diff --git a/make/harbor.yml b/make/harbor.yml
index 3d41187b4..36181fe07 100644
--- a/make/harbor.yml
+++ b/make/harbor.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ jobservice:
   # Maximum number of job workers in job service  
   max_job_workers: 10
 
+chart:
+  absolute_url: disabled
+
 # Log configurations
 log:
   # options are debug, info, warn, error
diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/templates/chartserver/env.jinja b/make/photon/prepare/templates/chartserver/env.jinja
index d2a5fb9dd..e9d7f98b1 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/templates/chartserver/env.jinja
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/templates/chartserver/env.jinja
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ DISABLE_METRICS=false
 DISABLE_API=false
 DISABLE_STATEFILES=false
 ALLOW_OVERWRITE=true
+{% if chart_absolute_url %}
 CHART_URL={{public_url}}/chartrepo
+{% else %}
+CHART_URL=
+{% endif %}
 AUTH_ANONYMOUS_GET=false
 TLS_CERT=
 TLS_KEY=
diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/utils/chart.py b/make/photon/prepare/utils/chart.py
index f0c07c469..942cb7b35 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/utils/chart.py
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/utils/chart.py
@@ -100,4 +100,5 @@ def prepare_chartmuseum(config_dict):
     core_secret=config_dict['core_secret'],
     storage_driver=storage_driver,
     all_storage_driver_configs=all_storage_provider_configs,
-    public_url=config_dict['public_url'])
\ No newline at end of file
+    public_url=config_dict['public_url'],
+    chart_absolute_url=config_dict['chart_absolute_url'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py b/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
index c0b849300..48ca7e6a8 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ def parse_yaml_config(config_file_path):
     config_dict['clair_https_proxy'] = clair_configs.get('https_proxy') or ''
     config_dict['clair_no_proxy'] = clair_configs.get('no_proxy') or '127.0.0.1,localhost,core,registry'
 
+    # Chart configs
+    chart_configs = configs.get("chart") or {}
+    config_dict['chart_absolute_url'] = chart_configs.get('absolute_url') or ''
+
     # jobservice config
     js_config = configs.get('jobservice') or {}
     config_dict['max_job_workers'] = js_config["max_job_workers"]