diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f423607..0c0c0f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ You should be good to go!
 | `statefulset.actRunner.fullOverride`      | Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest.                                                                        | `""`                           |
 | `statefulset.actRunner.extraVolumeMounts` | Allows mounting extra volumes in the act runner container                                                                                   | `[]`                           |
 | `statefulset.actRunner.config`            | Act runner custom configuration. See [Act Runner documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#configuration) for details. | `Too complex. See values.yaml` |
+| `statefulset.dind.rootless`               | a simple flag to let helm know we are dealing with a rootless dind container                                                                | `false`                        |
+| `statefulset.dind.uid`                    | a field to set the running user id for the rootless dind container, so it knows where to look for the socket                                | `""`                           |
 | `statefulset.dind.registry`               | image registry, e.g. gcr.io,docker.io                                                                                                       | `docker.io`                    |
 | `statefulset.actRunner.extraEnvs`         | Allows adding custom environment variables                                                                                                  | `[]`                           |
 | `statefulset.dind.repository`             | The Docker-in-Docker image                                                                                                                  | `docker`                       |
diff --git a/templates/statefulset.yaml b/templates/statefulset.yaml
index c965810..2508499 100644
--- a/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -60,13 +60,21 @@ spec:
               command:
                 - /usr/bin/test
                 - -S
+                {{- if .Values.statefulset.dind.rootless }}
+                - /run/user/{{ .Values.statefulset.dind.uid | default 1000 }}/docker.sock
+                {{- else }}
                 - /var/run/docker.sock
+                {{- end }}
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
               command:
                 - /usr/bin/test
                 - -S
+                {{- if .Values.statefulset.dind.rootless }}
+                - /run/user/{{ .Values.statefulset.dind.uid | default 1000 }}/docker.sock
+                {{- else }}
                 - /var/run/docker.sock
+                {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.statefulset.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 62ef168..1ba3cf6 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.fullOverride Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest.
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.extraVolumeMounts Allows mounting extra volumes in the act runner container
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.config [default: Too complex. See values.yaml] Act runner custom configuration. See [Act Runner documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#configuration) for details.
+## @param statefulset.dind.rootless [default: false] a simple flag to let helm know we are dealing with a rootless dind container
+## @param statefulset.dind.uid a field to set the running user id for the rootless dind container, so it knows where to look for the socket
 ## @param statefulset.dind.registry image registry, e.g. gcr.io,docker.io
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.extraEnvs Allows adding custom environment variables
 ## @param statefulset.dind.repository The Docker-in-Docker image
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ statefulset:
         docker_timeout: 300s
 
   dind:
+    rootless: false
+    uid: ""
     registry: "docker.io"
     repository: docker
     tag: 28.3.3-dind