diff --git a/plugins/contrib/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml b/plugins/contrib/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml
index c212c1adb..38be2e1bb 100644
--- a/plugins/contrib/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/plugins/contrib/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       affinity:
         {{- include "contrib-helpers.anti-affinity" . | nindent 8}}
+      {{- if .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+        {{- tpl (.Values.tolerations | toYaml) . | nindent 8}}
+      {{- end }}
       initContainers:
       {{- if .Values.waitForPostgres }}
         {{- include "contrib-helpers.init-containers.wait-for-postgres" . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/plugins/contrib/charts/app/values.yaml b/plugins/contrib/charts/app/values.yaml
index c44e9fe39..8a2dce179 100644
--- a/plugins/contrib/charts/app/values.yaml
+++ b/plugins/contrib/charts/app/values.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ entrypoint:
 args: []
 antiAffinity:
   enabled:
+tolerations:
+  # - key: startup
+  #   operator: Equal
+  #   value: cdtn
+  #   effect: NoSchedule
 onChangedPaths:
 onChangedAnnotate:
 onChangedNeeds: