diff --git a/premerge/linux_container_pod_template.yaml b/premerge/linux_container_pod_template.yaml
index 186780f5..fb52ffae 100644
--- a/premerge/linux_container_pod_template.yaml
+++ b/premerge/linux_container_pod_template.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "false"
 spec:
   tolerations:
     - key: "premerge-platform"