diff --git a/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl b/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 05e5125c..49215fbc 100644
--- a/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -60,3 +60,10 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Return the target Kubernetes version
+*/}}
+{{- define "kube-httpcache.kubeVersion" -}}
+{{- default .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version .Values.kubeVersion -}}
+{{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/chart/templates/service.yaml b/chart/templates/service.yaml
index 9253ef68..e57ba1ed 100644
--- a/chart/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/service.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "kube-httpcache.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if semverCompare ">=1.31-0" (include "kube-httpcache.kubeVersion" .) }}
+  trafficDistribution: {{ .Values.service.trafficDistribution.mode }}
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 688554bf..57eb90e0 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""
 
+kubeVersion: ""
+
 # Enable StatefulSet (Deployment is default)
 useStatefulset:
   enabled: true
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ service:
   type: ClusterIP
   port: 80
   target: 8080
+  trafficDistribution:
+    mode: "PreferClose"
 #  annotations: {}
 
 ingress: