diff --git a/src/pepr/config.ts b/src/pepr/config.ts
index e227df63f..b72689f3c 100644
--- a/src/pepr/config.ts
+++ b/src/pepr/config.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ export const UDSConfig = {
   // Static CIDR range to use for KubeAPI instead of k8s watch
   kubeApiCidr: process.env.KUBEAPI_CIDR,
 
+  // Static CIDRs to use for KubeNodes instead of k8s watch. Comma separated list of CIDRs.
+  kubeNodeCidrs: process.env.KUBENODE_CIDRS,
+
   // Track if UDS Core identity-authorization layer is deployed
   isIdentityDeployed: false,
 };
diff --git a/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/generators/kubeNodes.ts b/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/generators/kubeNodes.ts
index cf19bd08f..c8cc6565d 100644
--- a/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/generators/kubeNodes.ts
+++ b/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/generators/kubeNodes.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ const nodeSet = new Set<string>();
  * and populating the nodeSet with their Internal IPs.
  */
 export async function initAllNodesTarget() {
+  // if a list of CIDRs is defined, use those
+  if (UDSConfig.kubeNodeCidrs) {
+    const nodeCidrs = UDSConfig.kubeNodeCidrs.split(",");
+    for (const nodeCidr of nodeCidrs) {
+      nodeSet.add(nodeCidr);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
   try {
     const nodes = await retryWithDelay(fetchKubernetesNodes, log);
     nodeSet.clear();
@@ -125,9 +134,9 @@ export async function updateKubeNodesNetworkPolicies() {
       await K8s(kind.NetworkPolicy).Apply(netPol, { force: true });
     } catch (err) {
       let message = err.data?.message || "Unknown error while applying KubeNode network policies";
-      if (UDSConfig.kubeApiCidr) {
+      if (UDSConfig.kubeNodeCidrs) {
         message +=
-          ", ensure that the KUBEAPI_CIDR override configured for the operator is correct.";
+          ", ensure that the KUBENODE_CIDRS override configured for the operator is correct.";
       }
       throw new Error(message);
     }
@@ -140,11 +149,23 @@ export async function updateKubeNodesNetworkPolicies() {
 function buildNodePolicies(nodeIPs: string[]): V1NetworkPolicyPeer[] {
   return nodeIPs.map(ip => ({
     ipBlock: {
-      cidr: `${ip}/32`,
+      cidr: format32cidr(ip),
     },
   }));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Utility function conditionally format an IP as a 32-bit CIDR.
+ */
+function format32cidr(ip: string): string {
+  // Check if the input already appears to have CIDR notation
+  if (ip.includes("/")) {
+    return ip;
+  }
+  // If not, append "/32"
+  return `${ip}/32`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Utility function to get the InternalIP of a node.
  */
diff --git a/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/policies.ts b/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/policies.ts
index e24ffc434..169537646 100644
--- a/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/policies.ts
+++ b/src/pepr/operator/controllers/network/policies.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ export async function networkPolicies(pkg: UDSPackage, namespace: string) {
         message +=
           ", ensure that the KUBEAPI_CIDR override configured for the operator is correct.";
       }
+      if (
+        UDSConfig.kubeNodeCidrs &&
+        policy.metadata.labels["uds/generated"] === RemoteGenerated.KubeAPI
+      ) {
+        message +=
+          ", ensure that the KUBENODE_CIDRS override configured for the operator is correct.";
+      }
       throw new Error(message);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/pepr/operator/index.ts b/src/pepr/operator/index.ts
index 765d50920..0a29edb78 100644
--- a/src/pepr/operator/index.ts
+++ b/src/pepr/operator/index.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ When(UDSPackage)
   });
 
 // Watch for changes to the API server EndpointSlice and update the API server CIDR
-When(a.Node).IsCreatedOrUpdated().Reconcile(updateKubeNodesFromCreateUpdate);
+if (!UDSConfig.kubeNodeCidrs) {
+  When(a.Node).IsCreatedOrUpdated().Reconcile(updateKubeNodesFromCreateUpdate);
+}
 
 // Watch for changes to the API server EndpointSlice and update the API server CIDR
-When(a.Node).IsDeleted().Reconcile(updateKubeNodesFromDelete);
+if (!UDSConfig.kubeNodeCidrs) {
+  When(a.Node).IsDeleted().Reconcile(updateKubeNodesFromDelete);
+}
diff --git a/src/pepr/uds-operator-config/values.yaml b/src/pepr/uds-operator-config/values.yaml
index dfd236a58..2ff06e045 100644
--- a/src/pepr/uds-operator-config/values.yaml
+++ b/src/pepr/uds-operator-config/values.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ operator:
   UDS_LOG_LEVEL: "###ZARF_VAR_UDS_LOG_LEVEL###"
   AUTHSERVICE_REDIS_URI: "###ZARF_VAR_AUTHSERVICE_REDIS_URI###"
   KUBEAPI_CIDR: ""
+  KUBENODE_CIDRS: ""
   # Allow Pepr watch to be configurable to react to dropped connections faster
   PEPR_LAST_SEEN_LIMIT_SECONDS: "300"
   # Allow Pepr to re-list resources more frequently to avoid missing resources