diff --git a/cmd/appgw-ingress/main.go b/cmd/appgw-ingress/main.go
index 6acb91651..47cd6d774 100644
--- a/cmd/appgw-ingress/main.go
+++ b/cmd/appgw-ingress/main.go
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strconv"
@@ -224,20 +228,64 @@ func main() {
 		metricStore,
 		env.HTTPServicePort)
 	httpServer.Start()
-
-	if err := appGwIngressController.Start(env); err != nil {
-		errorLine := fmt.Sprint("Could not start AGIC: ", err)
-		if agicPod != nil {
-			recorder.Event(agicPod, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.ReasonARMAuthFailure, errorLine)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	go runWithLeaderElection(ctx, kubeClient, env, func(ctx context.Context) {
+		if err := appGwIngressController.Start(env); err != nil {
+			errorLine := fmt.Sprint("Could not start AGIC: ", err)
+			if agicPod != nil {
+				recorder.Event(agicPod, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.ReasonARMAuthFailure, errorLine)
+			}
+			klog.Fatal(errorLine)
 		}
-		klog.Fatal(errorLine)
-	}
+	}, appGwIngressController.Stop)
 
 	sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigChan, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	<-sigChan
 
-	appGwIngressController.Stop()
 	httpServer.Stop()
 	klog.Info("Goodbye!")
 }
+
+func runWithLeaderElection(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, env environment.EnvVariables, start func(ctx context.Context), stop func()) {
+
+	id, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Fatalf("Error getting hostname: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	lock := &resourcelock.LeaseLock{
+		LeaseMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      env.IngressClassControllerName + "-lease",
+			Namespace: env.AGICPodNamespace,
+		},
+		Client: kubeClient.CoordinationV1(),
+		LockConfig: resourcelock.ResourceLockConfig{
+			Identity: id,
+		},
+	}
+
+	leaderelection.RunOrDie(ctx, leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig{
+		Lock:            lock,
+		ReleaseOnCancel: true,
+		LeaseDuration:   15 * time.Second,
+		RenewDeadline:   10 * time.Second,
+		RetryPeriod:     2 * time.Second,
+		Callbacks: leaderelection.LeaderCallbacks{
+			OnStartedLeading: func(ctx context.Context) {
+				klog.Infof("Became leader: %s", id)
+				start(ctx)
+			},
+			OnStoppedLeading: func() {
+				klog.Infof("Leader lost: %s", id)
+				stop()
+			},
+			OnNewLeader: func(identity string) {
+				if identity != id {
+					klog.Infof("New leader elected: %s", identity)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/helm/ingress-azure/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/ingress-azure/templates/deployment.yaml
index 13a836d91..d65c59b57 100644
--- a/helm/ingress-azure/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/ingress-azure/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
 spec:
-  replicas: 1 # TODO: Make configurable when leader election is supported.
+  replicas: {{ .Values.kubernetes.replicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: {{ template "application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress.name" . }}
diff --git a/helm/ingress-azure/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml b/helm/ingress-azure/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..612c94d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/ingress-azure/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: policy/v1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress.fullname" . }}
+spec:
+  maxUnavailable: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      release: {{ .Release.Name }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helm/ingress-azure/values.yaml b/helm/ingress-azure/values.yaml
index d9cbf7f9a..6b7ac0e18 100644
--- a/helm/ingress-azure/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/ingress-azure/values.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ image:
 
 
 kubernetes:
+  # Replicas for AGIC pod
+  replicas: 1
 
   # Namespace(s) AGIC watches; Leaving this blank watches all namespaces;
   # Accepts one or many comma-separated values