diff --git a/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/templates/node/daemonset.yaml b/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/templates/node/daemonset.yaml
index fc96e51d2b0..7c4f7fda2a0 100644
--- a/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/templates/node/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/templates/node/daemonset.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- else }}
+      {{- if .Values.csiNode.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClass: {{ .Values.csiNode.priorityClassName }}
+      {{- end }}
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
           requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
diff --git a/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/values.yaml b/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/values.yaml
index 0f0c3ec49be..fbeecda9973 100644
--- a/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/rancher-vsphere-csi/105.0.1+up3.3.1-rancher7/values.yaml
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ csiNode:
   ## Optional additional labels to add to pods
   podLabels: {}
   prefixPath: ""
-  prefixPathWindows: ""
+  prefixPathWindows: "" 
+  priorityClassName: "system-node-critical"
   image:
     repository: rancher/mirrored-cloud-provider-vsphere-csi-release-driver
     tag: latest