diff --git a/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml b/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
index 00f11ebf7..7459d863c 100644
--- a/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ spec:
     foo_user: []  # role for application foo
   databases:
     foo: zalando  # dbname: owner
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      hugepages-2Mi: 250Mi
+      memory: 250Mi
   preparedDatabases:
     bar: {}
   postgresql:
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml b/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
index 6066abad1..2e0e7c71c 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ spec:
                         pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
                         # Note: the value specified here must not be zero or be higher
                         # than the corresponding limit.
+                      hugepages-2Mi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
+                      hugepages-1Gi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
                   requests:
                     type: object
                     properties:
@@ -448,6 +454,12 @@ spec:
                       memory:
                         type: string
                         pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
+                      hugepages-2Mi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
+                      hugepages-1Gi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
               schedulerName:
                 type: string
               serviceAnnotations:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
index 558a03f0f..9d162c5a9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package v1
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	acidzalando "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do"
-	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util"
 	apiextv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	acidzalando "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do"
+	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util"
 )
 
 // CRDResource* define names necesssary for the k8s CRD API
@@ -684,6 +685,14 @@ var PostgresCRDResourceValidation = apiextv1.CustomResourceValidation{
 										Type:    "string",
 										Pattern: "^(\\d+(e\\d+)?|\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(e\\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$",
 									},
+									"hugepages-2Mi": {
+										Type:    "string",
+										Pattern: "^(\\d+(e\\d+)?|\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(e\\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$",
+									},
+									"hugepages-1Gi": {
+										Type:    "string",
+										Pattern: "^(\\d+(e\\d+)?|\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(e\\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$",
+									},
 								},
 							},
 							"requests": {
@@ -697,6 +706,14 @@ var PostgresCRDResourceValidation = apiextv1.CustomResourceValidation{
 										Type:    "string",
 										Pattern: "^(\\d+(e\\d+)?|\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(e\\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$",
 									},
+									"hugepages-2Mi": {
+										Type:    "string",
+										Pattern: "^(\\d+(e\\d+)?|\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(e\\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$",
+									},
+									"hugepages-1Gi": {
+										Type:    "string",
+										Pattern: "^(\\d+(e\\d+)?|\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(e\\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$",
+									},
 								},
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
index 67007b522..4eed17048 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
@@ -153,8 +153,10 @@ type PostgresqlParam struct {
 
 // ResourceDescription describes CPU and memory resources defined for a cluster.
 type ResourceDescription struct {
-	CPU    string `json:"cpu"`
-	Memory string `json:"memory"`
+	CPU          string `json:"cpu"`
+	Memory       string `json:"memory"`
+	HugePages2Mi string `json:"hugepages-2Mi"`
+	HugePages1Gi string `json:"hugepages-1Gi"`
 }
 
 // Resources describes requests and limits for the cluster resouces.
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 8be32f09c..872cdc485 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
+	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+
 	acidv1 "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/spec"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util"
@@ -28,9 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/patroni"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/retryutil"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -267,6 +268,19 @@ func fillResourceList(spec acidv1.ResourceDescription, defaults acidv1.ResourceD
 		}
 	}
 
+	if spec.HugePages2Mi != "" {
+		requests[v1.ResourceHugePagesPrefix+"1Mi"], err = resource.ParseQuantity(spec.HugePages2Mi)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse hugepages-2Mi quantity: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if spec.HugePages1Gi != "" {
+		requests[v1.ResourceHugePagesPrefix+"1Gi"], err = resource.ParseQuantity(spec.HugePages1Gi)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse hugepages-1Gi quantity: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return requests, nil
 }