diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md
index 73aaaa2bc6..2ab4681ccd 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/README.md
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the NGINX Gateway Fabri
 | `nginxGateway.leaderElection.enable` | Enable leader election. Leader election is used to avoid multiple replicas of the NGINX Gateway Fabric reporting the status of the Gateway API resources. If not enabled, all replicas of NGINX Gateway Fabric will update the statuses of the Gateway API resources. | bool | `true` |
 | `nginxGateway.leaderElection.lockName` | The name of the leader election lock. A Lease object with this name will be created in the same Namespace as the controller. | string | Autogenerated if not set or set to "". |
 | `nginxGateway.lifecycle` | The lifecycle of the nginx-gateway container. | object | `{}` |
+| `nginxGateway.podAnnotations` | Set of custom annotations for the NGINX Gateway Fabric pods. | object | `{}` |
 | `nginxGateway.productTelemetry.enable` | Enable the collection of product telemetry. | bool | `true` |
 | `nginxGateway.readinessProbe.enable` | Enable the /readyz endpoint on the control plane. | bool | `true` |
 | `nginxGateway.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds` | The number of seconds after the Pod has started before the readiness probes are initiated. | int | `3` |
diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/deployment.yaml
index ce2d38a8e9..6abed60a4a 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
       {{- include "nginx-gateway.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- if .Values.metrics.enable }}
+      {{- if or .Values.nginxGateway.podAnnotations .Values.metrics.enable }}
       annotations:
+        {{- if .Values.nginxGateway.podAnnotations }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.nginxGateway.podAnnotations | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.metrics.enable }}
         prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
         prometheus.io/port: "{{ .Values.metrics.port }}"
         {{- if .Values.metrics.secure }}
         prometheus.io/scheme: "https"
         {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
       containers:
diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
index e9804ae239..827d414fab 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ nginxGateway:
   # belong to its class - i.e. have the "gatewayClassName" field resource equal to the class.
   gatewayClassName: nginx
 
+  # -- Set of custom annotations for the NGINX Gateway Fabric pods.
+  podAnnotations: {}
+
   # -- Set of custom annotations for GatewayClass objects.
   gatewayClassAnnotations: {}