diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 568c7b574d..845090e222 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
   * Remove deprecated annotation `service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"` in the `server-service` template. [[GH-1619](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1619)]
   * Support `minAvailable` on connect injector `PodDisruptionBudget`. [[GH-1557](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1557)]
   * Add `tolerations` and `nodeSelector` to Server ACL init jobs and `nodeSelector` to Webhook cert manager. [[GH-1581](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1581)]
+  * API Gateway: Create PodSecurityPolicy for controller when `global.enablePodSecurityPolicies=true`. [[GH-1656](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1656)]
 
 ## 1.0.0-beta3 (October 12, 2022)
 
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
index 0676c6ae4e..f84c5561c2 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -244,4 +244,12 @@ rules:
   - get
   - patch
   - update
+{{- if .Values.global.enablePodSecurityPolicies }}
+- apiGroups: ["policy"]
+  resources: ["podsecuritypolicies"]
+  resourceNames:
+    - {{ template "consul.fullname" . }}-api-gateway-controller
+  verbs:
+    - use
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..390d084303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{{- if and .Values.apiGateway.enabled .Values.global.enablePodSecurityPolicies }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodSecurityPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "consul.fullname" . }}-api-gateway-controller
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "consul.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "consul.chart" . }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    component: api-gateway-controller
+spec:
+  privileged: false
+  # Required to prevent escalations to root.
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  # This is redundant with non-root + disallow privilege escalation,
+  # but we can provide it for defense in depth.
+  requiredDropCapabilities:
+    - ALL
+  # Allow core volume types.
+  volumes:
+    - 'configMap'
+    - 'emptyDir'
+    - 'projected'
+    - 'secret'
+    - 'downwardAPI'
+  hostNetwork: false
+  hostIPC: false
+  hostPID: false
+  runAsUser:
+    rule: 'RunAsAny'
+  seLinux:
+    rule: 'RunAsAny'
+  supplementalGroups:
+    rule: 'RunAsAny'
+  fsGroup:
+    rule: 'RunAsAny'
+  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.bats
index a3edec027d..b69b6ac966 100644
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.bats
@@ -19,3 +19,15 @@ load _helpers
       yq 'length > 0' | tee /dev/stderr)
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
+
+@test "apiGateway/ClusterRole: uses PodSecurityPolicy with apiGateway.enabled=true and global.enablePodSecurityPolicies=true" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml \
+      --set 'global.enablePodSecurityPolicies=true' \
+      --set 'apiGateway.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'apiGateway.image=foo' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.rules[] | select((.resourceNames[0] == "release-name-consul-api-gateway-controller") and (.resources[0] == "podsecuritypolicies")) | length > 0' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfd40c793f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load _helpers
+
+@test "apiGateway/PodSecurityPolicy: disabled by default" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  assert_empty helm template \
+      -s templates/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.yaml  \
+      .
+}
+
+@test "apiGateway/PodSecurityPolicy: enabled with apiGateway.enabled=true and global.enablePodSecurityPolicies=true" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/api-gateway-controller-podsecuritypolicy.yaml  \
+      --set 'global.enablePodSecurityPolicies=true' \
+      --set 'apiGateway.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'apiGateway.image=foo' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq 'length > 0' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}