diff --git a/helmfile/apps/open-xchange/values-openxchange.yaml.gotmpl b/helmfile/apps/open-xchange/values-openxchange.yaml.gotmpl
index e8a3c82f..f65fe284 100644
--- a/helmfile/apps/open-xchange/values-openxchange.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/helmfile/apps/open-xchange/values-openxchange.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ global:
   mysql:
     host: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.host | quote }}
     database: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.name | quote }}
+    readHost: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.readHost | quote }}
+    readDatabase: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.name | quote }}
     auth:
       user: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.username | quote }}
       password: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.password | default .Values.secrets.mariadb.rootPassword | quote }}
       rootPassword: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.password | default .Values.secrets.mariadb.rootPassword | quote }}
+      readUser: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.readUser | default .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.username | quote }}
+      readPassword: {{ .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.readPassword | default .Values.databases.oxAppSuite.password | quote}}
 
 nextcloud-integration-ui:
   image:
diff --git a/helmfile/environments/default/database.yaml.gotmpl b/helmfile/environments/default/database.yaml.gotmpl
index a0127916..3735bc29 100644
--- a/helmfile/environments/default/database.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/helmfile/environments/default/database.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ databases:
     port: 3306
     username: "root"
     password: ""
+    # Optional settings: Route read queries to a different host.
+    readHost: ~
+    # If provided, uses a different set of credentials for read queries. By default oxAppSuite.username and oxAppsuite.password are used.
+    readUser: ~
+    readPassword: ~
     connectionLimit: ~
   synapse:
     type: "postgresql"