diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 6e1991a033d..cbed0ac4438 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -479,6 +479,12 @@ const (
 	//
 	// Enable support for specifying an existing PVC as a DataSource
 	VolumePVCDataSource featuregate.Feature = "VolumePVCDataSource"
+
+	// owner: @egernst
+	// alpha: v1.16
+	//
+	// Enables PodOverhead, for accounting pod overheads which are specific to a given RuntimeClass
+	PodOverhead featuregate.Feature = "PodOverhead"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -559,6 +565,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	LocalStorageCapacityIsolationFSQuotaMonitoring: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	NonPreemptingPriority:                          {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	VolumePVCDataSource:                            {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	PodOverhead:                                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
 	// inherited features from generic apiserver, relisted here to get a conflict if it is changed
 	// unintentionally on either side: