diff --git a/charts/podinfo/templates/service.yaml b/charts/podinfo/templates/service.yaml
index 040769a0a..125934057 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/podinfo/templates/service.yaml
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "podinfo.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if .Values.service.trafficDistribution }}
+  trafficDistribution: {{ .Values.service.trafficDistribution }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/podinfo/values.yaml b/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
index f34a78cc9..334f64e7f 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ service:
   # NOTE: requires privileged container with NET_BIND_SERVICE capability -- this is useful for testing
   # in local clusters such as kind without port forwarding
   hostPort:
+  # Stable from Kubernetes v1.33+ with a value of PreferClose. Additional values are PreferSameZone and PreferSameNode from v1.34+. Empty string means it's disabled.
+  trafficDistribution: ""
 
 # enable h2c protocol (non-TLS version of HTTP/2)
 h2c: