diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
index dbf14b7d7..72054f7f4 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ spec:
               topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
 {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "ceph-csi-cephfs.serviceAccountName.provisioner" . }}
+{{- if .Values.provisioner.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.provisioner.priorityClassName }}
+{{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: csi-provisioner
           image: "{{ .Values.provisioner.provisioner.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.provisioner.provisioner.image.tag }}"
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
index f50759c4e..dd0198042 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ nodeplugin:
   # if you are using ceph-fuse client set this value to OnDelete
   updateStrategy: RollingUpdate
 
+  # set user created priorityclassName for csi plugin pods. default is
+  # system-node-critical which is highest priority
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
+
   httpMetrics:
     # Metrics only available for cephcsi/cephcsi => 1.2.0
     # Specifies whether http metrics should be exposed
@@ -105,6 +109,10 @@ provisioner:
   # Timeout for waiting for creation or deletion of a volume
   timeout: 60s
 
+  # set user created priorityclassName for csi provisioner pods. default is
+  # system-cluster-critical which is less priority than system-node-critical
+  priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+
   httpMetrics:
     # Metrics only available for cephcsi/cephcsi => 1.2.0
     # Specifies whether http metrics should be exposed
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
index 0efab99fa..33527fb9c 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ spec:
               topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
 {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "ceph-csi-rbd.serviceAccountName.provisioner" . }}
+{{- if .Values.provisioner.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.provisioner.priorityClassName }}
+{{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: csi-provisioner
           image: "{{ .Values.provisioner.provisioner.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.provisioner.provisioner.image.tag }}"
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
index 6125f38ed..2860c746f 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ logLevel: 5
 
 nodeplugin:
   name: nodeplugin
+  # set user created priorityclassName for csi plugin pods. default is
+  # system-node-critical which is high priority
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   # if you are using rbd-nbd client set this value to OnDelete
   updateStrategy: RollingUpdate
 
@@ -131,6 +134,10 @@ provisioner:
   # which has the deep-flatten feature
   # skipForceFlatten: false
 
+  # set user created priorityclassName for csi provisioner pods. default is
+  # system-cluster-critical which is less priority than system-node-critical
+  priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+
   httpMetrics:
     # Metrics only available for cephcsi/cephcsi => 1.2.0
     # Specifies whether http metrics should be exposed
diff --git a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
index 4e6e21f34..39d325d31 100644
--- a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
                       - csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner
               topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
       serviceAccount: cephfs-csi-provisioner
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
       containers:
         - name: csi-provisioner
           image: k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage/csi-provisioner:v2.0.4
diff --git a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
index 4e819acad..f6457c1a9 100644
--- a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
                       - csi-rbdplugin-provisioner
               topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
       serviceAccount: rbd-csi-provisioner
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
       containers:
         - name: csi-provisioner
           image: k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage/csi-provisioner:v2.0.4