diff --git a/stable/nginx-ingress/Chart.yaml b/stable/nginx-ingress/Chart.yaml
index d946149e22..393b6709aa 100644
--- a/stable/nginx-ingress/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/nginx-ingress/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: nginx-ingress
-version: 1.9.1
+version: 1.10.0
 appVersion: 0.25.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx
 description: An nginx Ingress controller that uses ConfigMap to store the nginx configuration.
diff --git a/stable/nginx-ingress/README.md b/stable/nginx-ingress/README.md
index 4711bb0471..a36c5ec4c4 100644
--- a/stable/nginx-ingress/README.md
+++ b/stable/nginx-ingress/README.md
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `defaultBackend.image.runAsUser` | User ID of the controller process. Value depends on the Linux distribution used inside of the container image. By default uses nobody user. | `65534`
 `defaultBackend.extraArgs` | Additional default backend container arguments | `{}`
 `defaultBackend.port` | Http port number | `8080`
+`defaultBackend.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds` | Delay before liveness probe is initiated | 30
+`defaultBackend.livenessProbe.periodSeconds` | How often to perform the probe | 10
+`defaultBackend.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds` | When the probe times out | 5
+`defaultBackend.livenessProbe.successThreshold` | Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed. | 1
+`defaultBackend.livenessProbe.failureThreshold` | Minimum consecutive failures for the probe to be considered failed after having succeeded. | 3
+`defaultBackend.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds` | Delay before readiness probe is initiated | 0
+`defaultBackend.readinessProbe.periodSeconds` | How often to perform the probe | 5
+`defaultBackend.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds` | When the probe times out | 5
+`defaultBackend.readinessProbe.successThreshold` | Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed. | 1
+`defaultBackend.readinessProbe.failureThreshold` | Minimum consecutive failures for the probe to be considered failed after having succeeded. | 6
 `defaultBackend.tolerations` | node taints to tolerate (requires Kubernetes >=1.6) | `[]`
 `defaultBackend.affinity` | node/pod affinities (requires Kubernetes >=1.6) | `{}`
 `defaultBackend.nodeSelector` | node labels for pod assignment | `{}`
diff --git a/stable/nginx-ingress/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml b/stable/nginx-ingress/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
index 6aebd9eca7..2de7fe6f98 100644
--- a/stable/nginx-ingress/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/nginx-ingress/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -58,8 +58,21 @@ spec:
               path: /healthz
               port: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.port }}
               scheme: HTTP
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            periodSeconds: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.livenessProbe.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.livenessProbe.failureThreshold }}
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.port }}
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            periodSeconds: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.readinessProbe.failureThreshold }}
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.port }}
diff --git a/stable/nginx-ingress/values.yaml b/stable/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
index efaa776f28..31dcdfea38 100644
--- a/stable/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
@@ -331,6 +331,22 @@ defaultBackend:
 
   port: 8080
 
+  ## Readiness and liveness probes for default backend
+  ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-probes/
+  ##
+  livenessProbe:
+    failureThreshold: 3
+    initialDelaySeconds: 30
+    periodSeconds: 10
+    successThreshold: 1
+    timeoutSeconds: 5
+  readinessProbe:
+    failureThreshold: 6
+    initialDelaySeconds: 0
+    periodSeconds: 5
+    successThreshold: 1
+    timeoutSeconds: 5
+
   ## Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints
   ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/
   ##