diff --git a/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1852686..bb9b248 100644
--- a/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ spec:
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.hostAliases }}
+      hostAliases:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/values.yaml b/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/values.yaml
index 2fd12f1..ffa29d5 100644
--- a/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/medcat-service-helm/values.yaml
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
+# Host aliases for the pod
+hostAliases: []
+  # - ip: "127.0.0.1"
+  #   hostnames:
+  #   - "foo.local"
 networkPolicy:
   # Choose to create a default network policy blocking all ingress other than to the service port.
   enabled: true
diff --git a/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/templates/medcat-trainer-deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/templates/medcat-trainer-deployment.yaml
index 7de9501..76aa68c 100644
--- a/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/templates/medcat-trainer-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/templates/medcat-trainer-deployment.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ spec:
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.hostAliases }}
+      hostAliases:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: medcat-trainer
           {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/values.yaml b/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/values.yaml
index dcf7324..189935a 100644
--- a/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/medcat-trainer-helm/values.yaml
@@ -319,3 +319,9 @@ affinity: {}
 
 # Runtime class name for the pod (e.g., "nvidia" for GPU workloads)
 runtimeClassName: ""
+
+# Host aliases for the pod
+hostAliases: []
+  # - ip: "127.0.0.1"
+  #   hostnames:
+  #   - "foo.local"