diff --git a/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/Chart.yaml
index cd9fb8292052..ad1232ab68d2 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "v0.16.0"
 description: A Helm chart for prometheus postgres-exporter
 name: prometheus-postgres-exporter
-version: 6.7.1
+version: 6.8.0
 home: https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter
 sources:
 - https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index 9dccf089324f..6d7ba837cdeb 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ spec:
   {{- end }}
       params:
         target:
+        {{- if .databaseName }}
+          - {{ .endpoint }}:{{ .port | default 5432 }}/{{ .databaseName | default "" }}
+        {{- else }}
           - {{ .endpoint }}:{{ .port | default 5432 }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if $.Values.serviceMonitor.multipleTarget.sharedAuthModule.enabled }}
         auth_module:
           - {{ $.Values.serviceMonitor.multipleTarget.sharedAuthModule.name }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/values.yaml
index feb6a9aefff1..db71653907fd 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-postgres-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ serviceMonitor:
       # - endpoint: pg01.local
       #   name: pg01 (there needs to exist an authModule with key "client.pg01" if not using sharedAuthModule)
       #   port: default 5432
+      #   databaseName: default '' (Set the database name to connect to)
 
 prometheusRule:
   enabled: false