diff --git a/xos-services/onos-service/templates/_helpers.tpl b/xos-services/onos-service/templates/_helpers.tpl
index b93ce55..c28e42f 100644
--- a/xos-services/onos-service/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/xos-services/onos-service/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
   username: {{ .Values.xosAdminUser | quote }}
   password: {{ .Values.xosAdminPassword | quote }}
   endpoint: xos-core:50051
+event_bus:
+  endpoint: {{ .Values.kafkaService | quote }}
+  kind: kafka
 logging:
   version: 1
   handlers:
diff --git a/xos-services/onos-service/values.yaml b/xos-services/onos-service/values.yaml
index 1800a3d..babf7e2 100644
--- a/xos-services/onos-service/values.yaml
+++ b/xos-services/onos-service/values.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 xosAdminUser: "admin@opencord.org"
 xosAdminPassword: "letmein"
 
+kafkaService: "cord-kafka"
+
 cordConfigAppURL: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/opencord/cord-config/1.4.0/cord-config-1.4.0.oar"
 vtnAppURL: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/opencord/vtn/1.6.0/vtn-1.6.0.oar"