diff --git a/cmd/kured/main.go b/cmd/kured/main.go
index a6b1c0e82..2586aefce 100644
--- a/cmd/kured/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kured/main.go
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ var (
 	messageTemplateDrain            string
 	messageTemplateReboot           string
 	messageTemplateUncordon         string
-	podSelectors                    []string
+	blockingPodSelectors            []string
+	inhibitingPodSelectors          []string
+	inhibitingNodeAnnotations       []string
+	blockingNodeAnnotations         []string
 	rebootCommand                   string
 	rebootSignal                    int
 	logFormat                       string
@@ -180,8 +183,14 @@ func main() {
 		"message template used to notify about a node being drained")
 	flag.StringVar(&messageTemplateReboot, "message-template-reboot", "Rebooting node %s",
 		"message template used to notify about a node being rebooted")
-	flag.StringArrayVar(&podSelectors, "blocking-pod-selector", nil,
+	flag.StringArrayVar(&blockingPodSelectors, "blocking-pod-selector", nil,
 		"label selector identifying pods whose presence should prevent reboots")
+	flag.StringArrayVar(&inhibitingPodSelectors, "inhibiting-pod-selector", nil,
+		"label selector identifying pods whose presence should prevent final reboots not draining of nodes")
+	flag.StringArrayVar(&blockingNodeAnnotations, "blocking-node-annotation", nil,
+		"node annotation whose presence should prevent node reboots")
+	flag.StringArrayVar(&inhibitingNodeAnnotations, "inhibiting-node-annotation", nil,
+		"node annotation whose presence should prevent final reboots not draining of nodes")
 	flag.StringSliceVar(&rebootDays, "reboot-days", timewindow.EveryDay,
 		"schedule reboot on these days")
 	flag.StringVar(&rebootStart, "start-time", "0:00",
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Infof("PreferNoSchedule taint: %s", preferNoScheduleTaintName)
 
 	// This should be printed from blocker list instead of only blocking pod selectors
-	log.Infof("Blocking Pod Selectors: %v", podSelectors)
+	log.Infof("Blocking Pod Selectors: %v", blockingPodSelectors)
 
 	log.Infof("Reboot period %v", period)
 	log.Infof("Concurrency: %v", concurrency)
@@ -266,9 +275,24 @@ func main() {
 	if prometheusURL != "" {
 		blockCheckers = append(blockCheckers, blockers.NewPrometheusBlockingChecker(papi.Config{Address: prometheusURL}, alertFilter.Regexp, alertFiringOnly, alertFilterMatchOnly))
 	}
-	if podSelectors != nil {
-		blockCheckers = append(blockCheckers, blockers.NewKubernetesBlockingChecker(client, nodeID, podSelectors))
+	if blockingPodSelectors != nil {
+		blockCheckers = append(blockCheckers, blockers.NewKubernetesBlockingChecker(client, nodeID, blockingPodSelectors))
 	}
+	if blockingNodeAnnotations != nil {
+		blockCheckers = append(blockCheckers, blockers.NewNodeBlockingChecker(client, nodeID, blockingNodeAnnotations))
+	}
+
+	// These prevent the rebooter to reboot the node, it will still drain the node.
+	// This is useful for cases in which you want to wait for a condition that is only met after draining the node.
+	var inhibitingBlockCheckers []blockers.RebootBlocker
+	if inhibitingNodeAnnotations != nil {
+		log.Info("Setup inhibiting blocker for node annotations")
+		inhibitingBlockCheckers = append(inhibitingBlockCheckers, blockers.NewNodeBlockingChecker(client, nodeID, inhibitingNodeAnnotations))
+	}
+	if inhibitingPodSelectors != nil {
+		inhibitingBlockCheckers = append(inhibitingBlockCheckers, blockers.NewKubernetesBlockingChecker(client, nodeID, inhibitingPodSelectors))
+	}
+
 	log.Infof("Lock Annotation: %s/%s:%s", dsNamespace, dsName, lockAnnotation)
 	if lockTTL > 0 {
 		log.Infof("Lock TTL set, lock will expire after: %v", lockTTL)
@@ -282,7 +306,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	lock := daemonsetlock.New(client, nodeID, dsNamespace, dsName, lockAnnotation, lockTTL, concurrency, lockReleaseDelay)
 
-	go rebootAsRequired(nodeID, rebooter, rebootChecker, blockCheckers, window, lock, client)
+	go rebootAsRequired(nodeID, rebooter, rebootChecker, blockCheckers, inhibitingBlockCheckers, window, lock, client)
 	go maintainRebootRequiredMetric(nodeID, rebootChecker)
 
 	http.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.Handler())
@@ -553,7 +577,7 @@ func updateNodeLabels(client *kubernetes.Clientset, node *v1.Node, labels []stri
 	}
 }
 
-func rebootAsRequired(nodeID string, rebooter reboot.Rebooter, checker checkers.Checker, blockCheckers []blockers.RebootBlocker, window *timewindow.TimeWindow, lock daemonsetlock.Lock, client *kubernetes.Clientset) {
+func rebootAsRequired(nodeID string, rebooter reboot.Rebooter, checker checkers.Checker, blockCheckers []blockers.RebootBlocker, inhibitingBlockCheckers []blockers.RebootBlocker, window *timewindow.TimeWindow, lock daemonsetlock.Lock, client *kubernetes.Clientset) {
 
 	source := rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	tick := delaytick.New(source, 1*time.Minute)
@@ -652,12 +676,11 @@ func rebootAsRequired(nodeID string, rebooter reboot.Rebooter, checker checkers.
 			}
 		}
 
-		var rebootRequiredBlockCondition string
 		if blockers.RebootBlocked(blockCheckers...) {
-			rebootRequiredBlockCondition = ", but blocked at this time"
+			log.Info("Reboot required, but blocked at this time")
 			continue
 		}
-		log.Infof("Reboot required%s", rebootRequiredBlockCondition)
+		log.Info("Reboot required")
 
 		holding, _, err := lock.Holding()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -691,6 +714,11 @@ func rebootAsRequired(nodeID string, rebooter reboot.Rebooter, checker checkers.
 			}
 		}
 
+		if blockers.RebootBlocked(inhibitingBlockCheckers...) {
+			log.Info("Reboot required, but blocked by inhibiting blockers")
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if rebootDelay > 0 {
 			log.Infof("Delaying reboot for %v", rebootDelay)
 			time.Sleep(rebootDelay)
@@ -701,6 +729,7 @@ func rebootAsRequired(nodeID string, rebooter reboot.Rebooter, checker checkers.
 				log.Warnf("Error notifying: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
+
 		log.Infof("Triggering reboot for node %v", nodeID)
 
 		err = rebooter.Reboot()
diff --git a/pkg/blockers/nodeannotation.go b/pkg/blockers/nodeannotation.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3bddfeca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/blockers/nodeannotation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package blockers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+)
+
+// Compile-time checks to ensure the type implements the interface
+var (
+	_ RebootBlocker = (*NodeBlockingChecker)(nil)
+)
+
+// NodeBlockingChecker contains info for connecting
+// to k8s, and can give info about whether a reboot should be blocked
+type NodeBlockingChecker struct {
+	// client used to contact kubernetes API
+	client   *kubernetes.Clientset
+	nodeName string
+	// lised used to filter pods (podSelector)
+	filter []string
+}
+
+func NewNodeBlockingChecker(client *kubernetes.Clientset, nodename string, nodeAnnotations []string) *NodeBlockingChecker {
+	return &NodeBlockingChecker{
+		client:   client,
+		nodeName: nodename,
+		filter:   nodeAnnotations,
+	}
+}
+
+// IsBlocked for the NodeBlockingChecker will check if a pod, for the node, is preventing
+// the reboot. It will warn in the logs about blocking, but does not return an error.
+func (kb *NodeBlockingChecker) IsBlocked() bool {
+	node, err := kb.client.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), kb.nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Reboot blocked: node query error: %v", err)
+		return true
+	}
+	for _, annotation := range kb.filter {
+		if _, exists := node.Annotations[annotation]; exists {
+			log.Warnf("Reboot blocked: node annotation %s exists.", annotation)
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}