diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index faab94c2d..1f912ea09 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.image.tag | string | `"v1.10.0"` |  |
 | 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 | object | `{"controllerValue":"k8s.io/ingress-nginx","default":false,"enabled":true,"name":"nginx","parameters":{}}` | This section refers to the creation of the IngressClass resource. IngressClasses are immutable and cannot be changed after creation. We do not support namespaced IngressClasses, yet, so a ClusterRole and a ClusterRoleBinding is required. |
+| controller.ingressClassResource | object | `{"aliases":[],"controllerValue":"k8s.io/ingress-nginx","default":false,"enabled":true,"name":"nginx","parameters":{}}` | This section refers to the creation of the IngressClass resource. IngressClasses are immutable and cannot be changed after creation. We do not support namespaced IngressClasses, yet, so a ClusterRole and a ClusterRoleBinding is required. |
+| controller.ingressClassResource.aliases | list | `[]` | Aliases of this IngressClass. Creates copies with identical settings but the respective alias as name. Useful for development environments with only one Ingress Controller but production-like Ingress resources. `default` gets enabled on the original IngressClass only. |
 | controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue | string | `"k8s.io/ingress-nginx"` | Controller of the IngressClass. An Ingress Controller looks for IngressClasses it should reconcile by this value. This value is also being set as the `--controller-class` argument of this Ingress Controller. Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/#ingress-class |
 | controller.ingressClassResource.default | bool | `false` | If true, Ingresses without `ingressClassName` get assigned to this IngressClass on creation. Ingress creation gets rejected if there are multiple default IngressClasses. Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/#default-ingress-class |
 | controller.ingressClassResource.enabled | bool | `true` | Create the IngressClass or not |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass-aliases.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass-aliases.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4b20690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass-aliases.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{{- if .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.enabled -}}
+{{- range .Values.controller.ingressClassResource.aliases }}
+---
+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: {{ . }}
+spec:
+  controller: {{ $.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue }}
+  {{- with $.Values.controller.ingressClassResource.parameters }}
+  parameters: {{ toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-ingressclass-aliases_test.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-ingressclass-aliases_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef0780d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-ingressclass-aliases_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+suite: Controller > IngressClass > Aliases
+templates:
+  - controller-ingressclass-aliases.yaml
+
+tests:
+  - it: should not create IngressClass aliases
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 0
+
+  - it: should create an IngressClass alias with name "nginx-alias" if `controller.ingressClassResource.aliases` is set
+    set:
+      controller.ingressClassResource.aliases:
+        - nginx-alias
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 1
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: nginx-alias
+
+  - it: should create an IngressClass alias without annotation `ingressclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class` if `controller.ingressClassResource.default` is true
+    set:
+      controller.ingressClassResource.aliases:
+        - nginx-alias
+      controller.ingressClassResource.default: true
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 1
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: nginx-alias
+      - notExists:
+          path: metadata.annotations["ingressclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class"]
+
+  - it: should create an IngressClass alias with controller "k8s.io/ingress-nginx-internal" if `controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue` is "k8s.io/ingress-nginx-internal"
+    set:
+      controller.ingressClassResource.aliases:
+        - nginx-alias
+      controller.ingressClassResource.controllerValue: k8s.io/ingress-nginx-internal
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 1
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: nginx-alias
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.controller
+          value: k8s.io/ingress-nginx-internal
+
+  - it: should create an IngressClass alias with parameters if `controller.ingressClassResource.parameters` is set
+    set:
+      controller.ingressClassResource.aliases:
+        - nginx-alias
+      controller.ingressClassResource.parameters:
+        apiGroup: k8s.example.com
+        kind: IngressParameters
+        name: external-lb
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 1
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: nginx-alias
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.parameters
+          value:
+            apiGroup: k8s.example.com
+            kind: IngressParameters
+            name: external-lb
+
+  - it: should create two IngressClass aliases if `controller.ingressClassResource.aliases` has two elements
+    set:
+      controller.ingressClassResource.aliases:
+        - nginx-alias-1
+        - nginx-alias-2
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 2
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: metadata.name
+          pattern: nginx-alias-(1|2)
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 50f958562..5be9519df 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ controller:
     # This value is also being set as the `--controller-class` argument of this Ingress Controller.
     # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/#ingress-class
     controllerValue: k8s.io/ingress-nginx
+    # -- Aliases of this IngressClass. Creates copies with identical settings but the respective alias as name.
+    # Useful for development environments with only one Ingress Controller but production-like Ingress resources.
+    # `default` gets enabled on the original IngressClass only.
+    aliases: []
+    # aliases:
+    # - nginx-alias-1
+    # - nginx-alias-2
     # -- A link to a custom resource containing additional configuration for the controller.
     # This is optional if the controller consuming this IngressClass does not require additional parameters.
     # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/#ingress-class