diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
index cd3552100..1b4530df2 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Dask-kubernetes-ope
 | `nodeSelector` | Node selector | `{}` |
 | `tolerations` | Tolerations | `[]` |
 | `affinity` | Affinity | `{}` |
+| `priorityClassName` | Priority class | `null` |
 | `kopfArgs` | Command line flags to pass to kopf on start up | `["--all-namespaces"]` |
 | `metrics.scheduler.enabled` | Enable scheduler metrics. Pip package [prometheus-client](https://pypi.org/project/prometheus-client/) should be present on scheduler. | `false` |
 | `metrics.scheduler.serviceMonitor.enabled` | Enable scheduler servicemonitor. | `false` |
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index f4f22a9db..285259c0c 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . | quote  }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
index d58264254..d4d863a55 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ tolerations: []  # Tolerations
 
 affinity: {}  # Affinity
 
+priorityClassName: null  # Priority class
+
 kopfArgs: # Command line flags to pass to kopf on start up
   - --all-namespaces