diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
index c6c79fe5d..0d67e62d2 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ configKubernetes:
   spilo_allow_privilege_escalation: true
   # storage resize strategy, available options are: ebs, pvc, off
   storage_resize_mode: pvc
+  # pod toleration assigned to instances of every Postgres cluster
+  # toleration:
+  #   key: db-only
+  #   operator: Exists
+  #   effect: NoSchedule
+
   # operator watches for postgres objects in the given namespace
   watched_namespace: "*"  # listen to all namespaces
 
diff --git a/manifests/configmap.yaml b/manifests/configmap.yaml
index e1bee04a6..7d8a180bb 100644
--- a/manifests/configmap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/configmap.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ data:
   # team_admin_role: "admin"
   # team_api_role_configuration: "log_statement:all"
   # teams_api_url: http://fake-teams-api.default.svc.cluster.local
-  # toleration: ""
+  # toleration: "key:db-only,operator:Exists,effect:NoSchedule"
   # wal_az_storage_account: ""
   # wal_gs_bucket: ""
   # wal_s3_bucket: ""
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
index dde3c3020..6433e510a 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ configuration:
     # spilo_fsgroup: 103
     spilo_privileged: false
     storage_resize_mode: pvc
-    # toleration: {}
+    # toleration:
+    #   key: db-only
+    #   operator: Exists
+    #   effect: NoSchedule
     # watched_namespace: ""
   postgres_pod_resources:
     default_cpu_limit: "1"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
index 673a59246..af4aa6c6e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func (c *Controller) importConfigurationFromCRD(fromCRD *acidv1.OperatorConfigur
 	result.MasterPodMoveTimeout = util.CoalesceDuration(time.Duration(fromCRD.Kubernetes.MasterPodMoveTimeout), "10m")
 	result.EnablePodAntiAffinity = fromCRD.Kubernetes.EnablePodAntiAffinity
 	result.PodAntiAffinityTopologyKey = util.Coalesce(fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodAntiAffinityTopologyKey, "kubernetes.io/hostname")
+	result.PodToleration = fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodToleration
 
 	// Postgres Pod resources
 	result.DefaultCPURequest = util.Coalesce(fromCRD.PostgresPodResources.DefaultCPURequest, "100m")