diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/README.md b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/README.md
index 778adbcafcb1..df82c2d00068 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/README.md
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/README.md
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ charts and their default values.
 | `provisioner.podSecurityPolicy.enabled`        | Specifies whether podSecurityPolicy is enabled                                                                                                       | `false`                                            |
 | `topology.enabled`                             | Specifies whether topology based provisioning support should be exposed by CSI                                                                       | `false`                                            |
 | `topology.domainLabels`                        | DomainLabels define which node labels to use as domains for CSI nodeplugins to advertise their domains                                               | `{}`                                               |
+| `readAffinity.enabled` | Enable read affinity for RBD volumes. Recommended to set to true if running kernel 5.8 or newer. | `false` |
+| `readAffinity.crushLocationLabels` | Define which node labels to use as CRUSH location. This should correspond to the values set in the CRUSH map. For more information, click [here](https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/blob/v3.9.0/docs/deploy-rbd.md#read-affinity-using-crush-locations-for-rbd-volumes)| `[]` |
 | `provisionerSocketFile`                        | The filename of the provisioner socket                                                                                                               | `csi-provisioner.sock`                             |
 | `pluginSocketFile`                             | The filename of the plugin socket                                                                                                                    | `csi.sock`                                         |
 | `kubeletDir`                                   | kubelet working directory                                                                                                                            | `/var/lib/kubelet`                                 |
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
index a1744a8954a9..f71286c489fd 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.nodeplugin.profiling.enabled }}
             - "--enableprofiling={{ .Values.nodeplugin.profiling.enabled }}"
+{{- end }}
+            - "--enable-read-affinity={{ .Values.readAffinity.enabled }}"
+{{- if .Values.readAffinity.enabled }}
+            - "--crush-location-labels={{ .Values.readAffinity.crushLocationLabels | join "," }}"
 {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: POD_IP
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
index b2635fc078e2..0275ba9ba3c8 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
@@ -279,6 +279,17 @@ topology:
     - failure-domain/region
     - failure-domain/zone
 
+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
+
 storageClass:
   # Specifies whether the storageclass should be created
   create: false
diff --git a/scripts/install-helm.sh b/scripts/install-helm.sh
index 41c18bd4539f..7116180ccdd9 100755
--- a/scripts/install-helm.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-helm.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ install_cephcsi_helm_charts() {
     kubectl_retry delete cm ceph-config --namespace "${NAMESPACE}"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    "${HELM}" install --namespace ${NAMESPACE} --set provisioner.fullnameOverride=csi-rbdplugin-provisioner --set nodeplugin.fullnameOverride=csi-rbdplugin --set configMapName=ceph-csi-config --set provisioner.replicaCount=1 --set-json='commonLabels={"app.kubernetes.io/name": "ceph-csi-rbd", "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "helm"}' ${SET_SC_TEMPLATE_VALUES} ${RBD_SECRET_TEMPLATE_VALUES} ${RBD_CHART_NAME} "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/../charts/ceph-csi-rbd --set topology.enabled=true --set topology.domainLabels="{${NODE_LABEL_REGION},${NODE_LABEL_ZONE}}" --set provisioner.maxSnapshotsOnImage=3 --set provisioner.minSnapshotsOnImage=2
+    "${HELM}" install --namespace ${NAMESPACE} --set provisioner.fullnameOverride=csi-rbdplugin-provisioner --set nodeplugin.fullnameOverride=csi-rbdplugin --set configMapName=ceph-csi-config --set provisioner.replicaCount=1 --set-json='commonLabels={"app.kubernetes.io/name": "ceph-csi-rbd", "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "helm"}' ${SET_SC_TEMPLATE_VALUES} ${RBD_SECRET_TEMPLATE_VALUES} ${RBD_CHART_NAME} "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/../charts/ceph-csi-rbd --set topology.enabled=true --set topology.domainLabels="{${NODE_LABEL_REGION},${NODE_LABEL_ZONE}}" --set provisioner.maxSnapshotsOnImage=3 --set provisioner.minSnapshotsOnImage=2 --set readAffinity.enabled=true
 
     check_deployment_status app=ceph-csi-rbd "${NAMESPACE}"
     check_daemonset_status app=ceph-csi-rbd "${NAMESPACE}"