diff --git a/charts/tezos/templates/configs.yaml b/charts/tezos/templates/configs.yaml
index 2d33db835..ec52444e1 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/templates/configs.yaml
+++ b/charts/tezos/templates/configs.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ data:
   ROLLING_SNAPSHOT_URL: "{{ .Values.rolling_snapshot_url }}"
   ARCHIVE_TARBALL_URL: "{{ .Values.archive_tarball_url }}"
   ROLLING_TARBALL_URL: "{{ .Values.rolling_tarball_url }}"
+  NODE_GLOBALS: |
+{{ .Values.node_globals | mustToPrettyJson | indent 4 }}
   NODES: |
 {{ .Values.nodes | mustToPrettyJson | indent 4 }}
   SIGNERS: |
diff --git a/charts/tezos/values.yaml b/charts/tezos/values.yaml
index 172d8c8ad..ac9f25698 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tezos/values.yaml
@@ -97,10 +97,18 @@ accounts: {}
 ##         automatically for you.
 ##
 ##
-## Defaults are filled in for most of the above values.
+## Defaults are filled in for most of the above values.  You can also provide
+## global defaults for all nodes via a node_globals: section which is also
+## a dictionary.  Currently, the only key defined is "config" which provides
+## a default for that section in the nodes:.
 ##
 ## Example config:
 ##
+#
+# node_globals:
+#   config:
+#     shell:
+#       history_mode: full
 # nodes:
 #   tezos-baking-node:
 #     labels:
diff --git a/utils/config-generator.py b/utils/config-generator.py
index 10c372767..d9246aaba 100755
--- a/utils/config-generator.py
+++ b/utils/config-generator.py
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 
 ACCOUNTS = json.loads(os.environ["ACCOUNTS"])
 CHAIN_PARAMS = json.loads(os.environ["CHAIN_PARAMS"])
+NODE_GLOBALS = json.loads(os.environ["NODE_GLOBALS"]) or {}
 NODES = json.loads(os.environ["NODES"])
 SIGNERS = json.loads(os.environ["SIGNERS"])
 
 MY_POD_NAME = os.environ["MY_POD_NAME"]
 MY_POD_TYPE = os.environ["MY_POD_TYPE"]
 
-MY_POD_CONFIG = None
+MY_POD_CLASS = {}
+MY_POD_CONFIG = {}
 ALL_NODES = {}
 BAKING_NODES = {}
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
             name = f"{cl}-{i}"
             ALL_NODES[name] = inst
             if name == MY_POD_NAME:
+                MY_POD_CLASS = val
                 MY_POD_CONFIG = inst
             if "runs" in val:
                 if "baker" in val["runs"]:
@@ -525,7 +528,6 @@ def create_node_config_json(
 ):
     """Create the node's config.json file"""
 
-    values_node_config = MY_POD_CONFIG.get("config", {})
     computed_node_config = {
         "data-dir": "/var/tezos/node/data",
         "rpc": {
@@ -538,7 +540,10 @@ def create_node_config_json(
         },
         # "log": {"level": "debug"},
     }
-    node_config = recursive_update(values_node_config, computed_node_config)
+    node_config = NODE_GLOBALS.get("config", {})
+    node_config = recursive_update(node_config, MY_POD_CLASS.get("config", {}))
+    node_config = recursive_update(node_config, MY_POD_CONFIG.get("config", {}))
+    node_config = recursive_update(node_config, computed_node_config)
 
     if THIS_IS_A_PUBLIC_NET:
         # `tezos-node config --network ...` will have been run in config-init.sh