diff --git a/api/internal/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go b/api/internal/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
index 86017301e..5811e73ec 100644
--- a/api/internal/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
+++ b/api/internal/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ func (p *HelmChartInflationGeneratorPlugin) pullCommand() []string {
 	if p.Version != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--version", p.Version)
 	}
+	if p.Devel {
+		args = append(args, "--devel")
+	}
 	return args
 }
 
diff --git a/api/types/helmchartargs.go b/api/types/helmchartargs.go
index b96fbfb16..86afc52cf 100644
--- a/api/types/helmchartargs.go
+++ b/api/types/helmchartargs.go
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ type HelmChart struct {
 
 	// debug enables debug output from the Helm chart inflator generator.
 	Debug bool `json:"debug,omitempty" yaml:"debug,omitempty"`
+
+	// allow for devel release to be used.
+	Devel bool `json:"devel,omitempty" yaml:"devel,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // HelmChartArgs contains arguments to helm.
@@ -194,5 +197,8 @@ func (h HelmChart) AsHelmArgs(absChartHome string) []string {
 	if h.Debug {
 		args = append(args, "--debug")
 	}
+	if h.Devel {
+		args = append(args, "--devel")
+	}
 	return args
 }
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go b/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
index 90d35a2e7..54f66a72c 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ func (p *plugin) pullCommand() []string {
 	if p.Version != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--version", p.Version)
 	}
+	if p.Devel {
+		args = append(args, "--devel")
+	}
 	return args
 }