diff --git a/pkg/getter/getter.go b/pkg/getter/getter.go
index 8ee08cb7f..cdf00c190 100644
--- a/pkg/getter/getter.go
+++ b/pkg/getter/getter.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package getter
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ type options struct {
 	password              string
 	userAgent             string
 	timeout               time.Duration
+	context               context.Context
 }
 
 // Option allows specifying various settings configurable by the user for overriding the defaults
@@ -90,6 +92,13 @@ func WithTimeout(timeout time.Duration) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithContext sets the context for requests
+func WithContext(ctx context.Context) Option {
+	return func(opts *options) {
+		opts.context = ctx
+	}
+}
+
 // Getter is an interface to support GET to the specified URL.
 type Getter interface {
 	// Get file content by url string
diff --git a/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go b/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go
index c100b2cc0..de14914b1 100644
--- a/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go
+++ b/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func (g *HTTPGetter) get(href string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 		return buf, err
 	}
 
+	if g.opts.context != nil {
+		req = req.WithContext(g.opts.context)
+	}
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", version.GetUserAgent())
 	if g.opts.userAgent != "" {
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", g.opts.userAgent)
diff --git a/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go b/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go
index 90578f7b7..509793f88 100644
--- a/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package getter
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/tlsutil"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/version"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/cli"
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func TestHTTPGetter(t *testing.T) {
 	ca, pub, priv := join(cd, "rootca.crt"), join(cd, "crt.pem"), join(cd, "key.pem")
 	insecure := false
 	timeout := time.Second * 5
+	ctx := context.TODO()
 
 	// Test with options
 	g, err = NewHTTPGetter(
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func TestHTTPGetter(t *testing.T) {
 		WithTLSClientConfig(pub, priv, ca),
 		WithInsecureSkipVerifyTLS(insecure),
 		WithTimeout(timeout),
+		WithContext(ctx),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ func TestHTTPGetter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected NewHTTPGetter to contain %s as Timeout flag, got %s", timeout, hg.opts.timeout)
 	}
 
+	if hg.opts.context != ctx {
+		t.Errorf("Expected NewHTTPGetter to contain %s as Context flag, got %s", ctx, hg.opts.context)
+	}
+
 	// Test if setting insecureSkipVerifyTLS is being passed to the ops
 	insecure = true
 
diff --git a/pkg/getter/plugingetter.go b/pkg/getter/plugingetter.go
index 0d13ade57..4ac5e1996 100644
--- a/pkg/getter/plugingetter.go
+++ b/pkg/getter/plugingetter.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ func (p *pluginGetter) Get(href string, options ...Option) (*bytes.Buffer, error
 	commands := strings.Split(p.command, " ")
 	argv := append(commands[1:], p.opts.certFile, p.opts.keyFile, p.opts.caFile, href)
 	prog := exec.Command(filepath.Join(p.base, commands[0]), argv...)
+	if p.opts.context != nil {
+		prog = exec.CommandContext(p.opts.context, filepath.Join(p.base, commands[0]), argv...)
+	}
 	plugin.SetupPluginEnv(p.settings, p.name, p.base)
 	prog.Env = os.Environ()
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)