diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f85702e..52f767db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 - None
 
 ## New features
-- None
+- [Helm] Add optional liveness and readiness probe - [#1604](https://github.com/jertel/elastalert2/pull/1604) - @aizerin
 
 ## Other changes
 - [Docs] Add missing documentation of the `aggregation_alert_time_compared_with_timestamp_field` option. - [#1588](https://github.com/jertel/elastalert2/pull/1588) - @nicolasnovelli
diff --git a/chart/elastalert2/README.md b/chart/elastalert2/README.md
index 5b35e563..6ef5ec0f 100644
--- a/chart/elastalert2/README.md
+++ b/chart/elastalert2/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `smtp_auth.username`                         | Optional SMTP mail server username. If the value is not empty, the smtp_auth secret will be created automatically.            | `NULL`                                                   |
 | `smtp_auth.password`                         | Optional SMTP mail server passwpord. This must be specified if the above field, `smtp_auth.username` is also specified.       | `NULL`                                                   |
 | `metrics.enabled`                            | Enable elastalert prometheus endpoint, add prometheus.io annotations to pod and create a service pointing to the port for prometheus to scrape the metrics      | `false`                |
+| `livenessProbe`                             | Liveness probe configuration                                                                                                   | `enabled: false`                                         |
+| `readinessProbe`                            | Readiness probe configuration                                                                                                  | `enabled: false`                                         |
 | `metrics.prometheusPort`                     | If "metrics" is set to true, prometheus metrics will be exposed by the pod on this port.                                      | `8080`                                                   |
 | `metrics.prometheusPortName`                 | Name of the port where metrics are exposed                                                                                    | `http-alt`                                               |
 | `metrics.prometheusScrapeAnnotations`        | If metrics are enabled, annotations to add to the pod for prometheus configuration. prometheus.io/port is also added during the prometheusPort and prometheusPortName values |  `{prometheus.io/scrape: "true" prometheus.io/path: "/"}` |
diff --git a/chart/elastalert2/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/elastalert2/templates/deployment.yaml
index e04f7c8c..b9d22ae5 100644
--- a/chart/elastalert2/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/elastalert2/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+{{- if .Values.livenessProbe.enabled }}
+        livenessProbe:
+{{ toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | indent 10 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.readinessProbe.enabled }}
+        readinessProbe:
+{{ toYaml .Values.readinessProbe | indent 10 }}
+{{- end }}
         env:
 {{- if .Values.elasticsearch.credentialsSecret }}
 {{- if .Values.elasticsearch.credentialsSecretUsernameKey }}
diff --git a/chart/elastalert2/values.yaml b/chart/elastalert2/values.yaml
index 0cb80419..8f1cf59f 100644
--- a/chart/elastalert2/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/elastalert2/values.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ rules: {}
   #   pagerduty_service_key: dummy
   #   pagerduty_client_name: ElastAlert Deadman Switch
 
+# Probes configuration
+livenessProbe:
+  enabled: false
+readinessProbe:
+  enabled: false
+
 serviceAccount:
   # Specifies whether a service account should be created
   create: true