diff --git a/deployment/charts/backend/templates/deployments/backend-v2.yaml b/deployment/charts/backend/templates/deployments/backend-v2.yaml
index 725a40c4..eacfbd10 100644
--- a/deployment/charts/backend/templates/deployments/backend-v2.yaml
+++ b/deployment/charts/backend/templates/deployments/backend-v2.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,26 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: backend-api-keys
                   key: CAMPUS_API_TOKEN
+            - name: SMTP_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: backend-api-keys
+                  key: SMTP_PASSWORD
+            - name: SMTP_URL
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: backend-api-keys
+                  key: SMTP_URL
+            - name: SMTP_USERNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: backend-api-keys
+                  key: SMTP_USERNAME
+            - name: SMTP_PORT
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: backend-api-keys
+                  key: SMTP_PORT
             - name: DB_DSN
               value: "{{ $db.username }}:{{ $db.password }}@tcp(tca-backend-mariadb.{{ $.Values.namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:3306)/{{ $db.database }}?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local"
             - name: APNS_KEY_ID
@@ -159,6 +179,10 @@ data:
   apns_auth_key.p8: {{ $.Values.backend.apns.auth_key }}
   APNS_KEY_ID: {{ $.Values.backend.apns.key_id | b64enc }}
   APNS_TEAM_ID: {{ $.Values.backend.apns.team_id | b64enc }}
+  SMTP_PASSWORD: {{ $.Values.backend.smtp.password | b64enc }}
+  SMTP_URL: {{ $.Values.backend.smtp.url | b64enc }}
+  SMTP_USERNAME: {{ $.Values.backend.smtp.username | b64enc }}
+  SMTP_PORT: {{ $.Values.backend.smtp.port | b64enc }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
diff --git a/deployment/charts/backend/values.yaml b/deployment/charts/backend/values.yaml
index bb0db453..7491ab13 100644
--- a/deployment/charts/backend/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/charts/backend/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ backend:
     auth_key: changeme-changeme-changeme
     key_id: changeme-changeme-changeme
     team_id: changeme-changeme-changeme
+  smtp:
+    password: change-me
+    url: smtp.gmail.com
+    username: change-me
+    port: 465
 legacy:
   config: changeme-changeme-changeme
   imagepullsecret: changeme-changeme-changeme