diff --git a/libvirt/Chart.yaml b/libvirt/Chart.yaml
index 8e3eb6219..950099649 100644
--- a/libvirt/Chart.yaml
+++ b/libvirt/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm libvirt
 name: libvirt
-version: 0.1.5
+version: 0.1.6
 home: https://libvirt.org
 sources:
   - https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=summary
diff --git a/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml b/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
index ca9f633c4..2c0ccda84 100644
--- a/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */}}
 
+{{- define "libvirtReadinessProbeTemplate" }}
+exec:
+  command:
+    - bash
+    - -c
+    - /usr/bin/virsh list
+{{- end }}
+{{- define "libvirtLivenessProbeTemplate" }}
+exec:
+  command:
+    - bash
+    - -c
+    - /usr/bin/virsh list
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- define "libvirt.daemonset" }}
 {{- $daemonset := index . 0 }}
 {{- $configMapName := index . 1 }}
@@ -134,18 +149,8 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.secret_uuid }}"
             {{ end }}
           {{ end }}
-          readinessProbe:
-            exec:
-              command:
-              - bash
-              - -c
-              - /usr/bin/virsh list
-          livenessProbe:
-            exec:
-              command:
-              - bash
-              - -c
-              - /usr/bin/virsh list
+{{ dict "envAll" . "component" "libvirt" "container" "libvirt" "type" "readiness" "probeTemplate" (include "libvirtReadinessProbeTemplate" . | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" . "component" "libvirt" "container" "libvirt" "type" "liveness" "probeTemplate" (include "libvirtLivenessProbeTemplate" . | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/libvirt.sh
           lifecycle:
diff --git a/libvirt/values.yaml b/libvirt/values.yaml
index 0c03f51e8..b6cab8dbe 100644
--- a/libvirt/values.yaml
+++ b/libvirt/values.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,21 @@ conf:
     cgroup: "kubepods"
 
 pod:
+  probes:
+    libvirt:
+      libvirt:
+        liveness:
+          enabled: true
+          params:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 60
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+        readiness:
+          enabled: true
+          params:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+            periodSeconds: 60
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
   security_context:
     libvirt:
       pod:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml
index 65f958507..a46d6a7c8 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ libvirt:
   - 0.1.3 Create override for external ceph cinder backend
   - 0.1.4 Set unix socket auth method as none
   - 0.1.5 Use full image ref for docker official images
+  - 0.1.6 Enhancement to enable probes override from values.yaml
 ...