diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/CHANGELOG.md
index 3aa8e4a3d5..18c7aece72 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ This file documents all notable changes to [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/ku
 
 ### Unreleased
 
+### 3.14.0
+
+- [X] [#6469](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/6469) Allow custom service names for controller and backend
+
 ### 3.13.0
 
 - [X] [#6544](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/6544) Fix default backend HPA name variable
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml
index 2cc2ec2c83..2356abe2be 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ annotations:
   # List of changes for the release in artifacthub.io
   # https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx?modal=changelog
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - Fix default backend HPA name variable
+    - Allow custom service names for controller and backend
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
index d516a593cb..b48bf4a4a6 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Create a default fully qualified controller name.
 We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
 */}}
 {{- define "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) "controller" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) .Values.controller.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Create a default fully qualified default backend name.
 We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
 */}}
 {{- define "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) "defaultbackend" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 7e2e54c723..f8f4c688b2 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 ## nginx configuration
 ## Ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/controllers/nginx/configuration.md
 ##
+
+## Overrides for generated resource names
+# See templates/_helpers.tpl
+# nameOverride:
+# fullnameOverride:
+
 controller:
+  name: controller
   image:
     repository: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/controller
     tag: "v0.41.2"
@@ -584,6 +591,7 @@ defaultBackend:
   ##
   enabled: false
 
+  name: defaultbackend
   image:
     repository: k8s.gcr.io/defaultbackend-amd64
     tag: "1.5"