diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
index 2f6def589..0c94fcdd4 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ spec:
     spec:
     {{- if .Values.controller.dnsConfig }}
       dnsConfig: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.dnsConfig | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.controller.hostname }}
+      hostname: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.hostname | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
       dnsPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.dnsPolicy }}
     {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 7e2d223a9..d90f76b32 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ spec:
     spec:
     {{- if .Values.controller.dnsConfig }}
       dnsConfig: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.dnsConfig | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.controller.hostname }}
+      hostname: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.hostname | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
       dnsPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.dnsPolicy }}
     {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index f2f28ed91..976bc5419 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ controller:
   # Optionally customize the pod dnsConfig.
   dnsConfig: {}
 
+  # Optionally customize the pod hostname.
+  hostname: {}
+
   # Optionally change this to ClusterFirstWithHostNet in case you have 'hostNetwork: true'.
   # By default, while using host network, name resolution uses the host's DNS. If you wish nginx-controller
   # to keep resolving names inside the k8s network, use ClusterFirstWithHostNet.