diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md
index 72784ad08..45efa1ff6 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md
@@ -253,9 +253,11 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the NGINX Gateway Fabr
 | `nginxGateway.lifecycle`                                | The `lifecycle` of the nginx-gateway container.                                                                                                                                                          | {}                                                                                                              |
 | `nginxGateway.extraVolumeMounts`                        | Extra `volumeMounts` for the nginxGateway container.                                                                                                                                                     | {}                                                                                                              |
 | `nginxGateway.gatewayClassName`                         | The name of the GatewayClass for the NGINX Gateway Fabric deployment.                                                                                                                                    | nginx                                                                                                           |
+| `nginxGateway.gatewayClassAnnotations`                  | Set of custom annotations for GatewayClass objects.                                                                                                                                                      | {}                                                                                                              |
 | `nginxGateway.gatewayControllerName`                    | The name of the Gateway controller. The controller name must be of the form: DOMAIN/PATH. The controller's domain is gateway.nginx.org.                                                                  | gateway.nginx.org/nginx-gateway-controller                                                                      |
 | `nginxGateway.kind`                                     | The kind of the NGINX Gateway Fabric installation - currently, only Deployment is supported.                                                                                                             | deployment                                                                                                      |
 | `nginxGateway.config`                                   | The dynamic configuration for the control plane that is contained in the NginxGateway resource                                                                                                           | [See nginxGateway.config section](values.yaml)                                                                  |
+| `nginxGateway.configAnnotations`                        | Set of custom annotations for NginxGateway objects.                                                                                                                                                      | {}                                                                                                              |
 | `nginxGateway.readinessProbe.enable`                    | Enable the /readyz endpoint on the control plane.                                                                                                                                                        | true                                                                                                            |
 | `nginxGateway.readinessProbe.port`                      | Port in which the readiness endpoint is exposed.                                                                                                                                                         | 8081                                                                                                            |
 | `nginxGateway.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds`       | The number of seconds after the Pod has started before the readiness probes are initiated.                                                                                                               | 3                                                                                                               |
diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/gatewayclass.yaml b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/gatewayclass.yaml
index 4ecafd287..ee08e1a72 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/gatewayclass.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/gatewayclass.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.nginxGateway.gatewayClassName }}
   labels:
   {{- include "nginx-gateway.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if .Values.nginxGateway.gatewayClassAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- range $key, $value := .Values.nginxGateway.gatewayClassAnnotations }}
+    {{ printf "%s: %s" $key $value }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   controllerName: {{ .Values.nginxGateway.gatewayControllerName }}
   {{- if .Values.nginx.config }}
diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/nginxgateway.yaml b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/nginxgateway.yaml
index 0385e44a0..40e9412b2 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/nginxgateway.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/nginxgateway.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,11 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   labels:
   {{- include "nginx-gateway.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if .Values.nginxGateway.configAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- range $key, $value := .Values.nginxGateway.configAnnotations }}
+    {{ printf "%s: %s" $key $value }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   {{- toYaml .Values.nginxGateway.config | nindent 2 }}
diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
index 9c2ec18df..10e0cdd04 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ nginxGateway:
   ## Fabric must have a unique corresponding GatewayClass resource. NGINX Gateway Fabric only processes resources that
   ## belong to its class - i.e. have the "gatewayClassName" field resource equal to the class.
   gatewayClassName: nginx
+  ## Set of custom annotations for GatewayClass objects, e.g:
+  ## gatewayClassAnnotations:
+  ##  someKey: someValue
+  gatewayClassAnnotations: {}
   ## The name of the Gateway controller. The controller name must be of the form: DOMAIN/PATH. The controller's domain
   ## is gateway.nginx.org.
   gatewayControllerName: gateway.nginx.org/nginx-gateway-controller
@@ -13,6 +17,10 @@ nginxGateway:
     logging:
       ## Log level. Supported values "info", "debug", "error".
       level: info
+  ## Set of custom annotations for NginxGateway objects, e.g:
+  ## configAnnotations:
+  ##  someKey: someValue
+  configAnnotations: {}
   ## The number of replicas of the NGINX Gateway Fabric Deployment.
   replicaCount: 1
   ## The configuration for leader election.