diff --git a/charts/triton/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/triton/templates/_helpers.tpl
index e8b566053..326e3baa3 100755
--- a/charts/triton/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/triton/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -30,3 +30,20 @@ Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
 {{- define "nvidia-triton-server.chart" -}}
 {{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Return tritonserver image
+*/}}
+{{- define "triton.image" -}}
+{{- if .Values.image }}
+{{- .Values.image -}}
+{{- else }}
+{{- if eq .Values.backend "vllm" }}
+{{- "nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:24.01-vllm-python-py3" -}}
+{{- else if eq .Values.backend "trt-llm" }}
+{{- "nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:24.01-trtllm-python-py3" -}}
+{{- else }}
+{{- "nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:24.01-py3" -}}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/triton/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/triton/templates/deployment.yaml
index 392b6b3ba..28e066fd3 100755
--- a/charts/triton/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/triton/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: tritonserver
-          {{- if .Values.image }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image }}"
-          {{- end }}
+          image: {{ include "triton.image" . }}
           {{- if .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
           imagePullPolicy: "{{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}"
           {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/triton/values.yaml b/charts/triton/values.yaml
index d0745f932..9bea77247 100755
--- a/charts/triton/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/triton/values.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ serviceType: ClusterIP
 servingName:
 servingVersion:
 
-image: "nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:24.01-py3"
-
 imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
 
 cpu: 1.0
diff --git a/pkg/apis/serving/triton_builder.go b/pkg/apis/serving/triton_builder.go
index afeb9d555..8e54f4145 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/serving/triton_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/serving/triton_builder.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ func NewTritonServingJobBuilder() *TritonServingJobBuilder {
 		GrpcPort:    8001,
 		MetricsPort: 8002,
 		CommonServingArgs: types.CommonServingArgs{
-			Image:           argsbuilder.DefaultTritonServingImage,
 			ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
 			Replicas:        1,
 			Namespace:       "default",
diff --git a/pkg/apis/types/serving.go b/pkg/apis/types/serving.go
index 0e2ffc735..9b9fc652e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/types/serving.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/types/serving.go
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ type SeldonServingArgs struct {
 }
 
 type TritonServingArgs struct {
+	Backend           string   `yaml:"backend"`         // --backend
 	ModelRepository   string   `yaml:"modelRepository"` // --model-repository
 	MetricsPort       int      `yaml:"metricsPort"`     // --metrics-port
 	HttpPort          int      `yaml:"httpPort"`        // --http-port
diff --git a/pkg/argsbuilder/serving_triton.go b/pkg/argsbuilder/serving_triton.go
index d8b388709..4ca1233d3 100644
--- a/pkg/argsbuilder/serving_triton.go
+++ b/pkg/argsbuilder/serving_triton.go
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const (
-	DefaultTritonServingImage = "nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:24.01-py3"
-)
-
 type TritonServingArgsBuilder struct {
 	args        *types.TritonServingArgs
 	argValues   map[string]interface{}
@@ -43,7 +39,6 @@ func NewTritonServingArgsBuilder(args *types.TritonServingArgs) ArgsBuilder {
 	s.AddSubBuilder(
 		NewServingArgsBuilder(&s.args.CommonServingArgs),
 	)
-	s.AddArgValue("default-image", DefaultTritonServingImage)
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +67,7 @@ func (s *TritonServingArgsBuilder) AddCommandFlags(command *cobra.Command) {
 		s.subBuilders[name].AddCommandFlags(command)
 	}
 	var loadModels []string
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&s.args.Backend, "backend", "", "the backend type of triton server. Valid values: [vllm|trt-llm]")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&s.args.ModelRepository, "model-repository", "", "the path of triton model path")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&s.args.HttpPort, "http-port", 8000, "the port of http serving server")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&s.args.GrpcPort, "grpc-port", 8001, "the port of grpc serving server")
@@ -112,14 +108,14 @@ func (s *TritonServingArgsBuilder) Build() error {
 }
 
 func (s *TritonServingArgsBuilder) validate() (err error) {
-	if s.args.Image == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("image must be specified")
-	}
-	/*
+	if s.args.Backend != "" {
+		if s.args.Backend != "vllm" && s.args.Backend != "trt-llm" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("backend %s is Invalid. Triton backend only supports vllm or trt-llm", s.args.Backend)
+		}
 		if s.args.GPUCount == 0 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("--gpus must be specific at least 1 GPU")
 		}
-	*/
+	}
 	return nil
 }