diff --git a/falcosidekick/CHANGELOG.md b/falcosidekick/CHANGELOG.md
index 5601a57f4..7e32676c5 100644
--- a/falcosidekick/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/falcosidekick/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Before release 0.1.20, the helm chart can be found in `falcosidekick` [repositor
 
 * Add `alertmanager.extralabels` and `alertmanager.extraannotations` to the values,
 as a list of comma separated labels and annotations to add to the AlertManager trigger.
+* Add `smtp.autmechanism` and associated fields to be able to use any SASL mechanism.
 
 ## 0.5.6
 
diff --git a/falcosidekick/README.md b/falcosidekick/README.md
index 230d1987e..09a91cbfb 100644
--- a/falcosidekick/README.md
+++ b/falcosidekick/README.md
@@ -320,13 +320,17 @@ The following table lists the main configurable parameters of the Falcosidekick
 | `config.slack.outputformat`                 | `all` (default), `text` (only text is displayed in Slack), `fields` (only fields are displayed in Slack)                                                                               | `all`                                                                                                      |
 | `config.slack.username`                     | Slack username                                                                                                                                                                         | `falcosidekick`                                                                                            |
 | `config.slack.webhookurl`                   | Slack Webhook URL (ex: <https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXX/YYYY/ZZZZ>), if not `empty`, Slack output is *enabled*                                                                   | `""`                                                                                                       |
-| `config.smtp.from`                          | Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is *enabled*)                                                                                                                                 | `""`                                                                                                       |
 | `config.smtp.hostport`                      | "host:port" address of SMTP server, if not empty, SMTP output is *enabled*                                                                                                             | `""`                                                                                                       |
-| `config.smtp.minimumpriority`               | minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is `emergency\|alert\|critical\|error\|warning\|notice\|informational\|debug or ""`                                         | `debug`                                                                                                    |
-| `config.smtp.outputformat`                  | html, text                                                                                                                                                                             | `html`                                                                                                     |
+| `config.smtp.authmechanism`                 | SASL Mechanisms : plain, oauthbearer, external, anonymous or "" (disable SASL).                                                                                                        | `plain`                                                                                                    |
+| `config.smtp.user`                          | user to access SMTP server                                                                                                                                                             | `""`                                                                                                       |
 | `config.smtp.password`                      | password to access SMTP server                                                                                                                                                         | `""`                                                                                                       |
+| `config.smtp.token`                         | OAuthBearer token for OAuthBearer Mechanism                                                                                                                                            | `""`                                                                                                       |
+| `config.smtp.identity`                      | identity string for Plain and External Mechanisms                                                                                                                                      | `""`                                                                                                       |
+| `config.smtp.trace`                         | trace string for Anonymous Mechanism                                                                                                                                                   | `""`                                                                                                       |
+| `config.smtp.from`                          | Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is *enabled*)                                                                                                                                 | `""`                                                                                                       |
 | `config.smtp.to`                            | comma-separated list of Recipident addresses, can't be empty (mandatory if SMTP output is *enabled*)                                                                                   | `""`                                                                                                       |
-| `config.smtp.user`                          | user to access SMTP server                                                                                                                                                             | `""`                                                                                                       |
+| `config.smtp.outputformat`                  | html, text                                                                                                                                                                             | `html`                                                                                                     |
+| `config.smtp.minimumpriority`               | minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is `emergency\|alert\|critical\|error\|warning\|notice\|informational\|debug or ""`                                         | `debug`                                                                                                    |
 | `config.stan.checkcert`                     | check if ssl certificate of the output is valid                                                                                                                                        | `true`                                                                                                     |
 | `config.stan.clientid`                      | Client ID, if not empty, STAN output is *enabled*                                                                                                                                      | `""`                                                                                                       |
 | `config.stan.clusterid`                     | Cluster name, if not empty, STAN output is *enabled*                                                                                                                                   | `debug`                                                                                                    |
diff --git a/falcosidekick/templates/secrets.yaml b/falcosidekick/templates/secrets.yaml
index e7a9c9357..7ad7cb137 100644
--- a/falcosidekick/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/falcosidekick/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -94,9 +94,13 @@ data:
   AWS_KINESIS_MINIMUMPRIORITY: "{{ .Values.config.aws.kinesis.minimumpriority | b64enc }}"
 
   # SMTP Output
+  SMTP_HOSTPORT: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.hostport | b64enc }}"
+  SMTP_AUTHMECHANISM: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.authmechanism | b64enc }}"
   SMTP_USER: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.user | b64enc }}"
   SMTP_PASSWORD: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.password | b64enc }}"
-  SMTP_HOSTPORT: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.hostport | b64enc }}"
+  SMTP_TOKEN: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.token | b64enc }}"
+  SMTP_IDENTITY: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.identity | b64enc }}"
+  SMTP_TRACE: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.trace | b64enc }}"
   SMTP_FROM: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.from | b64enc }}"
   SMTP_TO: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.to | b64enc }}"
   SMTP_OUTPUTFORMAT: "{{ .Values.config.smtp.outputformat | b64enc }}"
diff --git a/falcosidekick/values.yaml b/falcosidekick/values.yaml
index 828ab28d2..251cbc8ba 100644
--- a/falcosidekick/values.yaml
+++ b/falcosidekick/values.yaml
@@ -165,8 +165,12 @@ config:
 
   smtp:
     hostport: ""
-    user: ""
-    password: ""
+    authmechanism: "plain" # SASL Mechanisms : plain, oauthbearer, external, anonymous or "" (disable SASL). Default: plain
+    user: "" # user for Plain Mechanism
+    password: "" # password for Plain Mechanism
+    token: "" # OAuthBearer token for OAuthBearer Mechanism
+    identity: "" # identity string for Plain and External Mechanisms
+    trace: "" # trace string for Anonymous Mechanism
     from: ""
     to: ""
     outputformat: "html"