diff --git a/components/tyk-gateway/templates/_helpers.tpl b/components/tyk-gateway/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 17491770..76174e2a 100644
--- a/components/tyk-gateway/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/components/tyk-gateway/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
 {{- printf "%s" .Values.gateway.image.tag | replace "v" "" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+
+{{- define "tyk-gateway.probe-on-control-port" -}}
+{{- if or .Values.gateway.control.useForProbes  (eq .Values.gateway.image.tag "latest") -}}
+true
+{{- else -}}
+{{- or (semverCompare ">= 3.2.0" (include "tyk-gateway.gateway-version" . )) (semverCompare ">=3.0.4 < 3.1.0" (include "tyk-gateway.gateway-version" .)) -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- define "tyk-gateway.redis_url" -}}
 {{- if .Values.global.redis.addrs -}}
 {{ join "," .Values.global.redis.addrs }}
diff --git a/components/tyk-gateway/templates/deployment-gw-repset.yaml b/components/tyk-gateway/templates/deployment-gw-repset.yaml
index 4cc9a3d1..22dc788c 100644
--- a/components/tyk-gateway/templates/deployment-gw-repset.yaml
+++ b/components/tyk-gateway/templates/deployment-gw-repset.yaml
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ spec:
           httpGet:
             scheme: "HTTP{{ if .Values.global.tls.gateway }}S{{ end }}"
             path: /hello
-            {{- if and .Values.gateway.control.enabled (or (semverCompare ">= 3.2.0" (include "tyk-gateway.gateway-version" . )) (semverCompare ">=3.0.4 < 3.1.0" (include "tyk-gateway.gateway-version" .))) }}
+            {{- if and .Values.gateway.control.enabled (include "tyk-gateway.probe-on-control-port" .) }}
             port: {{ .Values.gateway.control.containerPort }}
             {{- else }}
             port: {{ .Values.gateway.containerPort }}
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ spec:
           httpGet:
             scheme: "HTTP{{ if .Values.global.tls.gateway }}S{{ end }}"
             path: /hello
-            {{- if and .Values.gateway.control.enabled (or (semverCompare ">= 3.2.0" (include "tyk-gateway.gateway-version" . )) (semverCompare ">=3.0.4 < 3.1.0" (include "tyk-gateway.gateway-version" .))) }}
+            {{- if and .Values.gateway.control.enabled (include "tyk-gateway.probe-on-control-port" .) }}
             port: {{ .Values.gateway.control.containerPort }}
             {{- else }}
             port: {{ .Values.gateway.containerPort }}
diff --git a/components/tyk-gateway/values.yaml b/components/tyk-gateway/values.yaml
index 27938fe3..3cd6727e 100644
--- a/components/tyk-gateway/values.yaml
+++ b/components/tyk-gateway/values.yaml
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ gateway:
       #      - chart-example-different-domain-possible.local
       tls: []
 
+    # The health endpoint is exposed on the control port or the service port, depending on image tag.
+    # Set to true to override to having the health endpoint on the control port.
+    # Useful if the tag is not semVer compatible.
+    useForProbes: false
+
   # Creates an ingress object in k8s. Will require an ingress-controller and
   # annotation to that ingress controller.
   ingress:
diff --git a/tyk-data-plane/values.yaml b/tyk-data-plane/values.yaml
index f33edc53..da68430e 100644
--- a/tyk-data-plane/values.yaml
+++ b/tyk-data-plane/values.yaml
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ tyk-gateway:
         #      - chart-example-different-domain-possible.local
         tls: []
 
+      # The health endpoint is exposed on the control port or the service port, depending on image tag.
+      # Set to true to override to having the health endpoint on the control port.
+      # Useful if the tag is not semVer compatible.
+      useForProbes: false
+
     # Creates an ingress object in k8s. Will require an ingress-controller and
     # annotation to that ingress controller.
     ingress:
diff --git a/tyk-oss/values.yaml b/tyk-oss/values.yaml
index 7af889d2..1b2303a0 100644
--- a/tyk-oss/values.yaml
+++ b/tyk-oss/values.yaml
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ tyk-gateway:
         #      - chart-example-different-domain-possible.local
         tls: []
 
+      # The health endpoint is exposed on the control port or the service port, depending on image tag.
+      # Set to true to override to having the health endpoint on the control port.
+      # Useful if the tag is not semVer compatible.
+      useForProbes: false
+
     # Creates an ingress object in k8s. Will require an ingress-controller and
     # annotation to that ingress controller.
     ingress: