diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go
index b4fbb28c384f..a3a1dddc6ff0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap/default.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	SuggestedFlowSchemas = []*flowcontrol.FlowSchema{
 		SuggestedFlowSchemaSystemNodes,               // references "system" priority-level
+		SuggestedFlowSchemaProbes,                    // references "exempt" priority-level
 		SuggestedFlowSchemaSystemLeaderElection,      // references "leader-election" priority-level
 		SuggestedFlowSchemaWorkloadLeaderElection,    // references "leader-election" priority-level
 		SuggestedFlowSchemaKubeControllerManager,     // references "workload-high" priority-level
@@ -394,6 +395,19 @@ var (
 			},
 		},
 	)
+	// the following flow schema exempts probes
+	SuggestedFlowSchemaProbes = newFlowSchema(
+		"probes", "exempt", 2,
+		"", // distinguisherMethodType
+		flowcontrol.PolicyRulesWithSubjects{
+			Subjects: groups(user.AllUnauthenticated, user.AllAuthenticated),
+			NonResourceRules: []flowcontrol.NonResourcePolicyRule{
+				nonResourceRule(
+					[]string{"get"},
+					[]string{"/healthz", "/readyz", "/livez"}),
+			},
+		},
+	)
 )
 
 func newPriorityLevelConfiguration(name string, spec flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec) *flowcontrol.PriorityLevelConfiguration {