diff --git a/charts/azimuth-chat/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml b/charts/azimuth-chat/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
index 74bd573..c008baa 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-chat/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
+++ b/charts/azimuth-chat/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ controls:
 sortOrder:
   - /azimuth-llm/huggingface/model
   - /azimuth-llm/huggingface/token
+  - /azimuth-llm/api/azimuthNodeGroupSelector
   - /azimuth-llm/ui/appSettings/model_instruction
   - /azimuth-llm/ui/appSettings/page_title
   - /azimuth-llm/api/image/version
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json b/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json
index d82ec38..4a28d11 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
                                     "default": "v0.11.0"
                                 }
                             }
+                        },
+                        "azimuthNodeGroupSelector": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "title": "Node Group",
+                            "description": "(Optional) Require that the LLM runs on a particular node group. Must match a node group name in the cluster."
                         }
                     }
                 },
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml b/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
index f6bac6a..51b07bf 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
+++ b/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ controls:
 sortOrder:
   - /azimuth-llm/huggingface/model
   - /azimuth-llm/huggingface/token
+  - /azimuth-llm/api/azimuthNodeGroupSelector
   - /azimuth-llm/ui/appSettings/page_title
   - /azimuth-llm/api/image/version
   - /azimuth-llm/ui/appSettings/llm_params/temperature
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json b/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json
index 105e581..d3ed2ee 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
                         "modelMaxContextLength": {
                             "title": "Model Context Length",
                             "description": "An override for the maximum context length to allow, if the model's default is not suitable."
+                        },
+                        "azimuthNodeGroupSelector": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "title": "Node Group",
+                            "description": "The node group to deploy the API backend to. Must match a node group label in the cluster. Leave empty to use any available node."
                         }
                     }
                 },
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-llm/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml b/charts/azimuth-llm/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
index 9989cc1..ca9386c 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-llm/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
+++ b/charts/azimuth-llm/azimuth-ui.schema.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ controls:
 sortOrder:
   - /huggingface/model
   - /huggingface/token
+  - /api/azimuthNodeGroupSelector
   - /ui/appSettings/model_instruction
   - /ui/appSettings/page_title
   - /api/image/version
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-llm/templates/api/deployment.yml b/charts/azimuth-llm/templates/api/deployment.yml
index 72b310f..12215e9 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-llm/templates/api/deployment.yml
+++ b/charts/azimuth-llm/templates/api/deployment.yml
@@ -82,9 +82,14 @@ spec:
           emptyDir:
             medium: Memory
             sizeLimit: 1Gi
-      {{- with $.Values.api.nodeSelector }}
+      {{- with .Values.api }}
+      {{- if .azimuthNodeGroupSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        capi.stackhpc.com/node-group: {{ .azimuthNodeGroupSelector | quote }}
+      {{- else if .nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        {{- toYaml .nodeSelector | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- with $.Values.api.affinity }}
       affinity:
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json
index 8f7d44d..5a24bfa 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
                             "default": "v0.11.0"
                         }
                     }
+                },
+                "azimuthNodeGroupSelector": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "title": "Node Group",
+                            "description": "The node group to deploy the API backend to. Must match a node group label in the cluster. Leave empty to use any available node."
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml
index 2b01b57..a551121 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ api:
   # - name: FOO
   #   value: "bar"
   extraEnv: []
+  # Azimuth node group selector label
+  azimuthNodeGroupSelector: ""
   # Pod node selector labels
   nodeSelector: {}
   # Pod tolerations