diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a47601..a26bd41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,35 @@ for customizations. These can be configured in more detail via `values.yaml`.
 
 The following examples serve as individual configurations and as inspiration for how deployment problems can be solved.
 
+#### Avoid CPU throttling by defining a CPU limit
+
+If the application is deployed with a CPU resource limit, Prometheus may throw a CPU throttling warning for the
+application. This has more or less to do with the fact that the application finds the number of CPUs of the host, but
+cannot use the available CPU time to perform computing operations.
+
+The application must be informed that despite several CPUs only a part (limit) of the available computing time is
+available. As this is a Golang application, this can be implemented using `GOMAXPROCS`. The following example is one way
+of defining `GOMAXPROCS` automatically based on the defined CPU limit like `100m`. Please keep in mind, that the CFS
+rate of `100ms` - default on each kubernetes node, is also very important to avoid CPU throttling.
+
+Further information about this topic can be found [here](https://kanishk.io/posts/cpu-throttling-in-containerized-go-apps/).
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> The environment variable `GOMAXPROCS` is set automatically, when a CPU limit is defined. An explicit configuration is
+> not anymore required.
+
+```bash
+helm install prometheus-postgres-exporter prometheus-exporters/prometheus-postgres-exporter \
+  --set 'config.database.secret.databaseUsername=postgres' \
+  --set 'config.database.secret.databasePassword=postgres' \
+  --set 'config.database.secret.databaseConnectionUrl="postgres.example.local:5432/postgres?ssl=disable"' \
+  --set 'prometheus.metrics.enabled=true' \
+  --set 'prometheus.metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled=true' \
+  --set 'deployment.postgresExporter.env.name=GOMAXPROCS' \
+  --set 'deployment.postgresExporter.env.valueFrom.resourceFieldRef.resource=limits.cpu' \
+  --set 'deployment.postgresExporter.resources.limits.cpu=100m'
+```
+
 #### TLS authentication and encryption
 
 The first example shows how to deploy the metric exporter with TLS encryption. The verification of the custom TLS
diff --git a/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/_deployment.tpl b/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/_deployment.tpl
index 3cc9cf3..57d5935 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/_deployment.tpl
+++ b/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/_deployment.tpl
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
+{{/* env */}}
+
+{{- define "prometheus-postgres-exporter.deployment.env" -}}
+{{- $env := dict "env" (.Values.deployment.postgresExporter.env | default (list) ) }}
+{{- if and (hasKey .Values.deployment.postgresExporter.resources "limits") (hasKey .Values.deployment.postgresExporter.resources.limits "cpu") }}
+{{- $env = merge $env (dict "env" (list (dict "name" "GOMAXPROCS" "valueFrom" (dict "resourceFieldRef" (dict "resource" "limits.cpu"))))) }}
+{{- end }}
+{{ toYaml $env }}
+{{- end -}}
+
+
 {{/* envFrom */}}
 
 {{- define "prometheus-postgres-exporter.deployment.envFrom" -}}
diff --git a/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/deployment.yaml b/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/deployment.yaml
index 6effd80..a09b462 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/prometheus-postgres-exporter/deployment.yaml
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ spec:
         {{- range .Values.deployment.postgresExporter.args }}
         - {{ . | quote }}
         {{- end }}
-        {{- with .Values.deployment.postgresExporter.env }}
+        {{- $env := (include "prometheus-postgres-exporter.deployment.env" . | fromYaml) }}
+        {{- if and (hasKey $env "env") (gt (len $env.env) 0) }}
         env:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- toYaml $env.env | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- $envFrom := (include "prometheus-postgres-exporter.deployment.envFrom" . | fromYaml) }}
         {{- if hasKey $envFrom "envFrom" }}
diff --git a/unittests/deployment/deployment.yaml b/unittests/deployment/deployment.yaml
index dc06335..aead8fa 100644
--- a/unittests/deployment/deployment.yaml
+++ b/unittests/deployment/deployment.yaml
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ tests:
         cpu: 25m
         memory: 100MB
   asserts:
+  - equal:
+      path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+      value:
+      - name: GOMAXPROCS
+        valueFrom:
+          resourceFieldRef:
+            resource: limits.cpu
   - equal:
       path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources
       value: