diff --git a/deploy/charts/csi-driver/README.md b/deploy/charts/csi-driver/README.md
index 27ed9d6d..0f2a4249 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/csi-driver/README.md
+++ b/deploy/charts/csi-driver/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ A Helm chart for cert-manager-csi-driver
 | nodeDriverRegistrarImage.repository | string | `"k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage/csi-node-driver-registrar"` | Target image repository. |
 | nodeDriverRegistrarImage.tag | string | `"v2.5.0"` | Target image version tag. |
 | nodeSelector | object | `{}` |  |
+| priorityClassName | string | `""` | Optional priority class to be used for the csi-driver pods. |
 | resources | object | `{}` |  |
 | tolerations | list | `[]` |  |
 
diff --git a/deploy/charts/csi-driver/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deploy/charts/csi-driver/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 9de2de71..51b1db1b 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/csi-driver/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/csi-driver/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml .Values.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
 
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . | quote }}
+      {{- end }}
+
       volumes:
         - name: plugin-dir
           hostPath:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/csi-driver/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/csi-driver/values.yaml
index 9df90332..2316ee55 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ image:
 # -- Optional secrets used for pulling the csi-driver container image
 imagePullSecrets: []
 #- name: Secret with Registry credentials
-  
+
 nodeDriverRegistrarImage:
   # -- Target image repository.
   repository: k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage/csi-node-driver-registrar
@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@ tolerations: []
   # -- Kubernetes pod tolerations for cert-manager-csi-driver
   # Allow scheduling of DaemonSet on all nodes
   # - operator: "Exists"
+
+# -- Optional priority class to be used for the csi-driver pods.
+priorityClassName: ""