diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml b/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml
index da3fad6d3021..0325f58fdf22 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: kube-downscaler
 apiVersion: v1
-version: 0.2.1
+version: 0.3.0
 appVersion: 19.10.1
 description: A Helm chart for kube-downscaler
 home: https://github.com/hjacobs/kube-downscaler
diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md b/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md
index ca3f2e79782a..5b347ca1c7d0 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md
@@ -44,21 +44,25 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the kube-downscaler ch
 
 | Parameter                 | Description                                                                                          | Default                   |
 | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
-| `debug.enable`            | Do you want to start the downscaler in debug mode                                                    | False                     |
-| `namespace.active_in`     | Which namespace does the downscaler scans for deployment/statefulsets to downscale (`''` equals all) | ''                        |
-| `interval`                | interval for the scans                                                                               | false                     |
-| `image.repository`        | downscaler container image repository                                                                | `hjacobs/kube-downscaler` |
-| `image.tag`               | downscaler container image tag                                                                       | `0.6`                     |
-| `image.pullPolicy`        | downscaler container image pull policy                                                               | `IfNotPresent`            |
-| `nodeSelector`            | node labels for downscaler pod assignment                                                            | `{}`                      |
-| `tolerations`             | downscaler pod toleration for taints                                                                 | `{}`                      |
-| `podAnnotations`          | annotations to be added to downscaler pod                                                            | `{}`                      |
-| `podLabels`               | labels to be added to downscaler pod                                                                 | `{}`                      |
-| `resources`               | downscaler pod resource requests & limits                                                            | `{}`                      |
-| `rbac.create`             | If true, create & use RBAC resources                                                                 | `false`                   |
+| `replicaCount`            | Number of replicas to run                                                                            | `1`                       |
+| `name`                    | How to name resources created by this chart                                                          | `kube-downscaler`         |
+| `debug.enable`            | Do you want to start the downscaler in debug mode                                                    | `false`                   |
+| `namespace.active_in`     | Which namespace does the downscaler scans for deployment/statefulsets to downscale (`''` equals all) | `''`                      |
+| `interval`                | Interval between scans, in seconds                                                                   | `60`                      |
+| `image.repository`        | Downscaler container image repository                                                                | `hjacobs/kube-downscaler` |
+| `image.tag`               | Downscaler container image tag                                                                       | `19.10.1`                 |
+| `image.pullPolicy`        | Downscaler container image pull policy                                                               | `IfNotPresent`            |
+| `nodeSelector`            | Node labels for downscaler pod assignment                                                            | `{}`                      |
+| `tolerations`             | Downscaler pod toleration for taints                                                                 | `[]`                      |
+| `affinity`                | Downscaler pod affinity                                                                              | `{}`                      |
+| `podAnnotations`          | Annotations to be added to downscaler pod                                                            | `{}`                      |
+| `podLabels`               | Labels to be added to downscaler pod                                                                 | `{}`                      |
+| `resources`               | Downscaler pod resource requests & limits                                                            | `{}`                      |
+| `securityContext`         | SecurityContext to apply to the downscaler pod                                                       | `{}`                      |
+| `rbac.create`             | If true, create & use RBAC resources                                                                 | `true`                    |
 | `rbac.serviceAccountName` | ServiceAccount downscaler will use (ignored if rbac.create=true)                                     | `default`                 |
-| `extraArgs` | Add extra args to docker command                                     | `[]`                 |
+| `extraArgs`               | Add extra args to docker command                                                                     | `[]`                      |
 
 > **Tip**: You can use the default [values.yaml](values.yaml)
 
-> **Tip**: If you use `kube-downscaler` as releaseName, the generated pod name will be shorter.(e.g. `kube-downscaler-66cc9fb67c-7mg4w` instead of `my-release-kube-downscaler-66cc9fb67c-7mg4w`)
\ No newline at end of file
+> **Tip**: If you use `kube-downscaler` as releaseName, the generated pod name will be shorter.(e.g. `kube-downscaler-66cc9fb67c-7mg4w` instead of `my-release-kube-downscaler-66cc9fb67c-7mg4w`)
diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml b/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
index 608fd9109667..047c9bca5540 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+    {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
+      securityContext:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml b/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml
index d33b955ce85d..f4a0eca6651f 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ resources:
   #   cpu: 50m
   #   memory: 200Mi
 
+securityContext: {}
+# runAsUser: 1000
+
 extraArgs: []
 # - --include-resources deployments