diff --git a/voltha/templates/60-cluster-ingress-nginx.yaml b/voltha/templates/60-cluster-ingress-nginx.yaml
index 62fba3f..98517ee 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/60-cluster-ingress-nginx.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/60-cluster-ingress-nginx.yaml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
         - sh
         - -c
         - sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=32768; sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range="1024 65535"
-        image: alpine:3.6
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        image: {{ .Values.global.registry }}{{ .Values.images.ingress_controller_base.repository }}:{{ tpl .Values.images.ingress_controller_base.tag . }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.ingress_controller_base.pullPolicy }}
         name: sysctl
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
diff --git a/voltha/values.yaml b/voltha/values.yaml
index 319685e..ee2f720 100644
--- a/voltha/values.yaml
+++ b/voltha/values.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
     tag: '0.10.2'
     pullPolicy: 'Always'
 
+  ingress_controller_base:
+    repository: 'alpine'
+    tag: '3.6'
+    pullPolicy: 'Always'
 
 # Need the namespace global for kafka
 global: