diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index be633f0c..192e845d 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -220,7 +220,27 @@ function(params) {
         '--tls-cipher-suites=' + std.join(',', pa._config.tlsCipherSuites),
       ],
       resources: pa._config.resources,
-      ports: [{ containerPort: 6443 }],
+      readinessProbe: {
+        httpGet: {
+          path: '/readyz',
+          port: 'https',
+          scheme: 'HTTPS',
+        },
+        initialDelaySeconds: 30,
+        periodSeconds: 5,
+        failureThreshold: 5,
+      },
+      livenessProbe: {
+        httpGet: {
+          path: '/livez',
+          port: 'https',
+          scheme: 'HTTPS',
+        },
+        initialDelaySeconds: 30,
+        periodSeconds: 5,
+        failureThreshold: 5,
+      },
+      ports: [{ containerPort: 6443, name: 'https' }],
       volumeMounts: [
         { name: 'tmpfs', mountPath: '/tmp', readOnly: false },
         { name: 'volume-serving-cert', mountPath: '/var/run/serving-cert', readOnly: false },
diff --git a/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml b/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
index 159ca06c..cf3e3222 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
@@ -37,9 +37,26 @@ spec:
         - --secure-port=6443
         - --tls-cipher-suites=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
         image: k8s.gcr.io/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter:v0.9.1
+        livenessProbe:
+          failureThreshold: 5
+          httpGet:
+            path: /livez
+            port: https
+            scheme: HTTPS
+          initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          periodSeconds: 5
         name: prometheus-adapter
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6443
+          name: https
+        readinessProbe:
+          failureThreshold: 5
+          httpGet:
+            path: /readyz
+            port: https
+            scheme: HTTPS
+          initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          periodSeconds: 5
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 250m