diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
index 4314504..5245567 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ gitea_default_values:
         USER: "{{ gitea_ldap_user | default('gitea') }}"
         PASSWD: "{{ gitea_ldap_pass | default(gitea_ldap_password) }}"
         MAILER_TYPE: "smtp"
-  
+
+gitea_external_db_values:
+  gitea:
+    config:
       database:
         DB_TYPE: postgres
         HOST: "{{ postgres_db_team | default(namespace) }}-postgres.{{ postgres_db_namespace | default(namespace) }}.svc.cluster.local:5432"
diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index 15296e2..36096fa 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 - set_fact:
     gitea_combined_values: "{{ gitea_default_values | combine(gitea_values, recursive=true) }}"
 
+- set_fact:
+    gitea_combined_values: "gitea_combined_values | combine(gitea_external_db_values, recursive=true) }}"
+  when: gitea_use_external_db
+
 - set_fact:
     gitea_dns_combined_values: "{{ gitea_dns_default_values | combine(gitea_dns_values, recursive=true) }}"