diff --git a/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/service.yaml b/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/service.yaml
index cfe7b56483..633d1775ee 100644
--- a/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/service.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ metadata:
 
 spec:
   type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
-  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  externalTrafficPolicy: {{ .Values.externalTrafficPolicy }}
   {{- if .Values.service.loadBalancerIP }}
   loadBalancerIP: {{ .Values.service.loadBalancerIP }}  
   {{- end }}  
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "splunk-connect-for-syslog.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
-  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  externalTrafficPolicy: {{ .Values.externalTrafficPolicy }}
   {{- if .Values.service.loadBalancerIP }}
   loadBalancerIP: {{ .Values.service.loadBalancerIP }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 02b2433da8..7e8020f1a4 100644
--- a/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       affinity:
+        {{- with .Values.nodeAffinity }}
+        nodeAffinity:
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- end }}
         podAntiAffinity:
           preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
           - weight: 100
diff --git a/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/values.yaml b/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/values.yaml
index 33aa7b3f85..814b1e55e8 100644
--- a/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/values.yaml
@@ -206,4 +206,8 @@ autoscaling:
 
 nodeSelector: {}
 
+nodeAffinity: {}
+
 tolerations: []
+
+externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster