diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
index 3410480c42..aa8562c95d 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ pub struct PodSpec {
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     priorityClassName: Option<String>,
+
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    preemptionPolicy: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// See Reference / Kubernetes API / Workload Resources / Pod.
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml
index 120f63cc2f..d7c3423020 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ spec:
       - name: hostpath-vol-read-only
         hostPath:
           path: /tmp/results-read-only
+      preemptionPolicy: PreemptLowerPriority