diff --git a/helm-charts/README.md b/helm-charts/README.md
index 26a82cf07..9cab9356c 100644
--- a/helm-charts/README.md
+++ b/helm-charts/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ A Helm chart for APK components
 | wso2.apk.dp.gateway.autoscaling.maxReplicas | int | `2` | Maximum number of replicas for Gateway |
 | wso2.apk.dp.gateway.autoscaling.targetMemory | int | `80` | Target memory utilization percentage for Gateway |
 | wso2.apk.dp.gateway.autoscaling.targetCPU | int | `80` | Target CPU utilization percentage for Gateway |
+| wso2.apk.dp.gateway.service.type | string | `"LoadBalancer"` |  |
 | wso2.apk.dp.redis.type | string | `"single"` | Redis type |
 | wso2.apk.dp.redis.url | string | `"redis-master:6379"` | Redis URL |
 | wso2.apk.dp.redis.tls | bool | `false` | TLS enabled  |
diff --git a/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/gateway-components/gateway-runtime/gateway-service.yaml b/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/gateway-components/gateway-runtime/gateway-service.yaml
index 1a1ef3f93..0173aed7a 100644
--- a/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/gateway-components/gateway-runtime/gateway-service.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/gateway-components/gateway-runtime/gateway-service.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ metadata:
 {{ toYaml .Values.wso2.apk.dp.gatewayRuntime.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
 {{ end }}
 spec:
-  type: LoadBalancer
+  type: {{ .Values.wso2.apk.dp.gateway.service.type | default "LoadBalancer" }}
   # label keys and values that must match in order to receive traffic for this service
   selector:
 {{ include "apk-helm.pod.selectorLabels" (dict "root" . "app" "gateway" ) | indent 4}}
diff --git a/helm-charts/values.yaml b/helm-charts/values.yaml
index 7abe757af..0d60d7ff6 100644
--- a/helm-charts/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/values.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ wso2:
       gateway:
         listener:
           hostname: "gw.wso2.com"
+        service: {}
           # secretName: "idp-tls"
       # partitionServer:
       #   enabled: false
diff --git a/helm-charts/values.yaml.template b/helm-charts/values.yaml.template
index 8dd0d2866..70b7c094b 100644
--- a/helm-charts/values.yaml.template
+++ b/helm-charts/values.yaml.template
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ wso2:
           targetMemory: 80
           # -- Target CPU utilization percentage for Gateway
           targetCPU: 80
+        service: 
+          type: "LoadBalancer"
       redis: 
         # -- Redis type
         type: "single"