diff --git a/stable/logstash/Chart.yaml b/stable/logstash/Chart.yaml
index ab4c9c6f2fee..d159e149b7ee 100644
--- a/stable/logstash/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/logstash/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Logstash is an open source, server-side data processing pipeline
 icon: https://www.elastic.co/assets/blt86e4472872eed314/logo-elastic-logstash-lt.svg
 home: https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash
 name: logstash
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.9.0
 appVersion: 6.7.0
 sources:
 - https://www.docker.elastic.co
diff --git a/stable/logstash/README.md b/stable/logstash/README.md
index 5598059478d9..fe4d2e7c257e 100644
--- a/stable/logstash/README.md
+++ b/stable/logstash/README.md
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the chart and its defau
 | `config`                        | Logstash configuration key-values                  | (see `values.yaml`)                              |
 | `patterns`                      | Logstash patterns configuration                    | `nil`                                            |
 | `files`                         | Logstash custom files configuration                | `nil`                                            |
+| `binaryFiles`                   | Logstash custom binary files                       | `nil`                                            |
 | `inputs`                        | Logstash inputs configuration                      | beats                                            |
 | `filters`                       | Logstash filters configuration                     | `nil`                                            |
 | `outputs`                       | Logstash outputs configuration                     | elasticsearch                                    |
diff --git a/stable/logstash/templates/files-config.yaml b/stable/logstash/templates/files-config.yaml
index 9553079b56e5..11423cd9add6 100644
--- a/stable/logstash/templates/files-config.yaml
+++ b/stable/logstash/templates/files-config.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ data:
   {{ $key }}: |-
 {{ $value | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+binaryData:
+ {{- range $key, $value := .Values.binaryFiles }}
+   {{ $key }}: |-
+{{ $value | indent 4   }}
+ {{- end }}
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stable/logstash/values.yaml b/stable/logstash/values.yaml
index ac696d327a09..37c6677cb8fa 100644
--- a/stable/logstash/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/logstash/values.yaml
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ files:
   #     "aliases": {}
   #   }
 
+## Custom binary files encoded as base64 string that can be referenced by plugins
+## Each base64 encoded string is decoded & mounted as a file under logstash home directory under
+## the files subdirectory.
+binaryFiles: {}
+
 ## NOTE: To achieve multiple pipelines with this chart, current best practice
 ## is to maintain one pipeline per chart release. In this way configuration is
 ## simplified and pipelines are more isolated from one another.