diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/CHANGELOG.md b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/CHANGELOG.md
index 33fb59f7ce..0356d80ed4 100644
--- a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ internal API changes are not present.
 
 Unreleased
 ----------
+### Enhancements
+
+- Allow configuring of the alloy service externalTrafficPolicy (@at-blacknight)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/README.md b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/README.md
index d9a557551a..bb1670a2ac 100644
--- a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/README.md
+++ b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/README.md
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ useful if just using the default DaemonSet isn't sufficient.
 | service.clusterIP | string | `""` | Cluster IP, can be set to None, empty "" or an IP address |
 | service.enabled | bool | `true` | Creates a Service for the controller's pods. |
 | service.internalTrafficPolicy | string | `"Cluster"` | Value for internal traffic policy. 'Cluster' or 'Local' |
+| service.externalTrafficPolicy | string | `"Cluster"` | Value for external traffic policy. 'Cluster' or 'Local' |
 | service.nodePort | int | `31128` | NodePort port. Only takes effect when `service.type: NodePort` |
 | service.type | string | `"ClusterIP"` | Service type |
 | serviceAccount.additionalLabels | object | `{}` | Additional labels to add to the created service account. |
diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/templates/service.yaml b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/templates/service.yaml
index 53f79b3c6b..ba743a07b0 100644
--- a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/templates/service.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
     {{- include "alloy.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- if semverCompare ">=1.26-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version }}
   internalTrafficPolicy: {{.Values.service.internalTrafficPolicy}}
+  externalTrafficPolicy: {{.Values.service.externalTrafficPolicy}}
   {{- end }}
   ports:
     - name: http-metrics
diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/values.yaml b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/values.yaml
index fe597f7450..0915bf8f8d 100644
--- a/operations/helm/charts/alloy/values.yaml
+++ b/operations/helm/charts/alloy/values.yaml
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ service:
   clusterIP: ''
   # -- Value for internal traffic policy. 'Cluster' or 'Local'
   internalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
+  # -- Value for external traffic policy. 'Cluster' or 'Local'
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
   annotations: {}
     # cloud.google.com/load-balancer-type: Internal