diff --git a/charts/airbyte-temporal/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/airbyte-temporal/templates/deployment.yaml
index 139f6794a92..23b6a615e60 100644
--- a/charts/airbyte-temporal/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/airbyte-temporal/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ spec:
           {{- include "airbyte.temporal.database.envs" . | nindent 10 }}
           
         {{- end }}
+
+        {{- if eq .Values.global.database.type "external" }}
+        # Assume an external database requires SSL.
+          - name: POSTGRES_TLS_ENABLED
+            value: "true"
+          - name: POSTGRES_TLS_DISABLE_HOST_VERIFICATION
+            value: "true"
+          - name: SQL_TLS_ENABLED
+            value: "true"
+          - name: SQL_TLS_DISABLE_HOST_VERIFICATION
+            value: "true"
+        {{- end }}
+
         {{- if .Values.extraEnv }}
         {{ .Values.extraEnv | toYaml | nindent 10 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/airbyte-temporal/values.yaml b/charts/airbyte-temporal/values.yaml
index 4a054b10110..062d54ef338 100644
--- a/charts/airbyte-temporal/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/airbyte-temporal/values.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ global:
   ## extraLabels [object] - use to specify own additional labels for deployment
   extraLabels: {}
   database:
+    type: internal
     secretName: ""
     secretValue: ""