diff --git a/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec b/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec
index 72d54fd7c..13e9ba307 100644
--- a/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Patch1:         0001-Add-Helm-v2-client-initialization-using-tiller-postS.patch
 Patch2:         0002-Tiller-wait-for-postgres-database-ping.patch
 Patch3:         0003-Update-the-liveness-probe-to-verify-postgres-connect.patch
 Patch4:         0004-Update-postgres-liveness-check-to-support-IPv6-addre.patch
+Patch5:         0005-Add-toleration-to-armada-api.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ BuildRequires: chartmuseum
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 
 %build
 # Package the armada chart tarball using methodology derived from:
diff --git a/kubernetes/armada/centos/files/0005-Add-toleration-to-armada-api.patch b/kubernetes/armada/centos/files/0005-Add-toleration-to-armada-api.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31cb98c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/armada/centos/files/0005-Add-toleration-to-armada-api.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+From 8f38dcdc7ba6448487283d14a745b8c299c47a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Enzo Candotti <enzo.candotti@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 18:25:10 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Add toleration to armada-api
+
+---
+ charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml        | 4 ++++
+ charts/armada/templates/tests/test-armada-api.yaml | 4 ++++
+ charts/armada/values.yaml                          | 2 ++
+ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+index d4eff7a..1859d99 100644
+--- a/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml
++++ b/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ spec:
+       initContainers:
+ {{ tuple $envAll "api" $mounts_armada_api_init | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_entrypoint_init_container" | indent 8 }}
+ {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "armada" "container" "armada_api_init" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
++{{- with .Values.pod.tolerations.api }}
++      tolerations:
++{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
++{{- end }}
+       containers:
+         - name: armada-api
+ {{ tuple $envAll "api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+diff --git a/charts/armada/templates/tests/test-armada-api.yaml b/charts/armada/templates/tests/test-armada-api.yaml
+index a467fc9..2733cfe 100644
+--- a/charts/armada/templates/tests/test-armada-api.yaml
++++ b/charts/armada/templates/tests/test-armada-api.yaml
+@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ metadata:
+ spec:
+ {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "api_test" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 2 }}
+   restartPolicy: Never
++{{- with .Values.pod.tolerations.api }}
++  tolerations:
++{{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
++{{- end }}
+   nodeSelector:
+     {{ .Values.labels.test.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.test.node_selector_value }}
+   containers:
+diff --git a/charts/armada/values.yaml b/charts/armada/values.yaml
+index e583947..247b15e 100644
+--- a/charts/armada/values.yaml
++++ b/charts/armada/values.yaml
+@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ monitoring:
+       port: 8000
+ 
+ pod:
++  tolerations:
++    api: []
+   mandatory_access_control:
+     type: apparmor
+     armada-api:
+-- 
+2.25.1
+