diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
index 88cf81e1d3b..3f45637f8be 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ dns_prevent_single_point_failure: "{{ 'true' if dns_min_replicas | int > 1 else
 enable_coredns_reverse_dns_lookups: true
 coredns_ordinal_suffix: ""
 # dns_extra_tolerations: [{effect: NoSchedule, operator: "Exists"}]
+coredns_affinity:
+  podAntiAffinity:
+    requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+      - topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+        labelSelector:
+          matchLabels:
+            k8s-app: kube-dns{{ coredns_ordinal_suffix }}
+  nodeAffinity:
+    preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+      - weight: 100
+        preference:
+          matchExpressions:
+            - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+              operator: In
+              values:
+                - ""
 coredns_deployment_nodeselector: "kubernetes.io/os: linux"
 coredns_default_zone_cache_block: |
   cache 30
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-deployment.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-deployment.yml.j2
index e929dba6286..52c0375ab67 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-deployment.yml.j2
@@ -38,21 +38,9 @@ spec:
         {{ dns_extra_tolerations | list | to_nice_yaml(indent=2) | indent(8) }}
 {% endif %}
       affinity:
-        podAntiAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-          - topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
-            labelSelector:
-              matchLabels:
-                k8s-app: kube-dns{{ coredns_ordinal_suffix }}
-        nodeAffinity:
-          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-          - weight: 100
-            preference:
-              matchExpressions:
-              - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - ""
+{% if coredns_affinity is defined %}
+        {{ coredns_affinity | to_nice_yaml(indent=2) | indent(8) }}
+{% endif %}
       containers:
       - name: coredns
         image: "{{ coredns_image_repo }}:{{ coredns_image_tag }}"