diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-bash-profile.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-bash-profile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e5e34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-bash-profile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{- if .Values.bashProfile }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.name }}-bash-profile
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  foo_rc: {{ .Values.bashProfile }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
index 40c4a34..4b33864 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
           limits:
             memory: {{ .Values.memory }}
         devices:
+          {{- if .Values.bashProfile }}
+          filesystems:
+            - name: bash-profile-fs
+              virtiofs: {}
+          {{- end }}
           interfaces:
             - name: default
               # masquerade: {}
@@ -49,3 +54,8 @@
               name: {{ .Values.name }}-user-data
             networkDataSecretRef:
               name: {{ .Values.name }}-network-data
+        {{- if .Values.bashProfile }}
+        - name: bash-profile-fs
+          secret:
+            secretName: {{ .Values.name}}-bash-profile
+        {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/values.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/values.yaml
index 79ea0a9..0594e82 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/values.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
   userData: "" # base64 encoded
   networkData: "" # base64 encoded
 ports: []
+bashProfile: ""