diff --git a/EXAMPLES.md b/EXAMPLES.md
index da2b59f02..6ac5afbe0 100644
--- a/EXAMPLES.md
+++ b/EXAMPLES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,39 @@ deployment:
   kind: DaemonSet
 ```
 
+# Configure traefik Pod parameters
+
+## Extending /etc/hosts records
+
+In some specific cases, you'll need to add extra records to the `/etc/hosts` file for the Traefik containers.
+You can configure it using [hostAliases](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/network/customize-hosts-file-for-pods/):
+
+```yaml
+deployment:
+  hostAliases:
+  - ip: "127.0.0.1" # this is an example
+    hostnames:
+     - "foo.local"
+     - "bar.local"
+```
+## Extending DNS config
+
+In order to configure additional DNS servers for your traefik pod, you can use `dnsConfig` option: 
+
+```yaml
+deployment:
+  dnsConfig:
+    nameservers:
+      - 192.0.2.1 # this is an example
+    searches:
+      - ns1.svc.cluster-domain.example
+      - my.dns.search.suffix
+    options:
+      - name: ndots
+        value: "2"
+      - name: edns0
+```
+
 # Install in a dedicated namespace, with limited RBAC
 
 Default install is using Cluster-wide RBAC but it can be restricted to target namespace.
diff --git a/traefik/VALUES.md b/traefik/VALUES.md
index 390d0c5ae..1e5ac3c09 100644
--- a/traefik/VALUES.md
+++ b/traefik/VALUES.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Kubernetes: `>=1.22.0-0`
 | deployment.annotations | object | `{}` | Additional deployment annotations (e.g. for jaeger-operator sidecar injection) |
 | deployment.dnsConfig | object | `{}` | Custom pod DNS policy. Apply if `hostNetwork: true` dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet |
 | deployment.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable deployment |
+| deployment.hostAliases | list | `[]` | Custom [host aliases](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/network/customize-hosts-file-for-pods/) |
 | deployment.imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` | Additional imagePullSecrets |
 | deployment.initContainers | list | `[]` | Additional initContainers (e.g. for setting file permission as shown below) |
 | deployment.kind | string | `"Deployment"` | Deployment or DaemonSet |
diff --git a/traefik/templates/_podtemplate.tpl b/traefik/templates/_podtemplate.tpl
index c7132c3f1..b370a5eb8 100644
--- a/traefik/templates/_podtemplate.tpl
+++ b/traefik/templates/_podtemplate.tpl
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
           {{- toYaml .options | nindent 10 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.deployment.hostAliases }}
+      hostAliases: {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.deployment.initContainers }}
       initContainers:
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/traefik/values.yaml b/traefik/values.yaml
index e440dcf62..616b89714 100644
--- a/traefik/values.yaml
+++ b/traefik/values.yaml
@@ -81,19 +81,12 @@ deployment:
   shareProcessNamespace: false
   # -- Custom pod DNS policy. Apply if `hostNetwork: true`
   # dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+  # -- Custom pod [DNS config](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.30/#poddnsconfig-v1-core)
   dnsConfig: {}
-  # nameservers:
-  #   - 192.0.2.1 # this is an example
-  # searches:
-  #   - ns1.svc.cluster-domain.example
-  #   - my.dns.search.suffix
-  # options:
-  #   - name: ndots
-  #     value: "2"
-  #   - name: edns0
-  # -- Additional imagePullSecrets
+  # -- Custom [host aliases](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/network/customize-hosts-file-for-pods/)
+  hostAliases: []
+  # -- Pull secret for fetching traefik container image
   imagePullSecrets: []
-  # - name: myRegistryKeySecretName
   # -- Pod lifecycle actions
   lifecycle: {}
   # preStop: