diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
index 8b8c8d82f..066488a04 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings }}
       metricRelabelings: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.jobLabel }}
+  jobLabel: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.jobLabel | quote }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.namespaceSelector }}
   namespaceSelector: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.namespaceSelector | nindent 4 }}
 {{ else }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 5c8eb6ce6..f4689f254 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ controller:
     serviceMonitor:
       enabled: false
       additionalLabels: {}
+      # The label to use to retrieve the job name from.
+      # jobLabel: "app.kubernetes.io/name"
       namespace: ""
       namespaceSelector: {}
       # Default: scrape .Release.Namespace only