diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9defb8e..de75092 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -88,12 +88,23 @@
               port: {{ template "wfd-be.internalPort" . }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.liveness.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.liveness.failureThreshold }}
           {{ end }}
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
               port: {{ template "wfd-be.internalPort" . }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.readiness.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.readiness.failureThreshold }}
+          startupProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: {{ template "wfd-be.internalPort" . }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.startup.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            periodSeconds: {{ .Values.startup.periodSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.startup.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.startup.failureThreshold }}
           env:
           - name: JAVA_OPTIONS
             value: {{ .Values.config.javaOptions }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
index 4aebe7a..0d75ae3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,28 @@
   initialDelaySeconds: 60
   periodSeconds: 10
 
+# probe configuration parameters
+liveness:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 1
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 3
+  # necessary to disable liveness probe when setting breakpoints
+  # in debugger so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
+  enabled: true
+
+readiness:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 1
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 3
+
+startup:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 60
+
 service:
   type: NodePort
   portName: sdc-wfd-be