diff --git a/examples/agent-with-priority-class.yaml b/examples/agent-with-priority-class.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9407805c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/agent-with-priority-class.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1 
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: high-priority # priorityClassName here
+value: 1000000
+globalDefault: false
+description: "This priority class should be used for XYZ service pods only."
+---
+apiVersion: jaegertracing.io/v1
+kind: Jaeger
+metadata:
+  name: agent-as-daemonset
+spec:
+  agent:
+    strategy: DaemonSet
+    PriorityClassName: high-priority # priorityClassName here
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/jaeger_types.go b/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/jaeger_types.go
index 1ab1dd91c..4404fbab8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/jaeger_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/jaeger_types.go
@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ type JaegerAgentSpec struct {
 
 	// +optional
 	HostNetwork *bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty"`
+
+	// +optional
+	PriorityClassName string `json:"priorityClassName,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // JaegerStorageSpec defines the common storage options to be used for the query and collector
diff --git a/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/zz_generated.openapi.go
index a0b33fd7a..7ded93c85 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/jaegertracing/v1/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@ func schema_pkg_apis_jaegertracing_v1_JaegerAgentSpec(ref common.ReferenceCallba
 							Format: "",
 						},
 					},
+					"priorityClassName": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Type:   []string{"string"},
+							Format: "",
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/agent.go b/pkg/deployment/agent.go
index 4210ddbda..06c167b68 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/agent.go
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ func (a *Agent) Get() *appsv1.DaemonSet {
 	if a.jaeger.Spec.Agent.HostNetwork != nil {
 		hostNetwork = *a.jaeger.Spec.Agent.HostNetwork
 	}
-
+	priorityClassName := ""
+	if a.jaeger.Spec.Agent.PriorityClassName != "" {
+		priorityClassName = a.jaeger.Spec.Agent.PriorityClassName
+	}
 	return &appsv1.DaemonSet{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: "apps/v1",
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Get() *appsv1.DaemonSet {
 						VolumeMounts: commonSpec.VolumeMounts,
 					}},
 					HostNetwork:        hostNetwork,
+					PriorityClassName:  priorityClassName,
 					Volumes:            commonSpec.Volumes,
 					Affinity:           commonSpec.Affinity,
 					Tolerations:        commonSpec.Tolerations,
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/agent_test.go b/pkg/deployment/agent_test.go
index 3ee93701c..bea856836 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/agent_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/agent_test.go
@@ -245,3 +245,13 @@ func TestAgentHostNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	dep := a.Get()
 	assert.Equal(t, trueVar, dep.Spec.Template.Spec.HostNetwork)
 }
+
+func TestAgentPriorityClassName(t *testing.T) {
+	priorityClassName := "test-class"
+	jaeger := v1.NewJaeger(types.NamespacedName{Name: "my-instance"})
+	jaeger.Spec.Agent.Strategy = "daemonset"
+	jaeger.Spec.Agent.PriorityClassName = priorityClassName
+	a := NewAgent(jaeger)
+	dep := a.Get()
+	assert.Equal(t, priorityClassName, dep.Spec.Template.Spec.PriorityClassName)
+}