diff --git a/templates/jigasi/xmpp-secret.yaml b/templates/jigasi/xmpp-secret.yaml
index 8e5fec2..c926d0c 100644
--- a/templates/jigasi/xmpp-secret.yaml
+++ b/templates/jigasi/xmpp-secret.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ metadata:
 type: Opaque
 data:
   {{- if .Values.jigasi.enabled }}
+  JIGASI_XMPP_USER: '{{ .Values.jigasi.xmpp.user | b64enc }}'
   JIGASI_XMPP_PASSWORD: '{{ default (randAlphaNum 10) .Values.jigasi.xmpp.password | b64enc }}'
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 7478229..7f49f1a 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ jigasi:
 
   ## jigasi XMPP user credentials:
   xmpp:
+    user: jigasi
     password:
 
   livenessProbe: