diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
index d3a5b9df80ad..264e50ea9adb 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ spec:
             - "--drivername=$(DRIVER_NAME)"
 {{- if .Values.nodeplugin.profiling.enabled }}
             - "--enableprofiling={{ .Values.nodeplugin.profiling.enabled }}"
+{{- end }}
+            - "--enable-read-affinity={{ and .Values.readAffinity .Values.readAffinity.enabled }}"
+{{- if and .Values.readAffinity .Values.readAffinity.enabled }}
+            - "--crush-location-labels={{ .Values.readAffinity.crushLocationLabels | join "," }}"
 {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: POD_IP
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
index 05bf0beab5b0..34f9b72dae22 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ provisioner:
 
   affinity: {}
 
+# readAffinity:
+# Enable read affinity for RBD volumes. Recommended to
+# set to true if running kernel 5.8 or newer.
+# enabled: false
+# Define which node labels to use as CRUSH location.
+# This should correspond to the values set in the CRUSH map.
+# NOTE: the value here serves as an example
+# crushLocationLabels:
+#   - topology.kubernetes.io/region
+#   - topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+
 # Mount the host /etc/selinux inside pods to support
 # selinux-enabled filesystems
 selinuxMount: true
diff --git a/internal/cephfs/driver.go b/internal/cephfs/driver.go
index 7c6f1b18741e..ccaa264a9086 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/driver.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/driver.go
@@ -76,13 +76,17 @@ func NewNodeServer(
 	topology map[string]string,
 	kernelMountOptions string,
 	fuseMountOptions string,
+	crushLocationMap map[string]string,
 ) *NodeServer {
-	return &NodeServer{
+	ns := &NodeServer{
 		DefaultNodeServer:  csicommon.NewDefaultNodeServer(d, t, topology),
 		VolumeLocks:        util.NewVolumeLocks(),
 		kernelMountOptions: kernelMountOptions,
 		fuseMountOptions:   fuseMountOptions,
 	}
+	ns.appendReadAffinityMapOptions(crushLocationMap)
+
+	return ns
 }
 
 // Run start a non-blocking grpc controller,node and identityserver for
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ func NewNodeServer(
 func (fs *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 	var err error
 	var topology map[string]string
+	var crushLocationMap map[string]string
 
 	// Configuration
 	if err = mounter.LoadAvailableMounters(conf); err != nil {
@@ -100,6 +105,14 @@ func (fs *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 	if conf.InstanceID != "" {
 		CSIInstanceID = conf.InstanceID
 	}
+
+	if conf.EnableReadAffinity {
+		crushLocationMap, err = util.GetCrushLocationMap(conf.CrushLocationLabels, conf.NodeID)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.FatalLogMsg(err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Create an instance of the volume journal
 	store.VolJournal = journal.NewCSIVolumeJournalWithNamespace(CSIInstanceID, fsutil.RadosNamespace)
 
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ func (fs *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.FatalLogMsg(err.Error())
 		}
-		fs.ns = NewNodeServer(fs.cd, conf.Vtype, topology, conf.KernelMountOptions, conf.FuseMountOptions)
+		fs.ns = NewNodeServer(fs.cd, conf.Vtype, topology, conf.KernelMountOptions, conf.FuseMountOptions, crushLocationMap)
 	}
 
 	if conf.IsControllerServer {
@@ -149,7 +162,7 @@ func (fs *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.FatalLogMsg(err.Error())
 		}
-		fs.ns = NewNodeServer(fs.cd, conf.Vtype, topology, conf.KernelMountOptions, conf.FuseMountOptions)
+		fs.ns = NewNodeServer(fs.cd, conf.Vtype, topology, conf.KernelMountOptions, conf.FuseMountOptions, crushLocationMap)
 		fs.cs = NewControllerServer(fs.cd)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go b/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go
index 7287cde7605b..057b24f6161f 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go
@@ -716,3 +716,23 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodeGetVolumeStats(
 
 	return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "targetpath %q is not a directory or device", targetPath)
 }
+
+func (ns *NodeServer) appendReadAffinityMapOptions(crushLocationMap map[string]string) {
+	if len(crushLocationMap) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString("read_from_replica=localize,crush_location=")
+	first := true
+	for key, val := range crushLocationMap {
+		if first {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", key, val))
+			first = false
+		} else {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("|%s:%s", key, val))
+		}
+	}
+	options := []string{ns.kernelMountOptions, b.String()}
+	strings.Join(options, ",")
+}