diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/Chart.yaml b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/Chart.yaml
index 14f874bdbf..b30845d52e 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/Chart.yaml
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/Chart.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ dependencies:
   tags:
     - bitnami-common
   version: 1.x.x
+- name: postgresql
+  version: "12.0.0"
+  repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+  condition: postgresql.enabled
 - name: cockroachdb
   version: "3.0.7"
   repository: "https://charts.helm.sh/stable"
diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/README.md b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/README.md
index fbbe44645a..b9a120db55 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/README.md
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Note: integration with bitnami is being planned which will replace above repo.
 ## Introduction
 This chart bootstraps a Versatile Data Kit deployment on a [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io) cluster using the [Helm](https://helm.sh) package manager.
 
-It also packages the [Cockroach chart](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/cockroachdb) which is required for bootstrapping a Cockroach deployment for the database requirements of the Versatile Data Kit
+It also packages a requirement for bootstrapping a database deployment for Versatile Data Kit's metadata:
+- [Bitnami PostgreSQL chart](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/postgresql)
+- [Cockroach chart](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/cockroachdb)
 
 ## Installing the Chart
 To install the chart with the release name `my-release`:
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 For a full list of configuration parameters of the Versatile Data Kit chart, and their documentation see [values.yaml](values.yaml) file.
 Look through it and make sure to have set all [Required] Parameters as per instruction in the property doc.
 
+For PostgreSQL database parameters see https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/postgresql
 For Cockroach database parameters see https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/cockroachdb
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value` or `--set-file key=filePath` argument to `helm install`. For example,
diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/_helpers.tpl b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 1fd9c3069c..e123b79070 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -182,13 +182,19 @@ Create the name of the deployment Kubernetes namespace used by System and builde
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
-Generate default JDBC credentials for local CockroachDB instance.
+Generate default JDBC credentials for local embedded database instance (CockroachDB or PostgreSQL).
 */}}
 {{- define "pipelines-control-service.jdbcSecret" -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.cockroachdb.enabled) .Values.postgresql.enabled -}}
+USERNAME: {{ default "postgres" .Values.database.username | b64enc | quote }}
+PASSWORD: {{ default "" .Values.database.password | b64enc | quote }}
+JDBC: {{ default (printf "jdbc:postgresql://%s-postgresql-public:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable" .Release.Name) .Values.database.jdbcUrl | b64enc |quote }}
+{{- else -}}
 USERNAME: {{ default "root" .Values.database.username | b64enc | quote }}
 PASSWORD: {{ default "" .Values.database.password | b64enc | quote }}
 JDBC: {{ default (printf "jdbc:postgresql://%s-cockroachdb-public:26257/defaultdb?sslmode=disable" .Release.Name) .Values.database.jdbcUrl | b64enc |quote }}
 {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
 JDBC secret name
diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/secret_jdbc.yaml b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/secret_jdbc.yaml
index 3854d3e7f1..b12c65ece3 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/secret_jdbc.yaml
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/templates/secret_jdbc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Create a secret with JDBC credentials for CockroachDB only if externalSecretName is not supplied.
+## Create a secret with JDBC credentials for embedded database (PostgreSQL or CockroachDB) only if externalSecretName is not supplied.
 ## If any of the fields are empty, we fall-back to defaults (f.e. local dev environment)
 {{- if not .Values.database.externalSecretName }}
 apiVersion: v1
diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/values.yaml b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/values.yaml
index 3d3b03c074..4e8da43016 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/values.yaml
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/helm_charts/pipelines-control-service/values.yaml
@@ -436,7 +436,34 @@ resources:
 ## and some deploy specific configuration like execution schedule
 ## Database schema is internal implementation detail and should not be queried directly.
 
-## Configuration for the embedded database, set cockroachdb.enabled to false if you want to use external database
+## Configuration for a PostgreSQL embedded database, set postgresql.enabled to false if you want to use external database
+## See https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/postgresql
+postgresql:
+  enabled: false
+  architecture: standalone  # replication
+#  readReplicas:
+#    replicaCount: 2
+#    resources:
+#      limits:
+#        cpu: 500m
+#        memory: 500Mi
+#      requests:
+#        cpu: 500m
+#        memory: 500Mi
+  primary:
+    persistence:
+      size: 1Gi
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 500Mi
+      requests:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 500Mi
+    service:
+      type: ClusterIP
+
+## Configuration for a CockroachDB embedded database, set cockroachdb.enabled to false if you want to use external database
 ## See https://github.com/cockroachdb/helm-charts/tree/master/cockroachdb
 cockroachdb:
    enabled: true