diff --git a/examples/extras/datadog-agent/additional_env.tf b/examples/extras/datadog-agent/additional_env.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b1cd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/extras/datadog-agent/additional_env.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+locals {
+  datadog_env      = []
+  clusteragent_env = []
+}
+
+# each takes the foramt of
+## {
+##   "name" = environment-varaible-name
+##   "value" = value
+## }
diff --git a/examples/extras/datadog-agent/datadog.values.yml b/examples/extras/datadog-agent/datadog.values.yml.tpl
similarity index 91%
rename from examples/extras/datadog-agent/datadog.values.yml
rename to examples/extras/datadog-agent/datadog.values.yml.tpl
index f242c56..9f4af7d 100644
--- a/examples/extras/datadog-agent/datadog.values.yml
+++ b/examples/extras/datadog-agent/datadog.values.yml.tpl
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ datadog:
       valueFrom:
         fieldRef:
           fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+%{ if length(datadog_env)>0 ~}
+%{ for e in datadog_env  ~}
+    - name: ${e.name}
+      value: "${e.value}"
+%{ endfor ~}
+%{ endif ~}
 
 clusterAgent:
   enabled: true
@@ -81,6 +87,13 @@ clusterAgent:
       valueFrom:
         fieldRef:
           fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+%{ if length(clusteragent_env)>0 ~}
+%{ for e in clusteragent_env  ~}
+    - name: ${e.name}
+      value: "${e.value}"
+%{ endfor ~}
+%{ endif ~}
+
 
 #agents:
 #  useConfigMap: true
diff --git a/examples/extras/datadog-agent/main.tf b/examples/extras/datadog-agent/main.tf
index 140d4e9..768224a 100644
--- a/examples/extras/datadog-agent/main.tf
+++ b/examples/extras/datadog-agent/main.tf
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ resource "helm_release" "datadog" {
   depends_on = [module.images, kubernetes_namespace.namespace]
 
   values = [
-    file("datadog.values.yml"),
-    #    templatefile("${path.root}/templates/fluentbit.env.yml.tpl", {
-    #      region       = local.region
-    #      cluster_name = var.cluster_name
-    #    })
+    templatefile("datadog.values.yml.tpl", {
+      datadog_env      = local.datadog_env
+      clusteragent_env = local.clusteragent_env
+    })
   ]
 
   set_sensitive {