diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/helm/che/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/helm/che/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1981e7abe9..91ce8f0c67 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/helm/che/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/helm/che/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-
+        - name: KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE
+          value: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 
         # If git-self-signed-cert is used then configure Che Server with certificate content
         # to propagate it to the specified location and provide particular configuration for Git service