diff --git a/charts/docker-mailserver/Chart.yaml b/charts/docker-mailserver/Chart.yaml
index cdfbb767..5a47cea6 100644
--- a/charts/docker-mailserver/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/docker-mailserver/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "14.0.0"
 description: A fullstack but simple mailserver (smtp, imap, antispam, antivirus, ssl...) using Docker.
 name: docker-mailserver
-version: 4.1.3
+version: 4.1.4
 sources:
 - https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver-helm
 maintainers:
diff --git a/charts/docker-mailserver/ci/ci-haproxy.yaml b/charts/docker-mailserver/ci/ci-haproxy.yaml
index 3f0a1bdb..b738e2a5 100644
--- a/charts/docker-mailserver/ci/ci-haproxy.yaml
+++ b/charts/docker-mailserver/ci/ci-haproxy.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 service:
-  type: ClusterIP
\ No newline at end of file
+  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/charts/docker-mailserver/templates/service.yaml b/charts/docker-mailserver/templates/service.yaml
index 874fdd45..79971719 100644
--- a/charts/docker-mailserver/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/docker-mailserver/templates/service.yaml
@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   ## If a load balancer is being used, ensure that the newer type of LB that passes along IP information is used
   ## rather than the legacy one.
-  {{- if eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer" }}
+  {{- if or (eq .Values.service.type "NodePort") (eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer") }}
+  {{- if .Values.service.externalTrafficPolicy }}
+  externalTrafficPolicy: {{ .Values.service.externalTrafficPolicy }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if and (not .Values.service.externalTrafficPolicy) (eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer") }}
   externalTrafficPolicy: Local
-  {{- else if eq .Values.service.type "NodePort" }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if and (not .Values.service.externalTrafficPolicy) (eq .Values.service.type "NodePort") }}
   externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
-  {{ end }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
   selector:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "dockermailserver.fullname" . }}
     release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
diff --git a/charts/docker-mailserver/values.yaml b/charts/docker-mailserver/values.yaml
index 0367c318..a2ea32c8 100644
--- a/charts/docker-mailserver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/docker-mailserver/values.yaml
@@ -298,8 +298,15 @@ deployment:
 service:
   ## What scope the service should be exposed in. One of:
   ## - LoadBalancer (to the world)
+  ## - NodePort (to the world, via high port on a node)
   ## - ClusterIP (to the cluster)
-  type: "LoadBalancer"
+  type: "ClusterIP"
+  ## Manually overwrite the externalTrafficPolicy. One of:
+  ## - Local
+  ## - Cluster
+  ## Set it to "Local" when used with type "LoadBalancer" and set it to "Cluster" when used with "NodePort",
+  ## unless you have a good reason not to.
+  # externalTrafficPolicy: "Cluster"
   ## If there is a port associated with a given service, expose it here.
   # port:
   ## If there is a particular IP that should be used for the service, specify it here.