echo "      Options:"
     echo "          -h | --help      Show script usage synopsis"
     echo "          -p | --helm-port Chart repository server port"
+    echo "          -b | --helm-bin  Path to Helm executable"
     echo "      "
     echo "      Example: ./$(basename $0) /root/oom/kubernetes/onap"
     echo "      "
     else
         >&2 echo -e \n"    !!! ${1} sybsystem does not exist !!!"\n
     fi
-    helm template --set global.masterPassword=TemplatePassword,global.offlineDeploymentBuild=true -f ${PROJECT_DIR}/values.yaml "${SUBSYS_DIR}" | grep 'image:\ \|tag_version:\ \|h._image' |
+    ${HELM_BIN} template --set global.masterPassword=TemplatePassword,global.offlineDeploymentBuild=true -f ${PROJECT_DIR}/values.yaml "${SUBSYS_DIR}" | grep 'image:\ \|tag_version:\ \|h._image' |
         sed -e 's/^.*\"h._image\"\ :\ //; s/^.*\"\(.*\)\".*$/\1/' \
             -e 's/\x27\|,//g; s/^.*\(image\|tag_version\):\ //' | tr -d '\r'
 }
 
 # Kill helm if already running
 kill_helm() {
-    for pid in $(pgrep -f "helm serve --address ${HELM_REPO}");
+    for pid in $(pgrep -f "${HELM_BIN} serve --address ${HELM_REPO}");
     do
         kill $pid
     done
     fi
 }
 
+validate_bin() {
+    if [ -z $1 ];
+    then
+        echo "Error: No path to executable provided"
+        exit 1
+    else
+        if ! [[ -x ${1} && -f ${1} ]];
+        then
+            echo "Error: ${1} is not an executable"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 check_helm() {
     sleep 2 # let the helm process settle
-    if [ $(pgrep -f "helm serve --address ${HELM_REPO}" -c) -eq 0 ];
+    if [ $(pgrep -f "${HELM_BIN} serve --address ${HELM_REPO}" -c) -eq 0 ];
     then
         echo "Fatal: Helm chart repository server failed to start"
         exit 1
             validate_port "${PORT}"
             shift 2
             ;;
+        -b | --helm-bin)
+            BIN="${2}"
+            validate_bin "${BIN}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
         -*)
             echo "Unknown option ${1}"
             usage
 PROJECT_DIR="${1}"
 LIST="${2}"
 LISTS_DIR="$(readlink -f $(dirname ${0}))/../data_lists"
+HELM_BIN=${BIN:-helm}
 HELM_REPO_HOST="127.0.0.1"
 HELM_REPO_PORT="${PORT:-8879}"
 HELM_REPO="${HELM_REPO_HOST}:${HELM_REPO_PORT}"
 export HELM_HOME
 kill_helm # make sure it's not already running
 mkdir -p "${PROJECT_DIR}/../${HELM_REPO_PATH}"
-helm init --skip-refresh -c --local-repo-url "http://${HELM_REPO}"
-helm serve --address ${HELM_REPO} --repo-path "${PROJECT_DIR}/../${HELM_REPO_PATH}" &
-helm repo remove stable 2>/dev/null || true
+${HELM_BIN} init --skip-refresh -c --local-repo-url "http://${HELM_REPO}"
+${HELM_BIN} serve --address ${HELM_REPO} --repo-path "${PROJECT_DIR}/../${HELM_REPO_PATH}" &
+${HELM_BIN} repo remove stable 2>/dev/null || true
 check_helm
 
 # Make all
 echo "Building project..."
 export SKIP_LINT=TRUE
 export DOCKER_CONTAINER
+export HELM_BIN
 make -e all > /dev/null; make -e ${PROJECT} > /dev/null
 popd