diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/openslice/templates/openslice-ingress.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/openslice/templates/openslice-ingress.yaml
index a5f731485acad1a42297e77910cf176a152cc576..365ffc7a6caeeec3d9bc76c7740e7e0090d25989 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/openslice/templates/openslice-ingress.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/openslice/templates/openslice-ingress.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml .Values.ingress.annotations | nindent 4 }}
   name: {{ include "openslice.fullname" . }}-openslice-ingress
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: nginx
+  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress.ingressClassName | quote }}
   rules:
     - http:
         paths:
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/openslice/values.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/openslice/values.yaml
index ee1f4f732b9ab57a796ff0d3e2725e0dbb21c5a5..e531b73b43b145f8c4c5da251c3733fa886c6e2d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/openslice/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/openslice/values.yaml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ service:
   port: 80
 
 ingress:
+  ingressClassName: nginx
   paths:
   - path: "/tmf-api"
     service: "osscapi"