diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/ingress.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/ingress.yaml
index ecfb7c470..47746b462 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "clusterName" . }}-dashboard
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }} # namespace:cluster
+  {{- if .Values.ingress.dashboard.labels }}
+  labels: {{- toYaml .Values.ingress.dashboard.labels | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end}}
   {{- if .Values.ingress.dashboard.annotations }}
   annotations: {{- toYaml .Values.ingress.dashboard.annotations | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
index 02d9e77a0..3ff95347e 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ ingress:
   # -- Enable an ingress for the ceph-dashboard
   dashboard:
     {}
+    # labels:
+    #   external-dns/private: "true"
     # annotations:
     #   external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: dashboard.example.com
     #   nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /ceph-dashboard/$2