diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/defaults/main.yml
index bcbabfb23..ef9e2fb91 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ registry_storage_access_mode: "ReadWriteOnce"
 registry_disk_size: "10Gi"
 registry_port: 5000
 registry_replica_count: 1
+
+# type of service: ClusterIP, LoadBalancer or NodePort
+registry_service_type: "ClusterIP"
+# you can specify your cluster IP address when registry_service_type is ClusterIP
+registry_service_cluster_ip: ""
+# you can specify your cloud provider assigned loadBalancerIP when registry_service_type is LoadBalancer
+registry_service_loadbalancer_ip: ""
+# annotations for managing Cloud Load Balancers
+registry_service_annotations: {}
+# you can specify the node port when registry_service_type is NodePort
+registry_service_nodeport: ""
+
 # name of kubernetes secret for registry TLS certs
 registry_tls_secret: ""
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml
index b9f0ee432..de462771d 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
 ---
+- name: Registry | check registry_service_type value
+  fail:
+    msg: "registry_service_type can only be 'ClusterIP', 'LoadBalancer' or 'NodePort'"
+  when: registry_service_type not in ['ClusterIP', 'LoadBalancer', 'NodePort']
+
+- name: Registry | Stop if registry_service_cluster_ip is defined when registry_service_type is not 'ClusterIP'
+  fail:
+    msg: "registry_service_cluster_ip support only compatible with ClusterIP."
+  when:
+    - registry_service_cluster_ip is defined and registry_service_cluster_ip != ""
+    - registry_service_type != "ClusterIP"
+
+- name: Registry | Stop if registry_service_loadbalancer_ip is defined when registry_service_type is not 'LoadBalancer'
+  fail:
+    msg: "registry_service_loadbalancer_ip support only compatible with LoadBalancer."
+  when:
+    - registry_service_loadbalancer_ip is defined and registry_service_loadbalancer_ip != ""
+    - registry_service_type != "LoadBalancer"
+
+- name: Registry | Stop if registry_service_nodeport is defined when registry_service_type is not 'NodePort'
+  fail:
+    msg: "registry_service_nodeport support only compatible with NodePort."
+  when:
+    - registry_service_nodeport is defined and registry_service_nodeport != ""
+    - registry_service_type != "NodePort"
 
 - name: Registry | Create addon dir
   file:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-svc.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-svc.yml.j2
index 4ebf8626b..5485aa8aa 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-svc.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-svc.yml.j2
@@ -8,10 +8,25 @@ metadata:
     k8s-app: registry
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
     kubernetes.io/name: "KubeRegistry"
+{% if registry_service_annotations %}
+  annotations:
+    {{ registry_service_annotations | to_nice_yaml(indent=2, width=1337) | indent(width=4) }}
+{% endif %}
 spec:
   selector:
     k8s-app: registry
+  type: {{ registry_service_type }}
+{% if registry_service_type == "ClusterIP" and registry_service_cluster_ip != "" %}
+  clusterIP: {{ registry_service_cluster_ip }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if registry_service_type == "LoadBalancer" and registry_service_loadbalancer_ip != "" %}
+  loadBalancerIP: {{ registry_service_loadbalancer_ip }}
+{% endif %}
   ports:
     - name: registry
       port: {{ registry_port }}
       protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: {{ registry_port }}
+{% if registry_service_type == "NodePort" and registry_service_nodeport != "" %}
+      nodePort: {{ registry_service_nodeport }}
+{% endif %}