diff --git a/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeBakeManifestRequest.java b/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeBakeManifestRequest.java
index c22235419..87e29775d 100644
--- a/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeBakeManifestRequest.java
+++ b/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeBakeManifestRequest.java
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@
 public class KustomizeBakeManifestRequest extends BakeManifestRequest {
   private Artifact inputArtifact;
   private String kustomizeFilePath;
+  private boolean enableHelm;
 }
diff --git a/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java b/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java
index c27a4076f..df624bacc 100644
--- a/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java
+++ b/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.jobs.BakeRecipe;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.ArtifactDownloader;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.BakeManifestEnvironment;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.BakeManifestRequest;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.config.RoscoKustomizeConfigurationProperties;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.kustomize.mapping.Kustomization;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -132,6 +133,12 @@ private BakeRecipe buildBakeRecipeFromGitRepo(
     List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
     command.add(executable);
     command.add("build");
+
+    if (request.isEnableHelm()
+        && request.getTemplateRenderer() == BakeManifestRequest.TemplateRenderer.KUSTOMIZE4) {
+      command.add("--enable-helm");
+    }
+
     command.add(env.resolvePath(kustomizeFilePath).getParent().toString());
 
     BakeRecipe result = new BakeRecipe();