diff --git a/charts/clickhouse/README.md b/charts/clickhouse/README.md
index 9d8613b..def1c7b 100644
--- a/charts/clickhouse/README.md
+++ b/charts/clickhouse/README.md
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ EOSQL
 | clickhouse.keeper.host | string | `""` | Specify a keeper host. Should be left empty if `clickhouse-keeper.enabled` is `true`. Will override the defaults set from `clickhouse-keeper.enabled`. |
 | clickhouse.keeper.port | int | `2181` | Override the default keeper port |
 | clickhouse.lbService.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
+| clickhouse.lbService.externalTrafficPolicy | string | `""` | Set the external traffic policy for the LoadBalancer service, allowed values are `Cluster` (default) or `Local` (see [here](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/networking/virtual-ips/#traffic-policies) for more details). |
 | clickhouse.lbService.loadBalancerSourceRanges | list | `[]` | Specify source IP ranges to the LoadBalancer service. If supported by the platform, this will restrict traffic through the cloud-provider load-balancer to the specified client IPs. This is ignored if the cloud-provider does not support the feature. |
 | clickhouse.lbService.serviceAnnotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | clickhouse.lbService.serviceLabels | object | `{}` |  |
diff --git a/charts/clickhouse/templates/chi.yaml b/charts/clickhouse/templates/chi.yaml
index 790a742..ef4bb66 100644
--- a/charts/clickhouse/templates/chi.yaml
+++ b/charts/clickhouse/templates/chi.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
         spec:
           type: "LoadBalancer"
+          {{- with .Values.clickhouse.lbService.externalTrafficPolicy }}
+          externalTrafficPolicy: {{ . }}
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.clickhouse.lbService.loadBalancerSourceRanges }}
           loadBalancerSourceRanges:
             {{- toYaml .Values.clickhouse.lbService.loadBalancerSourceRanges | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/charts/clickhouse/values.schema.json b/charts/clickhouse/values.schema.json
index f844013..ca611ed 100644
--- a/charts/clickhouse/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/clickhouse/values.schema.json
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@
               "type": "boolean",
               "description": "Enable LoadBalancer service for ClickHouse."
             },
+            "externalTrafficPolicy": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "description": "External traffic policy for the LoadBalancer service.",
+              "enum": ["", "Cluster", "Local"],
+              "default": ""
+            },
             "loadBalancerSourceRanges": {
               "type": "array",
               "description": "Restricts traffic to specified client IPs.",
diff --git a/charts/clickhouse/values.yaml b/charts/clickhouse/values.yaml
index 0c9ce92..b33a1e2 100644
--- a/charts/clickhouse/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/clickhouse/values.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ clickhouse:
 
   lbService:
     enabled: false
+    externalTrafficPolicy: ""
     # -- Specify source IP ranges to the LoadBalancer service.
     # If supported by the platform, this will restrict traffic through the cloud-provider load-balancer
     # to the specified client IPs. This is ignored if the cloud-provider does not support the feature.