diff --git a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.8.md b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.8.md
index 18179a234..fd7acbc51 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.8.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.8.md
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ When cutting a new release, update the `unreleased` heading to the tag being gen
 * [CHANGE] Upgrade to cass-operator v1.16.0
 * [ENHANCEMENT] [#693](https://github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/issues/693) Build and publish arm64 images
 * [ENHANCEMENT] [#842](https://github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/issues/842) Remove usages of deprecated created-by label
+* [ENHANCEMENT] [#1010](https://github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/issues/1010) Add nodeSelector and tolerations parameters to operator helm chart
diff --git a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/crd/batch_job.yaml b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/crd/batch_job.yaml
index 9c4e5f561..83ff69a05 100644
--- a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/crd/batch_job.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/crd/batch_job.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ spec:
             - {{ .Chart.Version }}
             - --chartName
             - {{ .Chart.Name }}
+      {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector: {{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations: {{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index cd8ee48cb..c454acffd 100644
--- a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ spec:
         - mountPath: /tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs
           name: cert
           readOnly: true
+      {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector: {{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations: {{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
       - configMap:
diff --git a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/values.yaml b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/values.yaml
index b16bf9576..bc36b1b8f 100644
--- a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/values.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ securityContext:
 # `requests` and `limits` for `cpu` and `memory` while removing the existing
 # `{}`
 resources: {}
+# -- Node labels for operator pod assignment
+## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/
+##
+nodeSelector: {}
+# -- Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints
+## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/
+##
+tolerations: []
 # -- The cleaner is a pre-delete hook that that ensures objects with finalizers
 # get deleted. For example, cass-operator sets a finalizer on the
 # CassandraDatacenter. Kubernetes blocks deletion of an object until all of its