diff --git a/charts/rstudio-workbench/README.md b/charts/rstudio-workbench/README.md
index a4c833f1e..3ef3de1a9 100644
--- a/charts/rstudio-workbench/README.md
+++ b/charts/rstudio-workbench/README.md
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ Use of [Sealed secrets](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets) disables
 | userPassword | string | `"rstudio"` | userPassword determines the password of the created user |
 | userUid | string | `"10000"` | userUid determines the UID of the created user |
 | versionOverride | string | `""` | A Workbench version to override the "tag" for the RStudio Workbench image and the session images. Necessary until https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/8194 |
-| xdgConfigDirs | string | `"/mnt/dynamic:/mnt/session-configmap:/mnt/secret-configmap:/mnt/configmap:/mnt/load-balancer/"` | The XDG config dirs (directories where configuration will be read from). Do not change without good reason. |
+| xdgConfigDirs | string | `"/mnt/dynamic:/mnt/session-configmap:/mnt/secret-configmap:/mnt/configmap:/mnt/load-balancer/:/etc"` | The XDG config dirs (directories where configuration will be read from). Do not change without good reason. |
 | xdgConfigDirsExtra | list | `[]` | A list of additional XDG config dir paths |
 
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diff --git a/charts/rstudio-workbench/values.yaml b/charts/rstudio-workbench/values.yaml
index e911bb012..7c2be2992 100644
--- a/charts/rstudio-workbench/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/rstudio-workbench/values.yaml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ userUid: "10000"
 userPassword: "rstudio"
 
 # -- The XDG config dirs (directories where configuration will be read from). Do not change without good reason.
-xdgConfigDirs: "/mnt/dynamic:/mnt/session-configmap:/mnt/secret-configmap:/mnt/configmap:/mnt/load-balancer/"
+xdgConfigDirs: "/mnt/dynamic:/mnt/session-configmap:/mnt/secret-configmap:/mnt/configmap:/mnt/load-balancer/:/etc"
 
 # -- A list of additional XDG config dir paths
 xdgConfigDirsExtra: []