diff --git a/config/v1/types_scheduling.go b/config/v1/types_scheduling.go
index f07e7b083e8..a65ced9592c 100644
--- a/config/v1/types_scheduling.go
+++ b/config/v1/types_scheduling.go
@@ -27,6 +27,27 @@ type SchedulerSpec struct {
 	// The namespace for this configmap is openshift-config.
 	// +optional
 	Policy ConfigMapNameReference `json:"policy"`
+	// defaultNodeSelector helps set the cluster-wide default node selector to 
+	// restrict pod placement to specific nodes. This is applied to the pods 
+	// created in all namespaces without a specified nodeSelector value.
+	// For example,
+	// defaultNodeSelector: "type=user-node,region=east" would set nodeSelector
+	// field in pod spec to "type=user-node,region=east" to all pods created
+	// in all namespaces. Namespaces having project-wide node selectors won't be 
+	// impacted even if this field is set. This adds an annotation section to 
+	// the namespace. 
+	// For example, if a new namespace is created with 
+	// node-selector='type=user-node,region=east',
+	// the annotation openshift.io/node-selector: type=user-node,region=east
+	// gets added to the project. When the openshift.io/node-selector annotation
+	// is set on the project the value is used in preference to the value we are setting
+	// for defaultNodeSelector field. 
+	// For instance,
+	// openshift.io/node-selector: "type=user-node,region=west" means 
+	// that the default of "type=user-node,region=east" set in defaultNodeSelector 
+	// would not be applied.
+	// +optional
+	DefaultNodeSelector string `json:"defaultNodeSelector,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type SchedulerStatus struct {
diff --git a/config/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go b/config/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
index 27613f37f67..b55376c149d 100644
--- a/config/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/config/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -1132,7 +1132,8 @@ func (SchedulerList) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 }
 
 var map_SchedulerSpec = map[string]string{
-	"policy": "policy is a reference to a ConfigMap containing scheduler policy which has user specified predicates and priorities. If this ConfigMap is not available scheduler will default to use DefaultAlgorithmProvider. The namespace for this configmap is openshift-config.",
+	"policy":              "policy is a reference to a ConfigMap containing scheduler policy which has user specified predicates and priorities. If this ConfigMap is not available scheduler will default to use DefaultAlgorithmProvider. The namespace for this configmap is openshift-config.",
+	"defaultNodeSelector": "defaultNodeSelector helps set the cluster-wide default node selector to restrict pod placement to specific nodes. This is applied to the pods created in all namespaces without a specified nodeSelector value. For example, defaultNodeSelector: \"type=user-node,region=east\" would set nodeSelector field in pod spec to \"type=user-node,region=east\" to all pods created in all namespaces. Namespaces having project-wide node selectors won't be impacted even if this field is set. This adds an annotation section to the namespace. For example, if a new namespace is created with node-selector='type=user-node,region=east', the annotation openshift.io/node-selector: type=user-node,region=east gets added to the project. When the openshift.io/node-selector annotation is set on the project the value is used in preference to the value we are setting for defaultNodeSelector field. For instance, openshift.io/node-selector: \"type=user-node,region=west\" means that the default of \"type=user-node,region=east\" set in defaultNodeSelector would not be applied.",
 }
 
 func (SchedulerSpec) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {