diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go b/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
index 6f62b62b73..98dfa9e52a 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ type OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	Tolerations []v1.Toleration `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
 
+	// NodeSelector to schedule OpenTelemetry Collector pods.
+	// This is only relevant to daemonsets, statefulsets and deployments
+	// +optional
+	NodeSelector map[string]string `json:"nodeSelector,omitempty"`
+
 	// PodAnnotations is the set of annotations that will be attached to
 	// Collector and Target Allocator pods.
 	// +optional
diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e2d1070709..90e3ae0a8e 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -330,6 +330,13 @@ func (in *OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *OpenTelemetryCollectorSp
 			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
 		}
 	}
+	if in.NodeSelector != nil {
+		in, out := &in.NodeSelector, &out.NodeSelector
+		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+	}
 	if in.PodAnnotations != nil {
 		in, out := &in.PodAnnotations, &out.PodAnnotations
 		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml b/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
index 733ac90a83..9bb28e7234 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ spec:
                 - sidecar
                 - statefulset
                 type: string
+              nodeSelector:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  type: string
+                description: NodeSelector to schedule OpenTelemetry Collector pods.
+                  This is only relevant to daemonsets, statefulsets and deployments
+                type: object
               podAnnotations:
                 additionalProperties:
                   type: string
diff --git a/pkg/collector/daemonset.go b/pkg/collector/daemonset.go
index 4da5b04092..8a1b373b8d 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/daemonset.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/daemonset.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func DaemonSet(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTelem
 					Containers:         []corev1.Container{Container(cfg, logger, otelcol)},
 					Volumes:            Volumes(cfg, otelcol),
 					Tolerations:        otelcol.Spec.Tolerations,
+					NodeSelector:       otelcol.Spec.NodeSelector,
 					HostNetwork:        otelcol.Spec.HostNetwork,
 					DNSPolicy:          getDnsPolicy(otelcol),
 					SecurityContext:    otelcol.Spec.PodSecurityContext,
diff --git a/pkg/collector/deployment.go b/pkg/collector/deployment.go
index 8a4abd212c..93256d2eba 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/deployment.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func Deployment(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTele
 					DNSPolicy:          getDnsPolicy(otelcol),
 					HostNetwork:        otelcol.Spec.HostNetwork,
 					Tolerations:        otelcol.Spec.Tolerations,
+					NodeSelector:       otelcol.Spec.NodeSelector,
 					SecurityContext:    otelcol.Spec.PodSecurityContext,
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/collector/statefulset.go b/pkg/collector/statefulset.go
index 6427633c0a..335846dddc 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/statefulset.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func StatefulSet(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTel
 					DNSPolicy:          getDnsPolicy(otelcol),
 					HostNetwork:        otelcol.Spec.HostNetwork,
 					Tolerations:        otelcol.Spec.Tolerations,
+					NodeSelector:       otelcol.Spec.NodeSelector,
 					SecurityContext:    otelcol.Spec.PodSecurityContext,
 				},
 			},