diff --git a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
index b463c7d0b..8ae37472c 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ spec:
         confighash-mediaapi: mediaapi-{{ .Values.mediaapi | toYaml | sha256sum | trunc 32 }}
         confighash-syncapi: syncapi-{{ .Values.syncapi | toYaml | sha256sum | trunc 32 }}
     spec:
+      strategy:
+        type: {{ $.Values.strategy.type }}
+        {{- if eq $.Values.strategy.type "RollingUpdate" }}
+        rollingUpdate:
+          maxSurge: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxSurge }}
+          maxUnavailable: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable }}
+        {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: {{ include "dendrite.fullname" . }}-conf-vol
         secret:
diff --git a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
index c219d27f8..d6be2cdbb 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ persistence:
     # -- PVC Storage Request for the search volume
     capacity: "1Gi"
 
+strategy:
+  # -- Strategy to use for rolling updates (e.g. Recreate, RollingUpdate)
+  # If you are using ReadWriteOnce volumes, you should probably use Recreate
+  type: RollingUpdate
+  rollingUpdate:
+    # -- Maximum number of pods that can be unavailable during the update process
+    maxUnavailable: 25%
+    # -- Maximum number of pods that can be scheduled above the desired number of pods
+    maxSurge: 25%
+
 dendrite_config:
   version: 2
   global: