diff --git a/cmd/helm/init.go b/cmd/helm/init.go
index d368945ec..805af84cb 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/init.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/init.go
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func newInitCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.VarP(&i.opts.Output, "output", "o", "skip installation and output Tiller's manifest in specified format (json or yaml)")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&i.opts.Values, "override", []string{}, "override values for the Tiller Deployment manifest (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)")
 
+	f.IntVar(&i.opts.ProbeServerPort, "probe-server-port", 0, "overrides the default probe server port for Tiller")
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/installer/install.go b/cmd/helm/installer/install.go
index becf412a1..3c33f8baa 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/installer/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/installer/install.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func generateDeployment(opts *Options) (*v1beta1.Deployment, error) {
 							ImagePullPolicy: opts.pullPolicy(),
 							Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{
 								{ContainerPort: 44134, Name: "tiller"},
-								{ContainerPort: 44135, Name: "http"},
+								{ContainerPort: opts.probeServerPort(), Name: "http"},
 							},
 							Env: []v1.EnvVar{
 								{Name: "TILLER_NAMESPACE", Value: opts.Namespace},
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func generateDeployment(opts *Options) (*v1beta1.Deployment, error) {
 								Handler: v1.Handler{
 									HTTPGet: &v1.HTTPGetAction{
 										Path: "/liveness",
-										Port: intstr.FromInt(44135),
+										Port: intstr.FromInt(int(opts.probeServerPort())),
 									},
 								},
 								InitialDelaySeconds: 1,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func generateDeployment(opts *Options) (*v1beta1.Deployment, error) {
 								Handler: v1.Handler{
 									HTTPGet: &v1.HTTPGetAction{
 										Path: "/readiness",
-										Port: intstr.FromInt(44135),
+										Port: intstr.FromInt(int(opts.probeServerPort())),
 									},
 								},
 								InitialDelaySeconds: 1,
diff --git a/cmd/helm/installer/options.go b/cmd/helm/installer/options.go
index 13cf43dcc..ae5157eb2 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/installer/options.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/installer/options.go
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ type Options struct {
 
 	// Set merges additional values into the Tiller Deployment manifest.
 	Values []string
+
+	// ProbeServerPort sets the Readiness/Liveness Probes container port for Tiller
+	//
+	// Less than or equal to 0 means it will continue to the use the default 44135.
+	ProbeServerPort int
 }
 
 func (opts *Options) selectImage() string {
@@ -134,6 +139,14 @@ func (opts *Options) valuesMap(m map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}
 	return m, nil
 }
 
+func (opts *Options) probeServerPort() int32 {
+	probeServerPort := int32(44135)
+	if opts.ProbeServerPort > 0 {
+		probeServerPort = int32(opts.ProbeServerPort)
+	}
+	return probeServerPort
+}
+
 // OutputFormat defines valid values for init output (json, yaml)
 type OutputFormat string
 
diff --git a/cmd/tiller/tiller.go b/cmd/tiller/tiller.go
index 5d2db3816..bc300fe8c 100644
--- a/cmd/tiller/tiller.go
+++ b/cmd/tiller/tiller.go
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ const (
 	storageConfigMap = "configmap"
 	storageSecret    = "secret"
 
-	probeAddr = ":44135"
 	traceAddr = ":44136"
 
 	// defaultMaxHistory sets the maximum number of releases to 0: unlimited
@@ -72,6 +71,8 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	grpcAddr             = flag.String("listen", ":44134", "address:port to listen on")
+	probeAddr            = flag.String("probe-address", ":44135", "address:port to listen on for probe server")
+	probeEnable          = flag.Bool("probe", true, "enable probe server")
 	enableTracing        = flag.Bool("trace", false, "enable rpc tracing")
 	store                = flag.String("storage", storageConfigMap, "storage driver to use. One of 'configmap', 'memory', or 'secret'")
 	remoteReleaseModules = flag.Bool("experimental-release", false, "enable experimental release modules")
@@ -182,7 +183,13 @@ func start() {
 
 	logger.Printf("Starting Tiller %s (tls=%t)", version.GetVersion(), *tlsEnable || *tlsVerify)
 	logger.Printf("GRPC listening on %s", *grpcAddr)
-	logger.Printf("Probes listening on %s", probeAddr)
+
+	if *probeEnable {
+		logger.Printf("Probes listening on %s", *probeAddr)
+	} else {
+		logger.Printf("Probes disabled")
+	}
+
 	logger.Printf("Storage driver is %s", env.Releases.Name())
 	logger.Printf("Max history per release is %d", *maxHistory)
 
@@ -201,17 +208,20 @@ func start() {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	go func() {
-		mux := newProbesMux()
+	if *probeEnable {
+		go func() {
+			mux := newProbesMux()
 
-		// Register gRPC server to prometheus to initialized matrix
-		goprom.Register(rootServer)
-		addPrometheusHandler(mux)
+			// Register gRPC server to prometheus to initialized matrix
+			goprom.Register(rootServer)
+			addPrometheusHandler(mux)
 
-		if err := http.ListenAndServe(probeAddr, mux); err != nil {
-			probeErrCh <- err
-		}
-	}()
+			if err := http.ListenAndServe(*probeAddr, mux); err != nil {
+				probeErrCh <- err
+			}
+		}()
+
+	}
 
 	healthSrv.SetServingStatus("Tiller", healthpb.HealthCheckResponse_SERVING)