diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/telemetry-collector-deployment.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/telemetry-collector-deployment.yaml
index a073128f95..b9d6e74234 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/telemetry-collector-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/telemetry-collector-deployment.yaml
@@ -207,13 +207,20 @@ spec:
         - "/bin/sh"
         - "-ec"
         - |
-          consul-telemetry-collector agent
-        {{- if .Values.telemetryCollector.customExporterConfig }}
-        args:
-        - -config-file-path /consul/config/config.json
-        {{ end }}
-        {{- if .Values.telemetryCollector.customExporterConfig }}
+          {{- if .Values.global.trustedCAs }}
+          {{- range $i, $cert := .Values.global.trustedCAs }}
+          cat <<EOF > /trusted-cas/custom-ca-{{$i}}.pem
+          {{- $cert | nindent 10 }}
+          EOF
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- end }}
+
+          consul-telemetry-collector agent \
+          {{- if .Values.telemetryCollector.customExporterConfig }}
+          -config-file-path /consul/config/config.json \
+          {{ end }}
         volumeMounts:
+        {{- if .Values.telemetryCollector.customExporterConfig }}
           - name: config
             mountPath: /consul/config
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
index 90166daca2..5019fbd0de 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
 
+@test "connectInject/Deployment: metrics.enableTelemetryCollector can be configured" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local cmd=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml \
+      --set 'connectInject.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'global.metrics.enableTelemetryCollector=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$(echo "$cmd" |
+    yq 'any(contains("-enable-telemetry-collector=true"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # consul and consul-dataplane images
 
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/telemetry-collector-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/telemetry-collector-deployment.bats
index 8161e90e5d..27b6eecb14 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/telemetry-collector-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/telemetry-collector-deployment.bats
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ load _helpers
       --set 'telemetryCollector.image=bar' \
       --set 'telemetryCollector.customExporterConfig="foo"' \
       . | tee /dev/stderr |
-      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].args')
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command')
 
   local actual=$(echo $flags | yq -r '.  | any(contains("-config-file-path /consul/config/config.json"))')
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
@@ -977,3 +977,25 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${actualTemplateFoo}" = "bar" ]
   [ "${actualTemplateBaz}" = "qux" ]
 }
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# extraEnvironmentVariables
+
+@test "telemetryCollector/Deployment: extra environment variables" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local object=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/telemetry-collector-deployment.yaml  \
+      --set 'telemetryCollector.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'telemetryCollector.extraEnvironmentVars.HCP_AUTH_TLS=insecure' \
+      --set 'telemetryCollector.extraEnvironmentVars.foo=bar' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object |
+      yq -r 'map(select(.name == "HCP_AUTH_TLS")) | .[0].value' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "insecure" ]
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object |
+      yq -r 'map(select(.name == "foo")) | .[0].value' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "bar" ]
+}