diff --git a/charts/rasa-x/Chart.yaml b/charts/rasa-x/Chart.yaml
index 9c3aff78..1c439a05 100644
--- a/charts/rasa-x/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/rasa-x/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v2
 
-version: "1.7.6"
+version: "1.7.7"
 appVersion: "0.33.0"
 
 name: rasa-x
diff --git a/charts/rasa-x/templates/duckling-deployment.yaml b/charts/rasa-x/templates/duckling-deployment.yaml
index dbc8e22f..c2c63121 100644
--- a/charts/rasa-x/templates/duckling-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/rasa-x/templates/duckling-deployment.yaml
@@ -59,4 +59,12 @@ spec:
         resources:
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{ if .Values.duckling.extraVolumeMounts }}
+        volumeMounts:
+{{ toYaml .Values.duckling.extraVolumeMounts | indent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{ if .Values.duckling.extraVolumes }}
+      volumes:
+{{ toYaml .Values.duckling.extraVolumes | indent 6 }}
+      {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/rasa-x/values.yaml b/charts/rasa-x/values.yaml
index c851c62f..438a9fe1 100644
--- a/charts/rasa-x/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/rasa-x/values.yaml
@@ -521,6 +521,16 @@ duckling:
   # resources which duckling is required / allowed to use
   resources: {}
 
+  # additional volumeMounts to the main container
+  extraVolumeMounts: []
+  # - name: tmpdir
+  #   mountPath: /var/lib/mypath
+
+  # additional volumes to the pod
+  extraVolumes: []
+  # - name: tmpdir
+  #   emptyDir: {}
+
   # automountServiceAccountToken specifies whether the Kubernetes service account
   # credentials should be automatically mounted into the pods. See more about it in
   # https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/#use-the-default-service-account-to-access-the-api-server