diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4ae7b0f..b58abf05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Reloader can be configured to ignore the resources `secrets` and `configmaps` by
 
 You can also set the log format of Reloader to json by setting `logFormat` to `json` in values.yaml and apply the chart
 
-You can enable to scrape Reloader's Prometheus metrics by setting `serviceMonitor.enabled`  to `true` in values.yaml file.
+You can enable to scrape Reloader's Prometheus metrics by setting `serviceMonitor.enabled` or `podMonitor.enabled`  to `true` in values.yaml file. Service monitor will be removed in future releases of reloader in favour of Pod monitor.
 
 ## Help
 
diff --git a/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/templates/podmonitor.yaml b/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/templates/podmonitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6e9d8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/templates/podmonitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{{- if and ( .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "monitoring.coreos.com/v1" ) ( .Values.reloader.podMonitor.enabled ) }}
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  labels:
+{{ include "reloader-labels.chart" . | indent 4 }}
+{{- if .Values.reloader.podMonitor.labels }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.reloader.podMonitor.labels | indent 4}}
+{{- end }}
+  name: {{ template "reloader-fullname" . }}
+{{- if .Values.reloader.podMonitor.namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.reloader.podMonitor.namespace }}
+{{- end }}
+spec:
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+  - port: http
+    path: "/metrics"
+{{- if .Values.reloader.podMonitor.interval }}
+    interval: {{ .Values.reloader.podMonitor.interval }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.reloader.podMonitor.timeout }}
+    scrapeTimeout: {{ .Values.reloader.podMonitor.timeout }}
+{{- end }}
+  jobLabel: {{ template "reloader-fullname" . }}
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+    - {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{ include "reloader-labels.chart" . | nindent 6 }}
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml b/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml
index 0bb8e985..7fdcd6ca 100644
--- a/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml
+++ b/deployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml
@@ -113,4 +113,15 @@ reloader:
     # labels:
     # Set timeout for scrape
     # timeout: 10s
-  
+
+  podMonitor:
+    # enabling this requires service to be enabled as well, or no endpoints will be found
+    enabled: false
+    # Set the namespace the podMonitor should be deployed
+    # namespace: monitoring
+    # Set how frequently Prometheus should scrape
+    # interval: 30s
+    # Set labels for the podMonitor, use this to define your scrape label for Prometheus Operator
+    # labels:
+    # Set timeout for scrape
+    # timeout: 10s
diff --git a/deployments/kubernetes/manifests/podmonitor.yaml  b/deployments/kubernetes/manifests/podmonitor.yaml 
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02746e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/kubernetes/manifests/podmonitor.yaml 	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+# Source: reloader/templates/podmonitor.yaml
+
diff --git a/deployments/kubernetes/templates/chart/values.yaml.tmpl b/deployments/kubernetes/templates/chart/values.yaml.tmpl
index 2aeaae48..be67f844 100644
--- a/deployments/kubernetes/templates/chart/values.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/deployments/kubernetes/templates/chart/values.yaml.tmpl
@@ -114,3 +114,15 @@ reloader:
     # Set timeout for scrape
     # timeout: 10s
   
+
+  podMonitor:
+    # enabling this requires service to be enabled as well, or no endpoints will be found
+    enabled: false
+    # Set the namespace the podMonitor should be deployed
+    # namespace: monitoring
+    # Set how frequently Prometheus should scrape
+    # interval: 30s
+    # Set labels for the podMonitor, use this to define your scrape label for Prometheus Operator
+    # labels:
+    # Set timeout for scrape
+    # timeout: 10s
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