diff --git a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/s3/s3-deployment.yaml b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/s3/s3-deployment.yaml
index d710fecbc..0c6d52c3e 100644
--- a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/s3/s3-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/s3/s3-deployment.yaml
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ spec:
               {{- if .Values.s3.auditLogConfig }}
               -auditLogConfig=/etc/sw/s3_auditLogConfig.json \
               {{- end }}
-              -filer={{ template "seaweedfs.name" . }}-filer-client.{{ .Release.Namespace }}:{{ .Values.filer.port }}
+              -filer={{ template "seaweedfs.name" . }}-filer-client.{{ .Release.Namespace }}:{{ .Values.filer.port }} \
+              {{- range .Values.s3.extraArgs }}
+              {{ . }} \
+              {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             {{- if or (eq .Values.s3.logs.type "hostPath") (eq .Values.s3.logs.type "emptyDir") }}
             - name: logs
diff --git a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
index 2518088cc..72c5153ba 100644
--- a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ filer:
     #     anonymousRead: false
 
 s3:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
   imageOverride: null
   restartPolicy: null
   replicas: 1
@@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ s3:
 
   extraEnvironmentVars:
 
+  # Custom command line arguments to add to the s3 command
+  # Example to fix connection idle seconds:
+  extraArgs: ["-idleTimeout=30"]
+  #extraArgs: []
+
   # used to configure livenessProbe on s3 containers
   #
   livenessProbe: