diff --git a/cmd/diff.go b/cmd/diff.go
index 44d6ba9e..eccdbff8 100644
--- a/cmd/diff.go
+++ b/cmd/diff.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func NewDiffCmd(globalCfg *config.GlobalImpl) *cobra.Command {
 	f.StringArrayVar(&diffOptions.Suppress, "suppress", nil, "suppress specified Kubernetes objects in the output. Can be provided multiple times. For example: --suppress KeycloakClient --suppress VaultSecret")
 	f.BoolVar(&diffOptions.ReuseValues, "reuse-values", false, `Override helmDefaults.reuseValues "helm diff upgrade --install --reuse-values"`)
 	f.BoolVar(&diffOptions.ResetValues, "reset-values", false, `Override helmDefaults.reuseValues "helm diff upgrade --install --reset-values"`)
+	f.StringVar(&diffOptions.PostRenderer, "post-renderer", "", `pass --post-renderer to "helm template" or "helm upgrade --install"`)
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 69de4bc4..10d88caa 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -1569,6 +1569,7 @@ func (a *App) diff(r *Run, c DiffConfigProvider) (*string, bool, bool, []error)
 		helm := r.helm
 
 		helm.SetExtraArgs(argparser.GetArgs(c.Args(), r.state)...)
+		helm.SetPostRenderer(c.PostRenderer())
 
 		var errs []error
 
@@ -1873,6 +1874,8 @@ func (a *App) template(r *Run, c TemplateConfigProvider) (bool, []error) {
 			helm.SetExtraArgs(args...)
 		}
 
+		helm.SetPostRenderer(c.PostRenderer())
+
 		opts := &state.TemplateOpts{
 			Set:               c.Set(),
 			IncludeCRDs:       c.IncludeCRDs(),
diff --git a/pkg/app/config.go b/pkg/app/config.go
index 7da50308..26cc2151 100644
--- a/pkg/app/config.go
+++ b/pkg/app/config.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ type SyncConfigProvider interface {
 
 type DiffConfigProvider interface {
 	Args() string
+	PostRenderer() string
 
 	Values() []string
 	Set() []string
diff --git a/pkg/app/diff_test.go b/pkg/app/diff_test.go
index a9654a83..d41de33e 100644
--- a/pkg/app/diff_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/diff_test.go
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ func (a diffConfig) ResetValues() bool {
 	return !a.reuseValues
 }
 
+func (a diffConfig) PostRenderer() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 func TestDiff(t *testing.T) {
 	type flags struct {
 		skipNeeds    bool
diff --git a/pkg/config/diff.go b/pkg/config/diff.go
index d9eeee85..625c581b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/config/diff.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type DiffOptions struct {
 	ReuseValues bool
 	// ResetValues is true if helm command should reset values to charts' default
 	ResetValues bool
+	// Propagate '--post-renderer' to helmv3 template and helm install
+	PostRenderer string
 }
 
 // NewDiffOptions creates a new Apply
@@ -171,3 +173,8 @@ func (t *DiffImpl) ReuseValues() bool {
 func (t *DiffImpl) ResetValues() bool {
 	return t.DiffOptions.ResetValues
 }
+
+// PostRenderer returns the PostRenderer.
+func (t *DiffImpl) PostRenderer() string {
+	return t.DiffOptions.PostRenderer
+}
diff --git a/pkg/state/helmx.go b/pkg/state/helmx.go
index c96bb8ce..93ae7541 100644
--- a/pkg/state/helmx.go
+++ b/pkg/state/helmx.go
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ func (st *HelmState) appendHelmXFlags(flags []string, release *ReleaseSpec) []st
 func (st *HelmState) appendPostRenderFlags(flags []string, release *ReleaseSpec, helm helmexec.Interface) []string {
 	switch {
 	// helm.GetPostRenderer() comes from cmd flag.
-	case helm.GetPostRenderer() != "":
-		flags = append(flags, "--post-renderer", helm.GetPostRenderer())
 	case release.PostRenderer != nil && *release.PostRenderer != "":
 		flags = append(flags, "--post-renderer", *release.PostRenderer)
+	case helm.GetPostRenderer() != "":
+		flags = append(flags, "--post-renderer", helm.GetPostRenderer())
 	case st.HelmDefaults.PostRenderer != nil && *st.HelmDefaults.PostRenderer != "":
 		flags = append(flags, "--post-renderer", *st.HelmDefaults.PostRenderer)
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/run.sh b/test/integration/run.sh
index 45fc9df4..14d3eaa4 100755
--- a/test/integration/run.sh
+++ b/test/integration/run.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ${kubectl} create namespace ${test_ns} || fail "Could not create namespace ${tes
 . ${dir}/test-cases/secretssops.sh
 . ${dir}/test-cases/yaml-overwrite.sh
 . ${dir}/test-cases/chart-needs.sh
-. ${dir}/test-cases/postrender-diff.sh
+. ${dir}/test-cases/postrender.sh
 
 # ALL DONE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff.sh b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 74b33bc4..00000000
--- a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-postrender_diff_case_input_dir="${cases_dir}/postrender-diff/input"
-postrender_diff_case_output_dir="${cases_dir}/postrender-diff/output"
-
-config_file="helmfile.yaml"
-if [[ ${HELMFILE_V1MODE} = true ]]; then
-  pushd "${postrender_diff_case_input_dir}"
-  mv "${config_file}" "${config_file}.gotmpl"
-  config_file="${config_file}.gotmpl"
-  popd
-fi
-
-postrender_diff_out_file=${postrender_diff_case_output_dir}/result
-if [[ $EXTRA_HELMFILE_FLAGS == *--enable-live-output* ]]; then
-    postrender_diff_out_file=${postrender_diff_case_output_dir}/result-live
-fi
-
-postrender_diff_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
-postrender_diff_reverse=${postrender_diff_tmp}/postrender.diff.build.yaml
-
-test_start "postrender diff"
-info "Comparing postrender diff output ${postrender_diff_reverse} with ${postrender_diff_case_output_dir}/result.yaml"
-for i in $(seq 10); do
-    info "Comparing build/postrender-diff #$i"
-    ${helmfile} -f ${postrender_diff_case_input_dir}/${config_file} diff --concurrency 1 &> ${postrender_diff_reverse} || fail "\"helmfile diff\" shouldn't fail"
-    diff -u  ${postrender_diff_out_file} ${postrender_diff_reverse} || fail "\"helmfile diff\" should be consistent"
-    echo code=$?
-done
-test_pass "postrender diff"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender.sh b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d34d0867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+postrender_case_input_dir="${cases_dir}/postrender/input"
+postrender_case_output_dir="${cases_dir}/postrender/output"
+
+config_file="helmfile.yaml"
+if [[ ${HELMFILE_V1MODE} = true ]]; then
+  pushd "${postrender_case_input_dir}"
+  mv "${config_file}" "${config_file}.gotmpl"
+  config_file="${config_file}.gotmpl"
+  popd
+fi
+
+postrender_diff_out_file=${postrender_case_output_dir}/diff-result
+if [[ $EXTRA_HELMFILE_FLAGS == *--enable-live-output* ]]; then
+    postrender_diff_out_file=${postrender_case_output_dir}/diff-result-live
+fi
+
+postrender_template_out_file=${postrender_case_output_dir}/template-result
+if [[ $EXTRA_HELMFILE_FLAGS == *--enable-live-output* ]]; then
+    postrender_template_out_file=${postrender_case_output_dir}/template-result-live
+fi
+
+postrender_diff_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+postrender_diff_reverse=${postrender_diff_tmp}/postrender.diff.build.yaml
+postrender_template_reverse=${postrender_diff_tmp}/postrender.template.build.yaml
+
+test_start "postrender diff"
+info "Comparing postrender diff output ${postrender_diff_reverse} with ${postrender_case_output_dir}/result.yaml"
+for i in $(seq 10); do
+    info "Comparing build/postrender-diff #$i"
+    ${helmfile} -f ${postrender_case_input_dir}/${config_file} diff --concurrency 1 --post-renderer ./add-cm1.bash &> ${postrender_diff_reverse} || fail "\"helmfile diff\" shouldn't fail"
+    diff -u  ${postrender_diff_out_file} ${postrender_diff_reverse} || fail "\"helmfile diff\" should be consistent"
+    echo code=$?
+done
+test_pass "postrender diff"
+
+test_start "postrender template"
+info "Comparing postrender template output ${postrender_template_reverse} with ${postrender_case_output_dir}/result.yaml"
+for i in $(seq 10); do
+    info "Comparing build/postrender-diff #$i"
+    ${helmfile} -f ${postrender_case_input_dir}/${config_file} template --concurrency 1 --post-renderer ./add-cm1.bash &> ${postrender_template_reverse} || fail "\"helmfile template\" shouldn't fail"
+    diff -u  ${postrender_template_out_file} ${postrender_template_reverse} || fail "\"helmfile template\" should be consistent"
+    echo code=$?
+done
+test_pass "postrender template"
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/add-cm1.bash b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/add-cm1.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/add-cm1.bash
rename to test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/add-cm1.bash
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/add-cm2.bash b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/add-cm2.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/add-cm2.bash
rename to test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/add-cm2.bash
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/helmfile.yaml b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/helmfile.yaml
similarity index 94%
rename from test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/helmfile.yaml
rename to test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/helmfile.yaml
index 40a11654..eddf46bb 100644
--- a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/input/helmfile.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/input/helmfile.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-helmDefaults:
-  postRenderer: ./add-cm1.bash
-
 releases:
 - name: foo
   chart: ../../../charts/raw
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/output/result b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/diff-result
similarity index 100%
rename from test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/output/result
rename to test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/diff-result
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/output/result-live b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/diff-result-live
similarity index 100%
rename from test/integration/test-cases/postrender-diff/output/result-live
rename to test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/diff-result-live
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/template-result b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/template-result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccad44d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/template-result
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Building dependency release=foo, chart=../../../charts/raw
+Building dependency release=baz, chart=../../../charts/raw
+Templating release=foo, chart=../../../charts/raw
+---
+# Source: raw/templates/resources.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: foo-1
+  namespace: helmfile-tests
+data:
+  foo: FOO
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+data:
+  two: TWO
+metadata:
+  name: cm2
+
+Templating release=baz, chart=../../../charts/raw
+---
+# Source: raw/templates/resources.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: baz-3
+  namespace: helmfile-tests
+data:
+  baz: BAZ
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+data:
+  one: ONE
+metadata:
+  name: cm1
+
diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/template-result-live b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/template-result-live
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5ccb5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test-cases/postrender/output/template-result-live
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Live output is enabled
+Building dependency release=foo, chart=../../../charts/raw
+Building dependency release=baz, chart=../../../charts/raw
+Templating release=foo, chart=../../../charts/raw
+---
+# Source: raw/templates/resources.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: foo-1
+  namespace: helmfile-tests
+data:
+  foo: FOO
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+data:
+  two: TWO
+metadata:
+  name: cm2
+
+Templating release=baz, chart=../../../charts/raw
+---
+# Source: raw/templates/resources.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: baz-3
+  namespace: helmfile-tests
+data:
+  baz: BAZ
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+data:
+  one: ONE
+metadata:
+  name: cm1
+