diff --git a/cmd/helm/package.go b/cmd/helm/package.go
index 00fe0ef11..7134a8784 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/package.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/package.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func newPackageCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Sign, "sign", false, "use a PGP private key to sign this package")
 	f.StringVar(&client.Key, "key", "", "name of the key to use when signing. Used if --sign is true")
 	f.StringVar(&client.Keyring, "keyring", defaultKeyring(), "location of a public keyring")
+	f.StringVar(&client.PassphraseFile, "passphrase-file", "", `location of a file which contains the passphrase for the signing key. Use "-" in order to read from stdin.`)
 	f.StringVar(&client.Version, "version", "", "set the version on the chart to this semver version")
 	f.StringVar(&client.AppVersion, "app-version", "", "set the appVersion on the chart to this version")
 	f.StringVarP(&client.Destination, "destination", "d", ".", "location to write the chart.")
diff --git a/pkg/action/package.go b/pkg/action/package.go
index 0a927cd41..8f53bcac4 100644
--- a/pkg/action/package.go
+++ b/pkg/action/package.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package action
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ type Package struct {
 	Sign             bool
 	Key              string
 	Keyring          string
+	PassphraseFile   string
 	Version          string
 	AppVersion       string
 	Destination      string
@@ -120,7 +122,15 @@ func (p *Package) Clearsign(filename string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := signer.DecryptKey(promptUser); err != nil {
+	passphraseFetcher := promptUser
+	if p.PassphraseFile != "" {
+		passphraseFetcher, err = passphraseFileFetcher(p.PassphraseFile, os.Stdin)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := signer.DecryptKey(passphraseFetcher); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -141,3 +151,34 @@ func promptUser(name string) ([]byte, error) {
 	fmt.Println()
 	return pw, err
 }
+
+func passphraseFileFetcher(passphraseFile string, stdin *os.File) (provenance.PassphraseFetcher, error) {
+	file, err := openPassphraseFile(passphraseFile, stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(file)
+	passphrase, _, err := reader.ReadLine()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return func(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+		return passphrase, nil
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func openPassphraseFile(passphraseFile string, stdin *os.File) (*os.File, error) {
+	if passphraseFile == "-" {
+		stat, err := stdin.Stat()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if (stat.Mode() & os.ModeNamedPipe) == 0 {
+			return nil, errors.New("specified reading passphrase from stdin, without input on stdin")
+		}
+		return stdin, nil
+	}
+	return os.Open(passphraseFile)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/action/package_test.go b/pkg/action/package_test.go
index 0f716118d..9a202cde4 100644
--- a/pkg/action/package_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/package_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package action
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
 	"testing"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/test/ensure"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 )
 
@@ -42,3 +46,57 @@ func TestSetVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Expected bogus version to return an error.")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPassphraseFileFetcher(t *testing.T) {
+	secret := "secret"
+	directory := ensure.TempFile(t, "passphrase-file", []byte(secret))
+	defer os.RemoveAll(directory)
+
+	fetcher, err := passphraseFileFetcher(path.Join(directory, "passphrase-file"), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to create passphraseFileFetcher", err)
+	}
+
+	passphrase, err := fetcher("key")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to fetch passphrase")
+	}
+
+	if string(passphrase) != secret {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s got %s", secret, string(passphrase))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPassphraseFileFetcher_WithLineBreak(t *testing.T) {
+	secret := "secret"
+	directory := ensure.TempFile(t, "passphrase-file", []byte(secret+"\n\n."))
+	defer os.RemoveAll(directory)
+
+	fetcher, err := passphraseFileFetcher(path.Join(directory, "passphrase-file"), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to create passphraseFileFetcher", err)
+	}
+
+	passphrase, err := fetcher("key")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to fetch passphrase")
+	}
+
+	if string(passphrase) != secret {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s got %s", secret, string(passphrase))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPassphraseFileFetcher_WithInvalidStdin(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := ensure.TempDir(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(directory)
+
+	stdin, err := ioutil.TempFile(directory, "non-existing")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to create test file", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := passphraseFileFetcher("-", stdin); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected passphraseFileFetcher returning an error")
+	}
+}