diff --git a/charts/core-dump-handler/README.md b/charts/core-dump-handler/README.md
index 2f6c9ec..fe791ea 100644
--- a/charts/core-dump-handler/README.md
+++ b/charts/core-dump-handler/README.md
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ The following secrets are configurable and map to the corresponding environment
 ### Values
 
 General
+* priorityClassName: The priorityClass of the daemonset pods ( Default nil ) 
 * storage: The size of the storage for the cores (Default 1Gi)
 * storageClass: The storage class for volume (Default hostclass)
 
diff --git a/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml
index eebb46f..81125d1 100644
--- a/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "core-dump-handler.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: host-volume
         persistentVolumeClaim:
diff --git a/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml b/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml
index f453a43..82920f7 100644
--- a/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ nodeSelector: {}
 # gpu-enabled: true
 affinity: {}
 
+# priorityClassName for assigning priorityClass to the daemonset pods
+priorityClassName:
+
 # Tolerations for the daemonset's pod assignment
 # ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/taint-and-toleration/
 tolerations: []