diff --git a/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/README.md b/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/README.md
index a64b54969b7e5..70e35a698e9de 100644
--- a/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/README.md
+++ b/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/README.md
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ Kubernetes: `>=1.21.0-0`
 | prometheus.logFormat | string | defaultLogLevel | log format (plain, json) of the prometheus instance |
 | prometheus.logLevel | string | defaultLogLevel | log level of the prometheus instance |
 | prometheus.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | NodeSelector section, See the [K8S documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#nodeselector) for more information |
+| prometheus.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | annotations for the prometheus pod |
 | prometheus.proxy | string | `nil` |  |
 | prometheus.remoteWrite | string | `nil` | Allows transparently sending samples to an endpoint. Mostly used for long term storage. |
 | prometheus.resources.cpu.limit | string | `nil` | Maximum amount of CPU units that the prometheus container can use |
diff --git a/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/templates/prometheus.yaml b/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/templates/prometheus.yaml
index d7615c0ffca05..9c2927d186e83 100644
--- a/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/templates/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/templates/prometheus.yaml
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ spec:
         {{- include "partials.proxy.config.annotations" .resources | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}{{ toYaml . | trim | nindent 8 }}{{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.prometheus.podAnnotations }}{{ toYaml . | trim | nindent 8 }}{{- end }}
         linkerd.io/inject: enabled
         config.alpha.linkerd.io/proxy-wait-before-exit-seconds: "0"
       labels:
diff --git a/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/values.yaml b/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/values.yaml
index dbbf37ac14997..9bd31407f87b4 100644
--- a/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/values.yaml
+++ b/viz/charts/linkerd-viz/values.yaml
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ prometheus:
     scrape_interval: 10s
     scrape_timeout: 10s
     evaluation_interval: 10s
+  
+  # -- annotations for the prometheus pod
+  podAnnotations: {}
 
   # -- Alert relabeling is applied to alerts before they are sent to the
   # Alertmanager.