diff --git a/pkg/inject/inject.go b/pkg/inject/inject.go
index 304c2dc44..e496828e0 100644
--- a/pkg/inject/inject.go
+++ b/pkg/inject/inject.go
@@ -537,7 +537,10 @@ func (conf *ResourceConfig) injectPodAnnotations(values *patch) {
 }
 
 func (conf *ResourceConfig) getOverride(annotation string) string {
-	return conf.pod.meta.Annotations[annotation]
+	if override := conf.pod.meta.Annotations[annotation]; override != "" {
+		return override
+	}
+	return conf.nsAnnotations[annotation]
 }
 
 func (conf *ResourceConfig) proxyImage() string {
diff --git a/pkg/inject/inject_test.go b/pkg/inject/inject_test.go
index c8e14d413..dc9c28068 100644
--- a/pkg/inject/inject_test.go
+++ b/pkg/inject/inject_test.go
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ func TestConfigAccessors(t *testing.T) {
 	configs := &config.All{Global: globalConfig, Proxy: proxyConfig}
 
 	var testCases = []struct {
-		id       string
-		spec     appsv1.DeploymentSpec
-		expected expectedProxyConfigs
+		id            string
+		nsAnnotations map[string]string
+		spec          appsv1.DeploymentSpec
+		expected      expectedProxyConfigs
 	}{
 		{id: "use overrides",
 			spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
@@ -168,6 +169,58 @@ func TestConfigAccessors(t *testing.T) {
 				outboundSkipPorts:   "9079",
 			},
 		},
+		{id: "use namespace overrides",
+			nsAnnotations: map[string]string{
+				k8s.ProxyDisableIdentityAnnotation:        "true",
+				k8s.ProxyImageAnnotation:                  "gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy",
+				k8s.ProxyImagePullPolicyAnnotation:        "Always",
+				k8s.ProxyInitImageAnnotation:              "gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy-init",
+				k8s.ProxyControlPortAnnotation:            "4000",
+				k8s.ProxyInboundPortAnnotation:            "5000",
+				k8s.ProxyAdminPortAnnotation:              "5001",
+				k8s.ProxyOutboundPortAnnotation:           "5002",
+				k8s.ProxyIgnoreInboundPortsAnnotation:     "4222,6222",
+				k8s.ProxyIgnoreOutboundPortsAnnotation:    "8079,8080",
+				k8s.ProxyCPURequestAnnotation:             "0.15",
+				k8s.ProxyMemoryRequestAnnotation:          "120",
+				k8s.ProxyCPULimitAnnotation:               "1.5",
+				k8s.ProxyMemoryLimitAnnotation:            "256",
+				k8s.ProxyUIDAnnotation:                    "8500",
+				k8s.ProxyLogLevelAnnotation:               "debug,linkerd2_proxy=debug",
+				k8s.ProxyEnableExternalProfilesAnnotation: "false",
+				k8s.ProxyVersionOverrideAnnotation:        proxyVersionOverride},
+			spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
+				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: expectedProxyConfigs{
+				image:           "gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy",
+				imagePullPolicy: "Always",
+				proxyVersion:    proxyVersionOverride,
+				controlPort:     int32(4000),
+				inboundPort:     int32(5000),
+				adminPort:       int32(5001),
+				outboundPort:    int32(5002),
+				logLevel:        "debug,linkerd2_proxy=debug",
+				resourceRequirements: &charts.Resources{
+					CPU: charts.Constraints{
+						Limit:   "1500m",
+						Request: "150m",
+					},
+					Memory: charts.Constraints{
+						Limit:   "256",
+						Request: "120",
+					},
+				},
+				proxyUID:            int64(8500),
+				initImage:           "gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy-init",
+				initImagePullPolicy: "Always",
+				initVersion:         version.ProxyInitVersion,
+				inboundSkipPorts:    "4222,6222",
+				outboundSkipPorts:   "8079,8080",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
@@ -178,7 +231,7 @@ func TestConfigAccessors(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
-			resourceConfig := NewResourceConfig(configs, OriginUnknown).WithKind("Deployment")
+			resourceConfig := NewResourceConfig(configs, OriginUnknown).WithKind("Deployment").WithNsAnnotations(testCase.nsAnnotations)
 			if err := resourceConfig.parse(data); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
diff --git a/test/inject/inject_test.go b/test/inject/inject_test.go
index fbbdfc678..c40c04537 100644
--- a/test/inject/inject_test.go
+++ b/test/inject/inject_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+
 	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/pkg/k8s"
 	"github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/pkg/version"
@@ -89,6 +92,72 @@ func TestInjectParams(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNamespaceOverrideAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
+	// Check for Namespace level override of proxy Configurations
+	injectYAML, err := testutil.ReadFile("testdata/inject_test.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read inject test file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	injectNS := "inject-namespace-override-test"
+	deployName := "inject-test-terminus"
+	nsProxyMemReq := "50Mi"
+	nsProxyCPUReq := "200m"
+
+	// Namespace level proxy configuration override
+	nsAnnotations := map[string]string{
+		k8s.ProxyInjectAnnotation:        k8s.ProxyInjectEnabled,
+		k8s.ProxyCPURequestAnnotation:    nsProxyCPUReq,
+		k8s.ProxyMemoryRequestAnnotation: nsProxyMemReq,
+	}
+
+	ns := TestHelper.GetTestNamespace(injectNS)
+	err = TestHelper.CreateNamespaceIfNotExists(ns, nsAnnotations)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create %s namespace: %s", ns, err)
+	}
+
+	// patch injectYAML with unique name and pod annotations
+	// Pod Level proxy configuration override
+	podProxyCPUReq := "600m"
+	podAnnotations := map[string]string{
+		k8s.ProxyCPURequestAnnotation: podProxyCPUReq,
+	}
+
+	patchedYAML, err := patchDeploy(injectYAML, deployName, podAnnotations)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to patch inject test YAML in namespace %s for deploy/%s: %s", ns, deployName, err)
+	}
+
+	o, err := TestHelper.Kubectl(patchedYAML, "--namespace", ns, "create", "-f", "-")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create deploy/%s in namespace %s for  %s: %s", deployName, ns, err, o)
+	}
+
+	o, err = TestHelper.Kubectl("", "--namespace", ns, "wait", "--for=condition=available", "--timeout=30s", "deploy/"+deployName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to wait for condition=available for deploy/%s in namespace %s: %s: %s", deployName, ns, err, o)
+	}
+
+	pods, err := TestHelper.GetPodsForDeployment(ns, deployName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to get pods for namespace %s: %s", ns, err)
+	}
+
+	containers := pods[0].Spec.Containers
+	proxyContainer := getProxyContainer(containers)
+
+	// Match the pod configuration with the namespace level overrides
+	if proxyContainer.Resources.Requests["memory"] != resource.MustParse(nsProxyMemReq) {
+		t.Fatalf("proxy memory resource request falied to match with namespace level override")
+	}
+
+	// Match with proxy level override
+	if proxyContainer.Resources.Requests["cpu"] != resource.MustParse(podProxyCPUReq) {
+		t.Fatalf("proxy cpu resource request falied to match with pod level override")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAnnotationPermutations(t *testing.T) {
 	injectYAML, err := testutil.ReadFile("testdata/inject_test.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -287,3 +356,15 @@ func validateInject(actual, fixtureFile string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Get Proxy Container from Containers
+func getProxyContainer(containers []v1.Container) *v1.Container {
+	for _, c := range containers {
+		container := c
+		if container.Name == k8s.ProxyContainerName {
+			return &container
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}