diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml
index 7db98b413e..d411dda1f7 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: "5.5.4"
 description: A Helm chart for Elasticsearch Curator
 name: elasticsearch-curator
-version: 0.2.4
+version: 0.3.0
 home: https://github.com/elastic/curator
 keywords:
 - curator
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/README.md b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/README.md
index 11cdbc9011..05d48136ec 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/README.md
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ their default values.
 | `configMaps.action_file_yml` | Contents of the Curator action_file.yml               | See values.yaml                              |
 | `configMaps.config_yml`      | Contents of the Curator config.yml (overrides config) | See values.yaml                              |
 | `resources`                  | Resource requests and limits                          | {}                                           |
+| `priorityClassName`          | priorityClassName                                     | `nil`                                        |
 | `extraVolumeMounts`          | Mount extra volume(s),                                |                                              |
 | `extraVolumes`               | Extra volumes                                         |                                              |
 
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml
index b239d88eaf..22532c45a4 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.extraVolumes | indent 12 }}
 {{- end }}
           restartPolicy: Never
+{{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+          priorityClassName: "{{ .Values.priorityClassName }}"
+{{- end }}
           containers:
             - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
               image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml
index 61cd52d971..9d05bb1a8e 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch-curator/values.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ resources: {}
   #  cpu: 100m
   #  memory: 128Mi
 
+priorityClassName: ""
+
 # extraVolumes and extraVolumeMounts allows you to mount other volumes
 # Example Use Case: mount ssl certificates when elasticsearch has tls enabled
 # extraVolumes: