diff --git a/controller/setting_controller.go b/controller/setting_controller.go
index 5e93ccbbcd..8ffb7bbf7e 100644
--- a/controller/setting_controller.go
+++ b/controller/setting_controller.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	storagev1 "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ func NewSettingController(
 	var err error
 	if _, err = ds.SettingInformer.AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc:    sc.enqueueSetting,
-		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) { sc.enqueueSetting(cur) },
+		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) { sc.enqueueUpdateSetting(old, cur) },
 		DeleteFunc: sc.enqueueSetting,
 	}, settingControllerResyncPeriod); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -257,6 +258,10 @@ func (sc *SettingController) syncNonDangerZoneSettingsForManagedComponents(setti
 		if err := sc.updateLogLevel(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	case types.SettingNameDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass:
+		if err := sc.syncDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -946,6 +951,34 @@ func (sc *SettingController) updateLogLevel() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (sc *SettingController) syncDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass() error {
+	setting, err := sc.ds.GetSettingWithAutoFillingRO(types.SettingNameDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defaultStaticStorageClassName := setting.Value
+	_, err = sc.ds.GetStorageClassRO(defaultStaticStorageClassName)
+	if err != nil && apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		allowVolumeExpansion := true
+		storageClass := &storagev1.StorageClass{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: defaultStaticStorageClassName,
+			},
+			Provisioner:          types.LonghornDriverName,
+			AllowVolumeExpansion: &allowVolumeExpansion,
+			Parameters:           map[string]string{"staleReplicaTimeout": "30"},
+		}
+
+		if _, err := sc.ds.CreateStorageClass(storageClass); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
 // updateDataEngine deletes the corresponding instance manager pods immediately if the data engine setting is disabled.
 func (sc *SettingController) updateDataEngine(setting types.SettingName) error {
 	enabled, err := sc.ds.GetSettingAsBool(setting)
@@ -1285,6 +1318,31 @@ func (sc *SettingController) enqueueSetting(obj interface{}) {
 	sc.queue.Add(key)
 }
 
+func (sc *SettingController) enqueueUpdateSetting(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
+	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(newObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("failed to get key for object %#v: %v", newObj, err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	oldSetting := oldObj.(*longhorn.Setting)
+	if oldSetting.Name == string(types.SettingNameDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass) {
+		_, err := sc.ds.GetStorageClassRO(oldSetting.Value)
+		if err == nil {
+			if err := sc.ds.DeleteStorageClass(oldSetting.Value); err != nil {
+				utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("failed to delete old %v for object %#v: %v", types.SettingNameDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass, oldObj, err))
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("failed to get old %v for object %#v: %v", types.SettingNameDefaultLonghornStaticStorageClass, oldObj, err))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	sc.queue.Add(key)
+}
+
 func (sc *SettingController) enqueueSettingForNode(obj interface{}) {
 	if _, ok := obj.(*longhorn.Node); !ok {
 		// Ignore deleted node