diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deployments/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
index b1351130a0..5372053b0c 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -129,3 +129,7 @@ Expand image name.
 {{- printf "%s:%s" .Values.controller.image.repository (include "nginx-ingress.tag" .) -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "nginx-ingress.prometheus.serviceName" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "nginx-ingress.fullname" .) "prometheus-service"  -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-prometheus-service.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-prometheus-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d36514284b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-prometheus-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{{- if and .Values.prometheus.create .Values.prometheus.service.create}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "nginx-ingress.prometheus.serviceName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "nginx-ingress.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+      {{- if .Values.prometheus.service.labels -}}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.prometheus.service.labels | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  ports:
+  - name: prometheus
+    protocol: TCP
+    port: {{ .Values.prometheus.port }}
+    targetPort: {{ .Values.prometheus.port }}
+  selector:
+    {{- include "nginx-ingress.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/values.schema.json b/deployments/helm-chart/values.schema.json
index dd43083a78..b8efc0b713 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/values.schema.json
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/values.schema.json
@@ -1504,6 +1504,26 @@
           "examples": [
             "http"
           ]
+        },
+        "service": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "default": {},
+          "properties": {
+            "create": {
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false,
+              "title": "The create",
+              "examples": [
+                true
+              ]
+            },
+            "labels": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "default": {},
+              "title": "The labels Schema",
+              "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-json-schema/master/v1.27.4/_definitions.json#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta/properties/labels"
+            }
+          }
         }
       },
       "examples": [
@@ -1755,7 +1775,11 @@
         "create": true,
         "port": 9113,
         "secret": "",
-        "scheme": "http"
+        "scheme": "http",
+        "service": {
+          "create": false,
+          "labels": {}
+        }
       },
       "serviceInsight": {
         "create": true,
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/values.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/values.yaml
index 62fe88e0fd..a6c38a76cc 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -382,19 +382,6 @@ controller:
     ## Secret must exist in the same namespace as the helm release.
     imagePullSecretName: ""
 
-  serviceMonitor:
-    ## Creates a serviceMonitor to expose statistics on the kubernetes pods.
-    create: false
-
-    ## Kubernetes object labels to attach to the serviceMonitor object.
-    labels: {}
-
-    ## A set of labels to allow the selection of endpoints for the ServiceMonitor.
-    selectorMatchLabels: {}
-
-    ## A list of endpoints allowed as part of this ServiceMonitor.
-    endpoints: []
-
   reportIngressStatus:
     ## Updates the address field in the status of Ingress resources with an external address of the Ingress Controller.
     ## You must also specify the source of the external address either through an external service via controller.reportIngressStatus.externalService,
@@ -452,6 +439,19 @@ controller:
   ## Configure root filesystem as read-only and add volumes for temporary data.
   readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
 
+  serviceMonitor:
+    ## Creates a serviceMonitor to expose statistics on the kubernetes pods.
+    create: false
+
+    ## Kubernetes object labels to attach to the serviceMonitor object.
+    labels: {}
+
+    ## A set of labels to allow the selection of endpoints for the ServiceMonitor.
+    selectorMatchLabels: {}
+
+    ## A list of endpoints allowed as part of this ServiceMonitor.
+    endpoints: []
+
 rbac:
   ## Configures RBAC.
   create: true
@@ -469,6 +469,13 @@ prometheus:
   ## Configures the HTTP scheme used.
   scheme: http
 
+  service:
+    ## Creates a ClusterIP Service to expose Prometheus metrics internally
+    ## Requires prometheus.create=true
+    create: false
+
+    labels: {}
+
 serviceInsight:
   ## Expose NGINX Plus Service Insight endpoint.
   create: false