diff --git a/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml b/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 02e3c5ed..adc265af 100644
--- a/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ spec:
       app: "{{ .Values.metadata.name }}"
   updateStrategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 25%
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ spec:
       {{- end}}
       # The following line is necessary for RBAC
       serviceAccountName: "{{ .Values.metadata.name }}"
+      priorityClassName: "{{ .Values.metadata.name }}-ds-priority"
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: "{{ .Values.metadata.name }}"
diff --git a/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/priorityclass.yaml b/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/priorityclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ea65402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/sysdig-agent/templates/priorityclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ .Values.metadata.name }}-ds-priority"
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+value: 999999
+preemptionPolicy: PreemptLowerPriority
+globalDefault: false
+description: "Sysdig Agent"