diff --git a/charts/celeborn/templates/master-priorityclass.yaml b/charts/celeborn/templates/master-priorityclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..753fc00b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/celeborn/templates/master-priorityclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+{{- if .Values.priorityClass.master.create }}
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.priorityClass.master.name | default (printf "%s-master-priority" (.Release.Name)) }}
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    {{- include "celeborn.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+value: {{ .Values.priorityClass.master.value }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/celeborn/templates/master-statefulset.yaml b/charts/celeborn/templates/master-statefulset.yaml
index 7b83aab67..a69cb83f2 100644
--- a/charts/celeborn/templates/master-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/celeborn/templates/master-statefulset.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if or .Values.priorityClass.master.name .Values.priorityClass.master.create }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClass.master.name | default (printf "%s-master-priority" (.Release.Name)) }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ spec:
           - name: {{ $key }}
             value: {{ $val | quote }}
           {{- end}}
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30 
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
       volumes:
         - configMap:
             name: {{ .Release.Name }}-conf
diff --git a/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-priorityclass.yaml b/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-priorityclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..371f04628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-priorityclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+{{- if .Values.priorityClass.worker.create }}
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.priorityClass.worker.name | default (printf "%s-worker-priority" (.Release.Name)) }}
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    {{- include "celeborn.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+value: {{ .Values.priorityClass.worker.value }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-statefulset.yaml b/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-statefulset.yaml
index 7b9f0ad53..19df75577 100644
--- a/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/celeborn/templates/worker-statefulset.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if or .Values.priorityClass.worker.name .Values.priorityClass.worker.create }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClass.worker.name | default (printf "%s-worker-priority" (.Release.Name)) }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/celeborn/values.yaml b/charts/celeborn/values.yaml
index 2d754f58a..fe295f84b 100644
--- a/charts/celeborn/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/celeborn/values.yaml
@@ -138,6 +138,22 @@ resources: {}
   #    cpu: 100m
   #    memory: 128Mi
 
+# priorityClass used for Celeborn pods
+priorityClass:
+  master:
+    # Specifies whether a priorityClass should be created
+    create: false
+    # Specifies priorityClass name to be used (created if `create: true`)
+    name: ~
+    # half of system-cluster-critical by default
+    value: 1000000000
+
+  worker:
+    create: false
+    name: ~
+    # celeborn master minus 1000
+    value: 999999000
+
 podAnnotations: {}
 
 affinity: