diff --git a/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg b/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg
index 536f0061e4cbd..960fe8ff5f514 100644
--- a/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg
+++ b/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg
@@ -664,6 +664,16 @@ gcp_service_account_keys =
 # It will raise an exception if called from a process not running in a kubernetes environment.
 in_cluster = True
 
+# Affinity configuration as a single line formatted JSON object.
+# See the affinity model for top-level key names (e.g. `nodeAffinity`, etc.):
+#   https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.12/#affinity-v1-core
+affinity =
+
+# A list of toleration objects as a single line formatted JSON array
+# See:
+#   https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.12/#toleration-v1-core
+tolerations =
+
 [kubernetes_node_selectors]
 # The Key-value pairs to be given to worker pods.
 # The worker pods will be scheduled to the nodes of the specified key-value pairs.
diff --git a/airflow/contrib/example_dags/example_kubernetes_executor.py b/airflow/contrib/example_dags/example_kubernetes_executor.py
index 1d9bb7304318b..d03e255ab3287 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/example_dags/example_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/example_dags/example_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -32,6 +32,31 @@
     schedule_interval=None
 )
 
+affinity = {
+    'podAntiAffinity': {
+        'requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution': [
+            {
+                'topologyKey': 'kubernetes.io/hostname',
+                'labelSelector': {
+                    'matchExpressions': [
+                        {
+                            'key': 'app',
+                            'operator': 'In',
+                            'values': ['airflow']
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+tolerations = [{
+    'key': 'dedicated',
+    'operator': 'Equal',
+    'value': 'airflow'
+}]
+
 
 def print_stuff():
     print("stuff!")
@@ -59,11 +84,14 @@ def use_zip_binary():
     executor_config={"KubernetesExecutor": {"image": "airflow/ci_zip:latest"}}
 )
 
-# Limit resources on this operator/task
+# Limit resources on this operator/task with node affinity & tolerations
 three_task = PythonOperator(
     task_id="three_task", python_callable=print_stuff, dag=dag,
     executor_config={
-        "KubernetesExecutor": {"request_memory": "128Mi", "limit_memory": "128Mi"}}
+        "KubernetesExecutor": {"request_memory": "128Mi",
+                               "limit_memory": "128Mi",
+                               "tolerations": tolerations,
+                               "affinity": affinity}}
 )
 
 start_task.set_downstream([one_task, two_task, three_task])
diff --git a/airflow/contrib/executors/kubernetes_executor.py b/airflow/contrib/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
index 5cb27d7551db1..fa81cf32036fb 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import base64
+import json
 import multiprocessing
 from queue import Queue
 from dateutil import parser
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class KubernetesExecutorConfig:
     def __init__(self, image=None, image_pull_policy=None, request_memory=None,
                  request_cpu=None, limit_memory=None, limit_cpu=None,
                  gcp_service_account_key=None, node_selectors=None, affinity=None,
-                 annotations=None, volumes=None, volume_mounts=None):
+                 annotations=None, volumes=None, volume_mounts=None, tolerations=None):
         self.image = image
         self.image_pull_policy = image_pull_policy
         self.request_memory = request_memory
@@ -53,16 +54,18 @@ def __init__(self, image=None, image_pull_policy=None, request_memory=None,
         self.annotations = annotations
         self.volumes = volumes
         self.volume_mounts = volume_mounts
+        self.tolerations = tolerations
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "{}(image={}, image_pull_policy={}, request_memory={}, request_cpu={}, " \
                "limit_memory={}, limit_cpu={}, gcp_service_account_key={}, " \
                "node_selectors={}, affinity={}, annotations={}, volumes={}, " \
-               "volume_mounts={})" \
+               "volume_mounts={}, tolerations={})" \
             .format(KubernetesExecutorConfig.__name__, self.image, self.image_pull_policy,
                     self.request_memory, self.request_cpu, self.limit_memory,
                     self.limit_cpu, self.gcp_service_account_key, self.node_selectors,
-                    self.affinity, self.annotations, self.volumes, self.volume_mounts)
+                    self.affinity, self.annotations, self.volumes, self.volume_mounts,
+                    self.tolerations)
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_dict(obj):
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ def from_dict(obj):
             annotations=namespaced.get('annotations', {}),
             volumes=namespaced.get('volumes', []),
             volume_mounts=namespaced.get('volume_mounts', []),
+            tolerations=namespaced.get('tolerations', None),
         )
 
     def as_dict(self):
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ def as_dict(self):
             'annotations': self.annotations,
             'volumes': self.volumes,
             'volume_mounts': self.volume_mounts,
+            'tolerations': self.tolerations,
         }
 
 
@@ -217,6 +222,18 @@ def __init__(self):
         # configmap
         self.airflow_configmap = conf.get(self.kubernetes_section, 'airflow_configmap')
 
+        affinity_json = conf.get(self.kubernetes_section, 'affinity')
+        if affinity_json:
+            self.kube_affinity = json.loads(affinity_json)
+        else:
+            self.kube_affinity = None
+
+        tolerations_json = conf.get(self.kubernetes_section, 'tolerations')
+        if tolerations_json:
+            self.kube_tolerations = json.loads(tolerations_json)
+        else:
+            self.kube_tolerations = None
+
         self._validate()
 
     def _validate(self):
diff --git a/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py b/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py
index bad5caa738e1b..6d2977592598a 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class Pod:
     :type image_pull_secrets: str
     :param affinity: A dict containing a group of affinity scheduling rules
     :type affinity: dict
+    :param hostnetwork: If True enable host networking on the pod
+    :type hostnetwork: bool
+    :param tolerations: A list of kubernetes tolerations
+    :type tolerations: list
     """
     def __init__(
             self,
diff --git a/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/worker_configuration.py b/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/worker_configuration.py
index 9a6f21340d4b2..7b9a942de63cf 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/worker_configuration.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/worker_configuration.py
@@ -222,13 +222,16 @@ def make_pod(self, namespace, worker_uuid, pod_id, dag_id, task_id, execution_da
             limit_cpu=kube_executor_config.limit_cpu
         )
         gcp_sa_key = kube_executor_config.gcp_service_account_key
-        annotations = kube_executor_config.annotations.copy()
+        annotations = dict(kube_executor_config.annotations)
         if gcp_sa_key:
             annotations['iam.cloud.google.com/service-account'] = gcp_sa_key
 
         volumes = [value for value in volumes_dict.values()] + kube_executor_config.volumes
         volume_mounts = [value for value in volume_mounts_dict.values()] + kube_executor_config.volume_mounts
 
+        affinity = kube_executor_config.affinity or self.kube_config.kube_affinity
+        tolerations = kube_executor_config.tolerations or self.kube_config.kube_tolerations
+
         return Pod(
             namespace=namespace,
             name=pod_id,
@@ -253,5 +256,6 @@ def make_pod(self, namespace, worker_uuid, pod_id, dag_id, task_id, execution_da
             annotations=annotations,
             node_selectors=(kube_executor_config.node_selectors or
                             self.kube_config.kube_node_selectors),
-            affinity=kube_executor_config.affinity
+            affinity=affinity,
+            tolerations=tolerations
         )
diff --git a/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index f6c1f9d45ee16..3a5bef5381780 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ class KubernetesPodOperator(BaseOperator):
         /airflow/xcom/return.json in the container will also be pushed to an
         XCom when the container completes.
     :type xcom_push: bool
-    :param tolerations: Kubernetes tolerations
-    :type list of tolerations
+    :param hostnetwork: If True enable host networking on the pod
+    :type hostnetwork: bool
+    :param tolerations: A list of kubernetes tolerations
+    :type tolerations: list tolerations
     """
     template_fields = ('cmds', 'arguments', 'env_vars', 'config_file')
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/kubernetes/kube/templates/configmaps.template.yaml b/scripts/ci/kubernetes/kube/templates/configmaps.template.yaml
index 0ca6d423e47e3..353fdd94bb036 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/kubernetes/kube/templates/configmaps.template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/ci/kubernetes/kube/templates/configmaps.template.yaml
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ data:
     namespace = default
     gcp_service_account_keys =
 
+    # Example affinity and toleration definitions.
+    affinity = {"nodeAffinity":{"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":{"nodeSelectorTerms":[{"matchExpressions":[{"key":"kubernetes.io/hostname","operator":"NotIn","values":["4e5e6a99-e28a-450b-bba9-e0124853de9b"]}]}]}}}
+    tolerations = [{ "key": "dedicated", "operator": "Equal", "value": "airflow", "effect": "NoSchedule" }, { "key": "prod", "operator": "Exists" }]
+
     # For cloning DAGs from git repositories into volumes: https://github.com/kubernetes/git-sync
     git_sync_container_repository = gcr.io/google-containers/git-sync-amd64
     git_sync_container_tag = v2.0.5
diff --git a/tests/contrib/executors/test_kubernetes_executor.py b/tests/contrib/executors/test_kubernetes_executor.py
index 4836693002c31..76cd9fb2c884f 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/executors/test_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/executors/test_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #
 
 import unittest
+import uuid
+
 import mock
 import re
 import string
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
     from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
     from airflow.contrib.executors.kubernetes_executor import AirflowKubernetesScheduler
     from airflow.contrib.executors.kubernetes_executor import KubernetesExecutor
+    from airflow.contrib.executors.kubernetes_executor import KubernetesExecutorConfig
     from airflow.contrib.kubernetes.worker_configuration import WorkerConfiguration
 except ImportError:
     AirflowKubernetesScheduler = None
@@ -85,13 +88,41 @@ class TestKubernetesWorkerConfiguration(unittest.TestCase):
     options are passed to worker pod config
     """
 
+    affinity_config = {
+        'podAntiAffinity': {
+            'requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution': [
+                {
+                    'topologyKey': 'kubernetes.io/hostname',
+                    'labelSelector': {
+                        'matchExpressions': [
+                            {
+                                'key': 'app',
+                                'operator': 'In',
+                                'values': ['airflow']
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+    tolerations_config = [
+        {
+            'key': 'dedicated',
+            'operator': 'Equal',
+            'value': 'airflow'
+        },
+        {
+            'key': 'prod',
+            'operator': 'Exists'
+        }
+    ]
+
     def setUp(self):
         if AirflowKubernetesScheduler is None:
             self.skipTest("kubernetes python package is not installed")
 
-        self.pod = mock.patch(
-            'airflow.contrib.kubernetes.worker_configuration.Pod'
-        )
         self.resources = mock.patch(
             'airflow.contrib.kubernetes.worker_configuration.Resources'
         )
@@ -99,7 +130,7 @@ def setUp(self):
             'airflow.contrib.kubernetes.worker_configuration.Secret'
         )
 
-        for patcher in [self.pod, self.resources, self.secret]:
+        for patcher in [self.resources, self.secret]:
             self.mock_foo = patcher.start()
             self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
 
@@ -200,6 +231,55 @@ def test_worker_environment_dags_folder_using_git_sync(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(dags_folder, env['AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGS_FOLDER'])
 
+    def test_make_pod_with_empty_executor_config(self):
+        self.kube_config.kube_affinity = self.affinity_config
+        self.kube_config.kube_tolerations = self.tolerations_config
+
+        worker_config = WorkerConfiguration(self.kube_config)
+        kube_executor_config = KubernetesExecutorConfig(annotations=[],
+                                                        volumes=[],
+                                                        volume_mounts=[]
+                                                        )
+
+        pod = worker_config.make_pod("default", str(uuid.uuid4()), "test_pod_id", "test_dag_id",
+                                     "test_task_id", str(datetime.utcnow()), "bash -c 'ls /'",
+                                     kube_executor_config)
+
+        self.assertTrue(pod.affinity['podAntiAffinity'] is not None)
+        self.assertEqual('app',
+                         pod.affinity['podAntiAffinity']
+                         ['requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution'][0]
+                         ['labelSelector']
+                         ['matchExpressions'][0]
+                         ['key'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(pod.tolerations))
+        self.assertEqual('prod', pod.tolerations[1]['key'])
+
+    def test_make_pod_with_executor_config(self):
+        worker_config = WorkerConfiguration(self.kube_config)
+        kube_executor_config = KubernetesExecutorConfig(affinity=self.affinity_config,
+                                                        tolerations=self.tolerations_config,
+                                                        annotations=[],
+                                                        volumes=[],
+                                                        volume_mounts=[]
+                                                        )
+
+        pod = worker_config.make_pod("default", str(uuid.uuid4()), "test_pod_id", "test_dag_id",
+                                     "test_task_id", str(datetime.utcnow()), "bash -c 'ls /'",
+                                     kube_executor_config)
+
+        self.assertTrue(pod.affinity['podAntiAffinity'] is not None)
+        self.assertEqual('app',
+                         pod.affinity['podAntiAffinity']
+                         ['requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution'][0]
+                         ['labelSelector']
+                         ['matchExpressions'][0]
+                         ['key'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(pod.tolerations))
+        self.assertEqual('prod', pod.tolerations[1]['key'])
+
     def test_worker_pvc_dags(self):
         # Tests persistence volume config created when `dags_volume_claim` is set
         self.kube_config.dags_volume_claim = 'airflow-dags'