diff --git a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go
index bd03ec6ce..358c9f11e 100755
--- a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go
+++ b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func (sparkResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsCo
 	}
 	driverSpec := sparkOp.DriverSpec{
 		SparkPodSpec: sparkOp.SparkPodSpec{
+			Affinity:         config.GetK8sPluginConfig().DefaultAffinity,
 			Annotations:      annotations,
 			Labels:           labels,
 			EnvVars:          sparkEnvVars,
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ func (sparkResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsCo
 
 	executorSpec := sparkOp.ExecutorSpec{
 		SparkPodSpec: sparkOp.SparkPodSpec{
+			Affinity:         config.GetK8sPluginConfig().DefaultAffinity,
 			Annotations:      annotations,
 			Labels:           labels,
 			Image:            &container.Image,
diff --git a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go
index f7aa77ff0..4c61864ee 100755
--- a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go
+++ b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go
@@ -373,7 +373,27 @@ func TestBuildResourceSpark(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultEnvVarsFromEnv := make(map[string]string)
 	defaultEnvVarsFromEnv["fooEnv"] = "barEnv"
 
+	// Default affinity/anti-affinity
+	defaultAffinity := &corev1.Affinity{
+		NodeAffinity: &corev1.NodeAffinity{
+			RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &corev1.NodeSelector{
+				NodeSelectorTerms: []corev1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+					{
+						MatchExpressions: []corev1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+							{
+								Key:      "x/default",
+								Operator: corev1.NodeSelectorOpIn,
+								Values:   []string{"true"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	assert.NoError(t, config.SetK8sPluginConfig(&config.K8sPluginConfig{
+		DefaultAffinity: defaultAffinity,
 		DefaultPodSecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 			RunAsUser: &runAsUser,
 		},
@@ -538,6 +558,8 @@ func TestBuildResourceSpark(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Executor.EnvVars["foo"], defaultEnvVars["foo"])
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Driver.EnvVars["fooEnv"], defaultEnvVarsFromEnv["fooEnv"])
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Executor.EnvVars["fooEnv"], defaultEnvVarsFromEnv["fooEnv"])
+	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity, defaultAffinity)
+	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Executor.Affinity, defaultAffinity)
 
 	// Case 2: Driver/Executor request cores set.
 	dummyConfWithRequest := make(map[string]string)