}
+        envFrom:
+        - secretRef:
+            name: {{ . }}
+        {{- end }}
         env:
-        {{- if .Values.proxyVarsAsSecrets }}
+        {{- if and (not .Values.envFromExistingSecret) .Values.proxyVarsAsSecrets }}
         - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_ID
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.extraEnv }}
 {{ tpl (toYaml .Values.extraEnv) . | indent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.envFrom }}
+        {{- if and (not .Values.envFromExistingSecret) .Values.envFrom }}
         envFrom:
 {{ tpl (toYaml .Values.envFrom) . | indent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/oauth2-proxy/values.yaml b/helm/oauth2-proxy/values.yaml
index e9805ec2..a7eafa8d 100644
--- a/helm/oauth2-proxy/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/oauth2-proxy/values.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ envFrom: []
 #  - secretRef:
 #      name: special-config-secret
 
+# Import all environment variables from an existing secret. Will overwrite 'proxyVarsAsSecrets' and 'envFrom'.
+envFromExistingSecret: ""
+
+# Whether to create a secret instead of plain environment values for configuring
+# the client_id, client_secret and cookie_secret
+proxyVarsAsSecrets: true
+
 # -- Custom labels to add into metadata
 customLabels: {}
 
@@ -245,9 +252,6 @@ tolerations: []
 # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
 nodeSelector: {}
 
-# Whether to use secrets instead of environment values for setting up OAUTH2_PROXY variables
-proxyVarsAsSecrets: true
-
 # Configure Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes.
 # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-probes/
 # Disable both when deploying with Istio 1.0 mTLS. https://istio.io/help/faq/security/#k8s-health-checks