diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 47479ed..91969a5 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{ include "spire-server.fullname" . | trimSuffix "-server" }}-controller-manager
 {{- end }}
 
+{{/*
+Name of the chart-generated Secret holding the inline kubeConfigs entries.
+*/}}
+{{- define "spire-server.kubeconfigs-secret-name" -}}
+{{ include "spire-server.fullname" . }}-kubeconfigs
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- define "spire-server.serviceAccountAllowedList" }}
 {{- $releaseNamespace := include "spire-server.agent-namespace" . }}
 {{- if ne (len .Values.nodeAttestor.k8sPSAT.serviceAccountAllowList) 0 }}
diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/kubeconfig-secret.yaml b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/kubeconfig-secret.yaml
index 1a553d7..eb87c6e 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/kubeconfig-secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/kubeconfig-secret.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,37 @@
 {{- $root := . }}
-{{- with .Values.kubeConfigs }}
+{{- $secretName := include "spire-server.kubeconfigs-secret-name" $root }}
+{{- $inline := dict }}
+{{- range $name, $value := .Values.kubeConfigs }}
+{{-   $present := list }}
+{{-   if hasKey $value "kubeConfig" }}{{ $present = append $present "kubeConfig" }}{{- end }}
+{{-   if hasKey $value "kubeConfigBase64" }}{{ $present = append $present "kubeConfigBase64" }}{{- end }}
+{{-   if hasKey $value "externalSecret" }}{{ $present = append $present "externalSecret" }}{{- end }}
+{{-   if ne (len $present) 1 }}
+{{-     fail (printf "kubeConfigs entry %q must set exactly one of kubeConfig, kubeConfigBase64, or externalSecret (got: %v)" $name $present) }}
+{{-   end }}
+{{-   if hasKey $value "externalSecret" }}
+{{-     if not $value.externalSecret.name }}
+{{-       fail (printf "kubeConfigs entry %q externalSecret.name cannot be empty" $name) }}
+{{-     end }}
+{{-     if eq $value.externalSecret.name $secretName }}
+{{-       fail (printf "kubeConfigs entry %q externalSecret.name %q is reserved for the chart-generated Secret; use a different name" $name $secretName) }}
+{{-     end }}
+{{-   else }}
+{{-     $_ := set $inline $name $value }}
+{{-   end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if gt (len $inline) 0 }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
-  name: {{ include "spire-server.fullname" $root }}-kubeconfigs
+  name: {{ include "spire-server.kubeconfigs-secret-name" $root }}
   namespace: {{ include "spire-server.namespace" $root }}
 data:
-  {{- range $name, $value := . }}
-  {{- if and (hasKey . "kubeConfig") (hasKey . "kubeConfigBase64") }}
-  {{-   fail "You can not use both kubeConfig and kubeConfigBase64" }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- if (hasKey . "kubeConfig") }}
-  {{ $name }}: {{ .kubeConfig | b64enc }}
+  {{- range $name, $value := $inline }}
+  {{- if hasKey $value "kubeConfig" }}
+  {{ $name }}: {{ $value.kubeConfig | b64enc }}
   {{- else }}
-  {{ $name }}: {{ .kubeConfigBase64 | nospace }}
+  {{ $name }}: {{ $value.kubeConfigBase64 | nospace }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/server-resource.yaml b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/server-resource.yaml
index ecb31ad..fa918b9 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/server-resource.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/server-resource.yaml
@@ -601,8 +601,32 @@ spec:
           emptyDir: {}
         {{- if gt (len .Values.kubeConfigs) 0 }}
         - name: kubeconfigs
-          secret:
-            secretName: {{ include "spire-server.fullname" . }}-kubeconfigs
+          projected:
+            sources:
+            {{- $inlineNames := list }}
+            {{- range $name, $value := .Values.kubeConfigs }}
+            {{-   if not (hasKey $value "externalSecret") }}
+            {{-     $inlineNames = append $inlineNames $name }}
+            {{-   end }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if gt (len $inlineNames) 0 }}
+            - secret:
+                name: {{ include "spire-server.kubeconfigs-secret-name" . }}
+                items:
+                {{- range $name := ($inlineNames | sortAlpha) }}
+                - key: {{ $name }}
+                  path: {{ $name }}
+                {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- range $name, $value := .Values.kubeConfigs }}
+            {{-   if hasKey $value "externalSecret" }}
+            - secret:
+                name: {{ $value.externalSecret.name }}
+                items:
+                - key: {{ $value.externalSecret.key | default $name }}
+                  path: {{ $name }}
+            {{-   end }}
+            {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- if $pluginLoaderNeeded }}
         - name: plugins
diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml
index fc27a51..49b7c2e 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml
@@ -1544,6 +1544,9 @@ tests:
       tag: latest@sha256:90041f375e30f41aa7e0390075d8a69dc61900771d52fa98d63ee5d03d866a58
 
 ## @param kubeConfigs [object] Manage additional kubeconfig files to talk to external Kubernetes clusters
+## Each entry sets exactly one of kubeConfig, kubeConfigBase64, or externalSecret. Use externalSecret to
+## reference a kubeconfig from an externally-managed Secret instead of embedding it in values;
+## entries may reference different Secrets and mix with inline ones.
 kubeConfigs: {}
 # clustera:
 #   kubeConfig: |
@@ -1551,6 +1554,10 @@ kubeConfigs: {}
 #     xxxxx
 # clusterb:
 #   kubeConfigBase64: eXl5Cnl5eQo=
+# clusterc:
+#   externalSecret:
+#     name: my-kubeconfigs-secret   # name of the externally-managed Secret to read from
+#     key: clusterc                 # optional, defaults to the entry name
 
 spireIdentityExchange:
   ## @param spireIdentityExchange.enabled Enable the server side of the SPIRE Identity Exchange system
diff --git a/tests/unit/spire_test.go b/tests/unit/spire_test.go
index bee685c..1d3e437 100644
--- a/tests/unit/spire_test.go
+++ b/tests/unit/spire_test.go
@@ -257,4 +257,35 @@ spiffe-oidc-discovery-provider:
 			Expect(serverCM).Should(ContainSubstring(`"jwt_issuer": "https://oidc-discovery.example.org"`))
 		})
 	})
+	Describe("spire-server.kubeConfigs", func() {
+		secretTmpl := "spire/charts/spire-server/templates/kubeconfig-secret.yaml"
+		serverTmpl := "spire/charts/spire-server/templates/server-resource.yaml"
+		It("inline entry generates a Secret and a projected volume source referencing it", func() {
+			objs, err := ValueStringRender(chart, `
+spire-server:
+  kubeConfigs:
+    clustera:
+      kubeConfig: |
+        apiVersion: v1
+        kind: Config
+`)
+			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
+			Expect(objs[secretTmpl]).Should(ContainSubstring("kind: Secret"))
+			Expect(objs[serverTmpl]).Should(ContainSubstring("projected:"))
+			Expect(objs[serverTmpl]).Should(ContainSubstring("path: clustera"))
+		})
+		It("externalSecret entry wires a projected source and skips the generated Secret", func() {
+			objs, err := ValueStringRender(chart, `
+spire-server:
+  kubeConfigs:
+    clusterb:
+      externalSecret:
+        name: my-ext-secret
+`)
+			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
+			Expect(objs[secretTmpl]).ShouldNot(ContainSubstring("kind: Secret"))
+			Expect(objs[serverTmpl]).Should(ContainSubstring("name: my-ext-secret"))
+			Expect(objs[serverTmpl]).Should(ContainSubstring("path: clusterb"))
+		})
+	})
 })