diff --git a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/podmonitor.yaml b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/podmonitor.yaml
index 0909c8d44962f..9d00945a29cdd 100644
--- a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/podmonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/podmonitor.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ spec:
   podMetricsEndpoints:
     - interval: {{ $podMonitor.scrapeInterval }}
       scrapeTimeout: {{ $podMonitor.scrapeTimeout }}
+      {{- if not (kindIs "invalid" $podMonitor.serviceMirror.honorTimestamps) }}
+      honorTimestamps: {{ $podMonitor.serviceMirror.honorTimestamps }}
+      {{- end }}
       relabelings:
         - sourceLabels:
             - __meta_kubernetes_pod_label_linkerd_io_control_plane_component
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ spec:
   podMetricsEndpoints:
     - interval: {{ $podMonitor.scrapeInterval }}
       scrapeTimeout: {{ $podMonitor.scrapeTimeout }}
+      {{- if not (kindIs "invalid" $podMonitor.proxy.honorTimestamps) }}
+      honorTimestamps: {{ $podMonitor.proxy.honorTimestamps }}
+      {{- end }}
       relabelings:
         - sourceLabels:
             - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name
diff --git a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/values.yaml b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/values.yaml
index 0735571633230..f809d36cc6de1 100644
--- a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/values.yaml
@@ -727,9 +727,16 @@ podMonitor:
   serviceMirror:
     # -- Enables the creation of PodMonitor for the Service Mirror component
     enabled: true
+    # -- Sets honorTimestamps for the Service Mirror PodMonitor endpoint. When set to false,
+    # Prometheus uses scrape time instead of exporter-provided timestamps.
+    honorTimestamps: false
   proxy:
     # -- Enables the creation of PodMonitor for the data-plane
     enabled: true
+    # -- Sets honorTimestamps for the proxy PodMonitor endpoint. When set to false,
+    # Prometheus uses scrape time instead of exporter-provided timestamps,
+    # preventing duplicate timestamp drops in clusters with frequent pod restarts.
+    honorTimestamps: false
 
 
 # Egress related configuration
diff --git a/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values.go b/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values.go
index de5c89d461e5f..770942c5b0947 100644
--- a/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values.go
+++ b/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values.go
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ type (
 
 	// PodMonitorComponent contains the fields to configure the Prometheus Operator `PodMonitor` for other components
 	PodMonitorComponent struct {
-		Enabled bool `json:"enabled"`
+		Enabled         bool  `json:"enabled"`
+		HonorTimestamps *bool `json:"honorTimestamps,omitempty"`
 	}
 
 	// PolicyController contains the fields to configure the policy controller container
diff --git a/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values_test.go b/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values_test.go
index 62bf3a3f7a0dc..b29f4efde2b1b 100644
--- a/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values_test.go
+++ b/pkg/charts/linkerd2/values_test.go
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ func TestNewValues(t *testing.T) {
   - linkerd-viz
 `,
 			},
-			ServiceMirror: &PodMonitorComponent{Enabled: true},
-			Proxy:         &PodMonitorComponent{Enabled: true},
+			ServiceMirror: &PodMonitorComponent{Enabled: true, HonorTimestamps: func() *bool { b := false; return &b }()},
+			Proxy:         &PodMonitorComponent{Enabled: true, HonorTimestamps: func() *bool { b := false; return &b }()},
 		},
 		DestinationController: &DestinationController{
 			MeshedHttp2ClientProtobuf: map[string]interface{}{