diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/9175-kaovilai b/changelogs/unreleased/9175-kaovilai
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f38607034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/9175-kaovilai
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add priorityclasses to high priority restore list
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/config/config.go b/pkg/cmd/server/config/config.go
index 9d08a9715..401a89632 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/config/config.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ var (
 			"secrets",
 			"configmaps",
 			"limitranges",
+			"priorityclasses",
 			"pods",
 			// we fully qualify replicasets.apps because prior to Kubernetes 1.16, replicasets also
 			// existed in the extensions API group, but we back up replicasets from "apps" so we want