diff --git a/.changesets/feat_add_lifecycle_support_to_helm_chart.md b/.changesets/feat_add_lifecycle_support_to_helm_chart.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6049c9952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/feat_add_lifecycle_support_to_helm_chart.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+### Helm: exposes the lifecycle object on the router container ([Issue #3563](https://github.com/apollographql/router/issues/3563))
+
+You can now set the kubernetes lifecycle object on the router container in the helm chart.
+
+By [@bjoernw](https://github.com/bjoernw) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/3570
diff --git a/helm/chart/router/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/chart/router/templates/deployment.yaml
index 36587ea17a..2e5962a509 100644
--- a/helm/chart/router/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/chart/router/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ spec:
               containerPort: {{ .Values.containerPorts.metrics }}
               protocol: TCP
             {{- end }}
-
+          lifecycle:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.lifecycle | nindent 12 }}
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: "/health?live"
diff --git a/helm/chart/router/values.yaml b/helm/chart/router/values.yaml
index 6c8d6cd75b..f682a3f933 100644
--- a/helm/chart/router/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/chart/router/values.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ initContainers: []
 #   label_two_name: "label_two_value"
 extraLabels: {}
 
+lifecycle: {}
+#  preStop:
+#    exec:
+#      command:
+#        - /bin/bash
+#        - -c
+#        - sleep 10
+
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""