diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 375ca30c8..f196f2067 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -326,12 +326,13 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.image.runAsUser | int | `101` |  |
 | controller.image.seccompProfile.type | string | `"RuntimeDefault"` |  |
 | controller.image.tag | string | `"v1.9.4"` |  |
-| controller.ingressClass | string | `"nginx"` | For backwards compatibility with ingress.class annotation, use ingressClass. (comma-seperated list NOT supported) Algorithm is as follows, first ingressClassName is considered, if not present, controller looks for ingress.class annotation |
+| controller.ingressClass | string | `"nginx"` | For backwards compatibility with ingress.class annotation, use ingressClass. Algorithm is as follows, first ingressClassName is considered, if not present, controller looks for ingress.class annotation |
 | controller.ingressClassByName | bool | `false` | Process IngressClass per name (additionally as per spec.controller). |
 | controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue | string | `"k8s.io/ingress-nginx"` | Controller-value of the controller that is processing this ingressClass |
-| controller.ingressClassResource.default | bool | `false` | If multiple ingressClassResources are set, the default will always be the first in the list |
+| controller.ingressClassResource.default | bool | `false` | Is this the default ingressClass for the cluster |
 | controller.ingressClassResource.enabled | bool | `true` | Is this ingressClass enabled or not |
-| controller.ingressClassResource.name | string | `"nginx"` | Name of the ingressClass (comma-seperated list supported) |
+| controller.ingressClassResource.extraNames | list | `[]` | Additional ingressClass names |
+| controller.ingressClassResource.name | string | `"nginx"` | Name of the ingressClass |
 | controller.ingressClassResource.parameters | object | `{}` | Parameters is a link to a custom resource containing additional configuration for the controller. This is optional if the controller does not require extra parameters. |
 | controller.keda.apiVersion | string | `"keda.sh/v1alpha1"` |  |
 | controller.keda.behavior | object | `{}` |  |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
index f3bd2082f..c936dab79 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ Users can provide an override for an explicit service they want bound via `.Valu
 {{- print $servicePath | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
-{{/*
-Create a default fully qualified default backend name.
-We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
-*/}}
-{{- define "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
-{{- end -}}
-
 {{/*
 Common labels
 */}}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_params.tpl b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_params.tpl
index fb2399a17..47d024e85 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_params.tpl
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_params.tpl
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 - --election-id={{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.electionID" . }}
 - --controller-class={{ .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue }}
 {{- if .Values.controller.ingressClass }}
-{{- range $index, $name := ( split "," .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.name ) }}
-- --ingress-class={{ $name | trim }}
-{{- end }}
+- --ingress-class={{ .Values.controller.ingressClass }}
 {{- end }}
 - --configmap={{ default "$(POD_NAMESPACE)" .Values.controller.configMapNamespace }}/{{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" . }}
 {{- if .Values.tcp }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-extraingressclass.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-extraingressclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a4d850f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-extraingressclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{{- if and (.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.enabled) (.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.extraNames) -}}
+{{- range $v := .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.extraNames }}
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: IngressClass
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
+    {{- with $.Values.controller.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+  name: {{ $v | trim }}
+spec:
+  controller: {{ $.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue }}
+  {{ template "ingressClass.parameters" $ }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass.yaml
index 9cbe1b58c..9492784a2 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass.yaml
@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
 {{- if .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.enabled -}}
-{{- range $index, $name := ( split "," .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.name ) }}
----
 # We don't support namespaced ingressClass yet
 # So a ClusterRole and a ClusterRoleBinding is required
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: IngressClass
 metadata:
   labels:
-    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
-    {{- with $.Values.controller.labels }}
+    {{- with .Values.controller.labels }}
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
-  name: {{ $name | trim }}
-{{- if and ($.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.default) (eq $index "_0") }}
+  name: {{ .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.name }}
+{{- if .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.default }}
   annotations:
     ingressclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
 {{- end }}
 spec:
-  controller: {{ $.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue }}
-  {{ template "ingressClass.parameters" $ }}
+  controller: {{ .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue }}
+  {{ template "ingressClass.parameters" . }}
 {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index ae23091c9..5d9a392e3 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -112,12 +112,11 @@ controller:
   ## This section refers to the creation of the IngressClass resource
   ## IngressClass resources are supported since k8s >= 1.18 and required since k8s >= 1.19
   ingressClassResource:
-    # -- Name of the ingressClass (comma-seperated list supported)
+    # -- Name of the ingressClass
     name: nginx
     # -- Is this ingressClass enabled or not
     enabled: true
     # -- Is this the default ingressClass for the cluster
-    # -- If multiple ingressClassResources are set, the default will always be the first in the list
     default: false
     # -- Controller-value of the controller that is processing this ingressClass
     controllerValue: "k8s.io/ingress-nginx"
@@ -125,7 +124,10 @@ controller:
     # configuration for the controller. This is optional if the controller
     # does not require extra parameters.
     parameters: {}
-  # -- For backwards compatibility with ingress.class annotation, use ingressClass. (comma-seperated list NOT supported)
+    # -- Additional ingressClass names
+    extraNames: []
+    # - nginx-external
+  # -- For backwards compatibility with ingress.class annotation, use ingressClass.
   # Algorithm is as follows, first ingressClassName is considered, if not present, controller looks for ingress.class annotation
   ingressClass: nginx
   # -- Labels to add to the pod container metadata