diff --git a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
index df7dbbdc3..3a0bd68d8 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         confighash: secret-{{ .Values.dendrite_config | 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 8a72f6693..396e70319 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ extraVolumeMounts: []
 # - mountPath: /etc/dendrite/extra-config
 #   name: extra-config
 
+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%
+
 strategy:
   # -- Strategy to use for rolling updates (e.g. Recreate, RollingUpdate)
   # If you are using ReadWriteOnce volumes, you should probably use Recreate