diff --git a/docs/content/en/schemas/v1beta6.json b/docs/content/en/schemas/v1beta6.json
index cdc96da81c4..14906e68769 100755
--- a/docs/content/en/schemas/v1beta6.json
+++ b/docs/content/en/schemas/v1beta6.json
@@ -1042,6 +1042,12 @@
           "x-intellij-html-description": "should build dependencies be skipped.",
           "default": "false"
         },
+        "useHelmSecrets": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "instructs skaffold to use secrets plugin on deployment.",
+          "x-intellij-html-description": "instructs skaffold to use secrets plugin on deployment.",
+          "default": "false"
+        },
         "values": {
           "additionalProperties": {
             "type": "string"
@@ -1084,6 +1090,7 @@
         "wait",
         "recreatePods",
         "skipBuildDependencies",
+        "useHelmSecrets",
         "overrides",
         "packaged",
         "imageStrategy"
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go
index 82944938e75..54764bd8814 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go
@@ -140,10 +140,15 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) Cleanup(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *HelmDeployer) helm(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, arg ...string) error {
+func (h *HelmDeployer) helm(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, useSecrets bool, arg ...string) error {
+
 	args := append([]string{"--kube-context", h.kubeContext}, arg...)
 	args = append(args, h.Flags.Global...)
 
+	if useSecrets {
+		args = append([]string{"secrets"}, args...)
+	}
+
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "helm", args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = out
 	cmd.Stderr = out
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, r lates
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "cannot parse the release name template")
 	}
-	if err := h.helm(ctx, out, "get", releaseName); err != nil {
+	if err := h.helm(ctx, out, false, "get", releaseName); err != nil {
 		color.Red.Fprintf(out, "Helm release %s not installed. Installing...\n", releaseName)
 		isInstalled = false
 	}
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, r lates
 	if !r.SkipBuildDependencies {
 		// First build dependencies.
 		logrus.Infof("Building helm dependencies...")
-		if err := h.helm(ctx, out, "dep", "build", r.ChartPath); err != nil {
+		if err := h.helm(ctx, out, false, "dep", "build", r.ChartPath); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "building helm dependencies")
 		}
 	}
@@ -291,7 +296,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, r lates
 	}
 	args = append(args, setOpts...)
 
-	helmErr := h.helm(ctx, out, args...)
+	helmErr := h.helm(ctx, out, r.UseHelmSecrets, args...)
 	return h.getDeployResults(ctx, ns, releaseName), helmErr
 }
 
@@ -346,7 +351,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) packageChart(ctx context.Context, r latest.HelmRelease) (
 	}
 
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	err := h.helm(ctx, buf, packageArgs...)
+	err := h.helm(ctx, buf, false, packageArgs...)
 	output := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "package chart into a .tgz archive (%s)", output)
@@ -362,7 +367,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) packageChart(ctx context.Context, r latest.HelmRelease) (
 
 func (h *HelmDeployer) getReleaseInfo(ctx context.Context, release string) (*bufio.Reader, error) {
 	var releaseInfo bytes.Buffer
-	if err := h.helm(ctx, &releaseInfo, "get", release); err != nil {
+	if err := h.helm(ctx, &releaseInfo, false, "get", release); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving helm deployment info: %s", releaseInfo.String())
 	}
 	return bufio.NewReader(&releaseInfo), nil
@@ -386,7 +391,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deleteRelease(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, r lates
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot parse the release name template")
 	}
 
-	if err := h.helm(ctx, out, "delete", releaseName, "--purge"); err != nil {
+	if err := h.helm(ctx, out, false, "delete", releaseName, "--purge"); err != nil {
 		logrus.Debugf("deleting release %s: %v\n", releaseName, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go b/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
index 4ad233a6338..4644cc960ea 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ type HelmRelease struct {
 	// SkipBuildDependencies should build dependencies be skipped.
 	SkipBuildDependencies bool `yaml:"skipBuildDependencies,omitempty"`
 
+	// UseHelmSecrets instructs skaffold to use secrets plugin on deployment.
+	UseHelmSecrets bool `yaml:"useHelmSecrets,omitempty"`
+
 	// Overrides are key-value pairs.
 	// If present, Skaffold will build a Helm `values` file that overrides
 	// the original and use it to call Helm CLI (`--f` flag).