diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-autoscaling-behavior-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-autoscaling-behavior-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dca3f35f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-autoscaling-behavior-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+controller:
+  autoscaling:
+    enabled: true
+    behavior:
+      scaleDown:
+        stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
+        policies:
+        - type: Pods
+          value: 1
+          periodSeconds: 180
+  admissionWebhooks:
+    enabled: false
+  service:
+    type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-hpa.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
index fb14bdf6a..876315f33 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ spec:
   maxReplicas: {{ .Values.controller.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
   metrics:
   {{- with .Values.controller.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
-  - type: Resource 
-    resource: 
-      name: memory 
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: memory
       target:
         type: Utilization
         averageUtilization: {{ . }}
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ spec:
         averageUtilization: {{ . }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- with .Values.controller.autoscalingTemplate }}
-{{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.controller.autoscaling.behavior }}
+  behavior:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 1c3c1e021..08f915661 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -338,6 +338,19 @@ controller:
     maxReplicas: 11
     targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 50
     targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 50
+    behavior: {}
+      # scaleDown:
+      #   stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
+      #  policies:
+      #   - type: Pods
+      #     value: 1
+      #     periodSeconds: 180
+      # scaleUp:
+      #   stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
+      #   policies:
+      #   - type: Pods
+      #     value: 2
+      #     periodSeconds: 60
 
   autoscalingTemplate: []
   # Custom or additional autoscaling metrics