diff --git a/charts/builder/templates/builder-deployment.yaml b/charts/builder/templates/builder-deployment.yaml
index d5ea4a0..6a02837 100644
--- a/charts/builder/templates/builder-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/builder/templates/builder-deployment.yaml
@@ -57,9 +57,12 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.global.registry_location }}"
             - name: "DEIS_REGISTRY_SECRET_PREFIX"
               value: "{{ .Values.global.secret_prefix }}"
-            # Set GIT_LOCK_TIMEOUT to number of minutes you want to wait to git push again to the same repository
             - name: "GIT_LOCK_TIMEOUT"
+{{- if (.Values.git_lock_timeout) }}
+              value: "{{ .Values.git_lock_timeout }}"
+{{- else }}
               value: "10"
+{{- end }}
             - name: "SLUGBUILDER_IMAGE_NAME"
               valueFrom:
                 configMapKeyRef:
diff --git a/charts/builder/values.yaml b/charts/builder/values.yaml
index c2c5f4f..c17fd7a 100644
--- a/charts/builder/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/builder/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ docker_tag: canary
 # limits_cpu: "100m"
 # limits_memory: "50Mi"
 # builder_pod_node_selector: "disk:ssd"
+# git_lock_timeout: 10 # number of minutes you want to wait to git push again to the same repository (default 10)
 
 global:
   # Experimental feature to toggle using kubernetes ingress instead of the Deis router.