diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
index 3f6d34165..2c67f1b64 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
@@ -42,15 +42,16 @@ type PostgresSpec struct {
 	// load balancers' source ranges are the same for master and replica services
 	AllowedSourceRanges []string `json:"allowedSourceRanges"`
 
-	NumberOfInstances    int32                `json:"numberOfInstances"`
-	Users                map[string]UserFlags `json:"users"`
-	MaintenanceWindows   []MaintenanceWindow  `json:"maintenanceWindows,omitempty"`
-	Clone                CloneDescription     `json:"clone"`
-	ClusterName          string               `json:"-"`
-	Databases            map[string]string    `json:"databases,omitempty"`
-	Tolerations          []v1.Toleration      `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
-	Sidecars             []Sidecar            `json:"sidecars,omitempty"`
-	PodPriorityClassName string               `json:"pod_priority_class_name,omitempty"`
+	NumberOfInstances     int32                `json:"numberOfInstances"`
+	Users                 map[string]UserFlags `json:"users"`
+	MaintenanceWindows    []MaintenanceWindow  `json:"maintenanceWindows,omitempty"`
+	Clone                 CloneDescription     `json:"clone"`
+	ClusterName           string               `json:"-"`
+	Databases             map[string]string    `json:"databases,omitempty"`
+	Tolerations           []v1.Toleration      `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
+	Sidecars              []Sidecar            `json:"sidecars,omitempty"`
+	PodPriorityClassName  string               `json:"pod_priority_class_name,omitempty"`
+	AllowMasterDisruption bool                 `json:"allow_master_disruption,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 574e26cde..0d8328e5b 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -1052,8 +1052,8 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateCloneEnvironment(description *acidv1.CloneDescription)
 func (c *Cluster) generatePodDisruptionBudget() *policybeta1.PodDisruptionBudget {
 	minAvailable := intstr.FromInt(1)
 
-	// Avoid creating an unsatisfyable budget.
-	if c.Spec.NumberOfInstances <= 1 {
+	// Is master disruption is enabled or if there is no master, set the budget to 0.
+	if c.Spec.AllowMasterDisruption || c.Spec.NumberOfInstances <= 0 {
 		minAvailable = intstr.FromInt(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
index 5c757af2f..6ea6b9732 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
@@ -114,14 +114,37 @@ func TestGeneratePodDisruptionBudget(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		// With a single instance.
+		// With zero instances.
 		{
 			New(
 				Config{OpConfig: config.Config{Resources: config.Resources{ClusterNameLabel: "cluster-name", PodRoleLabel: "spilo-role"}, PDBNameFormat: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"}},
 				k8sutil.KubernetesClient{},
 				acidv1.Postgresql{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "myapp-database", Namespace: "myapp"},
-					Spec:       acidv1.PostgresSpec{TeamID: "myapp", NumberOfInstances: 1}},
+					Spec:       acidv1.PostgresSpec{TeamID: "myapp", NumberOfInstances: 0}},
+				logger),
+			policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "postgres-myapp-database-pdb",
+					Namespace: "myapp",
+					Labels:    map[string]string{"team": "myapp", "cluster-name": "myapp-database"},
+				},
+				Spec: policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudgetSpec{
+					MinAvailable: toIntStr(0),
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{"spilo-role": "master", "cluster-name": "myapp-database"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		// With AllowMasterDisruption.
+		{
+			New(
+				Config{OpConfig: config.Config{Resources: config.Resources{ClusterNameLabel: "cluster-name", PodRoleLabel: "spilo-role"}, PDBNameFormat: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"}},
+				k8sutil.KubernetesClient{},
+				acidv1.Postgresql{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "myapp-database", Namespace: "myapp"},
+					Spec:       acidv1.PostgresSpec{TeamID: "myapp", NumberOfInstances: 3, AllowMasterDisruption: true}},
 				logger),
 			policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{