diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm/helm_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm/helm_test.go
index efb7e31f830..702984d7c81 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ var testDeployEnvTemplateNamespacedConfig = latest.LegacyHelmDeploy{
 	}},
 }
 
+var testDeployWithTemplatedChartPath = latest.LegacyHelmDeploy{
+	Releases: []latest.HelmRelease{{
+		Name:      "skaffold-helm",
+		ChartPath: "examples/{{.FOO}}",
+		Overrides: schemautil.HelmOverrides{Values: map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"}},
+		SetValues: map[string]string{
+			"some.key": "somevalue",
+		},
+	}},
+}
+
 var testDeployConfigRemoteRepo = latest.LegacyHelmDeploy{
 	Releases: []latest.HelmRelease{{
 		Name:      "skaffold-helm",
@@ -1212,6 +1223,15 @@ func TestHelmRender(t *testing.T) {
 			helm:   testDeployWithTemplatedName,
 			builds: testBuilds,
 		},
+		{
+			description: "render with templated chart path",
+			shouldErr:   false,
+			commands: testutil.
+				CmdRun("helm --kube-context kubecontext dep build examples/FOOBAR --kubeconfig kubeconfig").
+				AndRun("helm --kube-context kubecontext template skaffold-helm examples/FOOBAR --post-renderer SKAFFOLD-BINARY --set some.key=somevalue --kubeconfig kubeconfig"),
+			helm:   testDeployWithTemplatedChartPath,
+			builds: testBuilds,
+		},
 		{
 			description: "render with namespace",
 			shouldErr:   false,
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/helm/helm.go b/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/helm/helm.go
index f473dd29beb..747b77de739 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/helm/helm.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/helm/helm.go
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ func (h Helm) generateHelmManifests(ctx context.Context, builds []graph.Artifact
 			return nil, helm.UserErr(fmt.Sprintf("cannot expand release name %q", release.Name), err)
 		}
 
+		release.ChartPath, err = sUtil.ExpandEnvTemplateOrFail(release.ChartPath, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, helm.UserErr(fmt.Sprintf("cannot expand chart path %q", release.ChartPath), err)
+		}
+
 		args := []string{"template", releaseName, helm.ChartSource(release)}
 		args = append(args, postRendererArgs...)
 		if release.Packaged == nil && release.Version != "" {