diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index 1ac3aced0ca4ffee8818e48ac14c0da000392b5d..4a4d6850fad0e1dd680668404b83b859fd5a1a5e 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -220,6 +220,26 @@ function(params) {
         '--tls-cipher-suites=' + std.join(',', pa._config.tlsCipherSuites),
       ],
       resources: pa._config.resources,
+      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 }],
       volumeMounts: [
         { name: 'tmpfs', mountPath: '/tmp', readOnly: false },
diff --git a/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml b/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
index a15128d09866057649caee75c174e2ec00927a0f..9ff5a3333f9c656f57d3f0b36f85d9a807cca1ea 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
@@ -38,9 +38,25 @@ 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
+        readinessProbe:
+          failureThreshold: 5
+          httpGet:
+            path: /readyz
+            port: https
+            scheme: HTTPS
+          initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          periodSeconds: 5
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 250m