diff --git a/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml
index eac5a1c9..cb6ebd58 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: "{{ .Values.istio.kubeconfig.secretName }}"
         {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
+      {{- end }}                  
       containers:
         - name: flagger
           {{- if .Values.securityContext.enabled }}
diff --git a/charts/flagger/values.yaml b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
index 257b3a5d..94286043 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ podAnnotations:
   prometheus.io/port: "8080"
   appmesh.k8s.aws/sidecarInjectorWebhook: disabled
 
+# priority class name for pod priority configuration
+podPriorityClassName: ""
+
 metricsServer: "http://prometheus:9090"
 
 # accepted values are kubernetes, istio, linkerd, appmesh, nginx, gloo or supergloo:mesh.namespace (defaults to istio)