diff --git a/crd/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go b/crd/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go
index 02add068c0..91691d6548 100644
--- a/crd/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go
+++ b/crd/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=nnc
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Requested IPs",type=integer,priority=1,JSONPath=`.spec.requestedIPCount`
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Availability Zone",type=string,priority=1,JSONPath=`.spec.availabilityZone`
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Allocated IPs",type=integer,priority=0,JSONPath=`.status.assignedIPCount`
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Subnet",type=string,priority=1,JSONPath=`.status.networkContainers[*].subnetName`
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Subnet CIDR",type=string,priority=1,JSONPath=`.status.networkContainers[*].subnetAddressSpace`
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ type NodeNetworkConfigSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	RequestedIPCount int64    `json:"requestedIPCount"`
 	IPsNotInUse      []string `json:"ipsNotInUse,omitempty"`
+	// AvailabilityZone contains the Azure availability zone for the virtual machine where network containers are placed.
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+	AvailabilityZone string `json:"availabilityZone,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Status indicates the NNC reconcile status
diff --git a/crd/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml b/crd/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml
index f559351ff6..9368964675 100644
--- a/crd/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml
+++ b/crd/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ spec:
       name: Requested IPs
       priority: 1
       type: integer
+    - jsonPath: .spec.availabilityZone
+      name: Availability Zone
+      priority: 1
+      type: string
     - jsonPath: .status.assignedIPCount
       name: Allocated IPs
       type: integer
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ spec:
           spec:
             description: NodeNetworkConfigSpec defines the desired state of NetworkConfig
             properties:
+              availabilityZone:
+                description: AvailabilityZone contains the Azure availability zone
+                  for the virtual machine where network containers are placed.
+                type: string
               ipsNotInUse:
                 items:
                   type: string