diff --git a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/Chart.yaml b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/Chart.yaml
index 931a4f69af..18a12a369f 100644
--- a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: fluentd-cloudwatch
-version: 0.9.0
+version: 0.9.1
 appVersion: v1.3.3-debian-cloudwatch-1.0
 description: A Fluentd CloudWatch Helm chart for Kubernetes.
 home: https://www.fluentd.org/
diff --git a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/README.md b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/README.md
index 1a9c557f04..93d82cb377 100644
--- a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/README.md
+++ b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Fluentd Cloudwatch
 | `updateStrategy`             | Define daemonset update strategy                                          | `OnDelete`                            |
 | `nodeSelector`               | Node labels for pod assignment                                            | `{}`                                  |
 | `affinity`                   | Node affinity for pod assignment                                          | `{}`                                  |
+| `priorityClassName`          | Set priority class for daemon set                                         | `nil`                                 |
 
 If using fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset v0.12.43-cloudwatch, the container runs as user fluentd. To be able to write pos files to the host system, you'll need to run fluentd as root. Add the following extraVars value to run as root.
 
diff --git a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/templates/daemonset.yaml b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 04bb9e064b..c517f40e8a 100644
--- a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ spec:
           readOnly: true
         - name: config
           mountPath: /fluentd/etc
+{{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: "{{ .Values.priorityClassName }}"
+{{- end }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
       volumes:
       - name: varlog
diff --git a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/values.yaml b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/values.yaml
index 6327c95302..2fc1d5a4af 100644
--- a/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch/values.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ podSecurityContext: {}
 
 podAnnotations: {}
 
+# Pod priority
+# Sets PriorityClassName if defined.
+#
+# priorityClassName: "my-priority-class"
+
 awsRegion: us-east-1
 awsRole:
 awsAccessKeyId: