diff --git a/pkg/cmd/template.go b/pkg/cmd/template.go
index cf68c6c46..df5ee5fa1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/template.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/template.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func newTemplateCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	client := action.NewInstall(cfg)
 	valueOpts := &values.Options{}
 	var kubeVersion string
+	var apisFiles []string
 	var extraAPIs []string
 	var showFiles []string
 
@@ -94,6 +95,21 @@ func newTemplateCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			client.ReleaseName = "release-name"
 			client.Replace = true // Skip the name check
 			client.APIVersions = common.VersionSet(extraAPIs)
+			if len(apisFiles) > 0 {
+				x := []string{}
+				for _, apisFile := range apisFiles {
+					data, err := os.ReadFile(apisFile)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					for _, line := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
+						if strings.TrimSpace(line) != "" {
+							x = append(x, strings.TrimSpace(line))
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				common.DefaultCapabilities.APIVersions = common.VersionSet(x)
+			}
 			client.IncludeCRDs = includeCrds
 			rel, err := runInstall(args, client, valueOpts, out)
 
@@ -203,6 +219,8 @@ func newTemplateCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&client.IsUpgrade, "is-upgrade", false, "set .Release.IsUpgrade instead of .Release.IsInstall")
 	f.StringVar(&kubeVersion, "kube-version", "", "Kubernetes version used for Capabilities.KubeVersion")
 	f.StringSliceVarP(&extraAPIs, "api-versions", "a", []string{}, "Kubernetes api versions used for Capabilities.APIVersions (multiple can be specified)")
+	f.StringSliceVarP(&apisFiles, "default-api-versions-file", "", []string{},
+		"Override default Capabilities.APIVersions from a local text file, one apiVerion per line. e.g.: \napps/v1/StatefulSet\napps/v1/ReplicaSet")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.UseReleaseName, "release-name", false, "use release name in the output-dir path.")
 	f.String(
 		"dry-run",
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/template_test.go b/pkg/cmd/template_test.go
index 5bcccf5d0..8c08d05db 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/template_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/template_test.go
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ func TestTemplateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd:    fmt.Sprintf("template '%s' -f %s/extra_values.yaml", chartPath, chartPath),
 			golden: "output/template-subchart-cm-set-file.txt",
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "template with default-api-versions-file",
+			cmd:    fmt.Sprintf("template '%s' --default-api-versions-file testdata/default-api-versions.txt",
+			"testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions"),
+			golden: "output/template-default-api-versions-file1.txt",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "template with default-api-versions-file and api-versions",
+			cmd:    fmt.Sprintf("template '%s' --default-api-versions-file testdata/default-api-versions.txt --api-versions helm.sh/extra1 --api-versions helm.sh/extra2", "testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions"),
+			golden: "output/template-default-api-versions-file2.txt",
+		},
 	}
 	runTestCmd(t, tests)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/default-api-versions.txt b/pkg/cmd/testdata/default-api-versions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2fb34dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/testdata/default-api-versions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+apps/v1/Deployment
+apps/v1/StatefulSet
+networking.k8s.io/v1/NetworkPolicy
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/output/template-default-api-versions-file1.txt b/pkg/cmd/testdata/output/template-default-api-versions-file1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c60008a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/testdata/output/template-default-api-versions-file1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Source: chart-listing-apiversions/templates/configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: "release-name-chart-listing-apiversions"
+data:
+  apiVersions: [apps/v1/Deployment apps/v1/StatefulSet networking.k8s.io/v1/NetworkPolicy]
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/output/template-default-api-versions-file2.txt b/pkg/cmd/testdata/output/template-default-api-versions-file2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67caabcba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/testdata/output/template-default-api-versions-file2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Source: chart-listing-apiversions/templates/configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: "release-name-chart-listing-apiversions"
+data:
+  apiVersions: [apps/v1/Deployment apps/v1/StatefulSet networking.k8s.io/v1/NetworkPolicy helm.sh/extra1 helm.sh/extra2]
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/Chart.yaml b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50168dd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+description: Testing .Capabilities.APIVersions
+home: https://helm.sh/helm
+name: chart-listing-apiversions
+sources:
+  - https://github.com/helm/helm
+version: 0.1.0
+type: application
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/README.md b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a2ddf21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Helm Chart to print .Capabilities.APIVersions
+
+Used for testing `helm template . --default-api-versions-file <filepath>`
+option
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/templates/configmap.yaml b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/templates/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8d987760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: "{{.Release.Name}}-{{.Chart.Name}}"
+data:
+  apiVersions: {{ .Capabilities.APIVersions }}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/values.yaml b/pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-listing-apiversions/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb