diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml b/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml
index 8dba09aac5d1..7187e23ef0b5 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: couchdb
-version: 1.2.0
+version: 1.2.1
 appVersion: 2.3.1
 description: A database featuring seamless multi-master sync, that scales from
   big data to mobile, with an intuitive HTTP/JSON API and designed for
diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/README.md b/incubator/couchdb/README.md
index 91a38365a57b..0bf9444ff50c 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ CouchDB chart and their default values:
 | `couchdbConfig`                 | Map allowing override elements of server .ini config  | chttpd.bind_address=any                |
 | `allowAdminParty`               | If enabled, start cluster without admin account       | false (requires creating a Secret)     |
 | `createAdminSecret`             | If enabled, create an admin account and cookie secret | true                                   |
+| `schedulerName`                 | Name of the k8s scheduler (other than default)        | `nil`                                  |
 | `erlangFlags`                   | Map of flags supplied to the underlying Erlang VM     | name: couchdb, setcookie: monster
 | `persistentVolume.enabled`      | Boolean determining whether to attach a PV to each node | false
 | `persistentVolume.size`         | If enabled, the size of the persistent volume to attach                          | 10Gi
diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml b/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 9a0a29502c3b..ba9376477560 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ spec:
         app: {{ template "couchdb.name" . }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     spec:
+      {{- if .Values.schedulerName }}
+      schedulerName: "{{ .Values.schedulerName }}"
+      {{- end }}
       initContainers:
         - name: init-copy
           image: "{{ .Values.initImage.repository }}:{{ .Values.initImage.tag }}"
diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/values.yaml b/incubator/couchdb/values.yaml
index ceaa08e6bea9..605f622f70cc 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ adminUsername: admin
 # adminPassword: this_is_not_secure
 # cookieAuthSecret: neither_is_this
 
+## Use an alternate scheduler, e.g. "stork".
+## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/configure-multiple-schedulers/
+##
+# schedulerName:
+
 ## The storage volume used by each Pod in the StatefulSet. If a
 ## persistentVolume is not enabled, the Pods will use `emptyDir` ephemeral
 ## local storage. Setting the storageClass attribute to "-" disables dynamic