diff --git a/elasticsearch/README.md b/elasticsearch/README.md
index b4b312647..9999956f7 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ support multiple versions with minimal changes.
 | `podSecurityPolicy`                | Configuration for create a pod security policy with minimal permissions to run this Helm chart with `create: true`. Also can be used to reference an external pod security policy with `name: "externalPodSecurityPolicy"`                                                                                        | see [values.yaml][]                              |
 | `priorityClassName`                | The name of the [PriorityClass][]. No default is supplied as the PriorityClass must be created first                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `""`                                             |
 | `protocol`                         | The protocol that will be used for the readiness [probe][]. Change this to `https` if you have `xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled` set                                                                                                                                                                              | `http`                                           |
-| `rbac`                             | Configuration for creating a role, role binding and ServiceAccount as part of this Helm chart with `create: true`. Also can be used to reference an external ServiceAccount with `serviceAccountName: "externalServiceAccountName"`                                                                               | see [values.yaml][]                              |
+| `rbac`                             | Configuration for creating a role, role binding and ServiceAccount as part of this Helm chart with `create: true`. Also can be used to reference an external ServiceAccount with `serviceAccountName: "externalServiceAccountName"`, or automount the service account token                                       | see [values.yaml][]                              |
 | `readinessProbe`                   | Configuration fields for the readiness [probe][]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | see [values.yaml][]                              |
 | `replicas`                         | Kubernetes replica count for the StatefulSet (i.e. how many pods)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `3`                                              |
 | `resources`                        | Allows you to set the [resources][] for the StatefulSet                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | see [values.yaml][]                              |
diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 1e8c5d1c4..3d4e5015e 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ spec:
       {{- else if not (eq .Values.rbac.serviceAccountName "") }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.rbac.serviceAccountName | quote }}
       {{- end }}
+      automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.rbac.automountToken }}
       {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 6 }}
diff --git a/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py b/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py
index 768a2aa33..20e2446dc 100755
--- a/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/tests/elasticsearch_test.py
@@ -1420,3 +1420,29 @@ def test_network_policy():
     ]
     assert transport["ports"][0]["port"] == 9300
     assert pod_selector == {"matchLabels": {"app": "elasticsearch-master",}}
+
+
+def test_default_automount_sa_token():
+    config = """
+"""
+    r = helm_template(config)
+    assert (
+        r["statefulset"][uname]["spec"]["template"]["spec"][
+            "automountServiceAccountToken"
+        ]
+        == True
+    )
+
+
+def test_disable_automount_sa_token():
+    config = """
+rbac:
+  automountToken: false
+"""
+    r = helm_template(config)
+    assert (
+        r["statefulset"][uname]["spec"]["template"]["spec"][
+            "automountServiceAccountToken"
+        ]
+        == False
+    )
diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index cb3ff6d81..87945c49c 100755
--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ rbac:
   create: false
   serviceAccountAnnotations: {}
   serviceAccountName: ""
+  automountToken: true
 
 podSecurityPolicy:
   create: false