diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml
index 3a568e22a..4f5c78ca1 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/cephcluster.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ spec:
 {{- if .Values.monitoring.externalMgrPrometheusPort }}
     externalMgrPrometheusPort: {{ toYaml .Values.monitoring.externalMgrPrometheusPort }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.monitoring.interval }}
+    interval: {{ .Values.monitoring.interval }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
 {{ toYaml .Values.cephClusterSpec | indent 2 }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
index 67ed48f4b..fb2499c47 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ monitoring:
   # Monitoring settings for external clusters:
   # externalMgrEndpoints: <list of endpoints>
   # externalMgrPrometheusPort: <port>
+  # Scrape interval for prometheus
+  # interval: 5s
   # allow adding custom labels and annotations to the prometheus rule
   prometheusRule:
     # -- Labels applied to PrometheusRule