diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5f14d9..bfc41f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- The operator can now run on Kubernetes clusters using a non-default cluster domain.
+  Use the env var `KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN` or the operator Helm chart property `kubernetesClusterDomain` to set a non-default cluster domain ([#125]).
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Reduce CRD size from `475KB` to `49KB` by accepting arbitrary YAML input instead of the underlying schema for the following fields ([#112]):
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 [#112]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hello-world-operator/pull/112
 [#121]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hello-world-operator/pull/121
+[#125]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hello-world-operator/pull/125
 
 ## [24.7.0] - 2024-07-24
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0520223..c9a86cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -2912,7 +2961,7 @@ checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5191255..1b6f674 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 snafu = "0.8"
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "stackable-operator-0.78.0" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "stackable-operator-0.80.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.26", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/hello-world-operator/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/hello-world-operator/values.yaml
index c17b28f..59d84b2 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/hello-world-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/hello-world-operator/values.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
+
+# When running on a non-default Kubernetes cluster domain, the cluster domain can be configured here.
+# See the https://docs.stackable.tech/home/stable/guides/kubernetes-cluster-domain guide for details.
+# kubernetesClusterDomain: my-cluster.local
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd.rs
index 31750d6..2fd63ca 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 //!
 //! When writing a new Operator, this is often a good starting point. Edits made here will ripple
 //! through the codebase, so it's easy to follow up from here.
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, str::FromStr};
+
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt, Snafu};
 use stackable_operator::{
@@ -15,7 +17,10 @@ use stackable_operator::{
             PvcConfig, PvcConfigFragment, Resources, ResourcesFragment,
         },
     },
-    config::{fragment, fragment::Fragment, fragment::ValidationError, merge::Merge},
+    config::{
+        fragment::{self, Fragment, ValidationError},
+        merge::Merge,
+    },
     k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::api::resource::Quantity,
     kube::{runtime::reflector::ObjectRef, CustomResource, ResourceExt},
     product_config_utils::{self, Configuration},
@@ -24,8 +29,8 @@ use stackable_operator::{
     schemars::{self, JsonSchema},
     status::condition::{ClusterCondition, HasStatusCondition},
     time::Duration,
+    utils::cluster_info::KubernetesClusterInfo,
 };
-use std::{collections::BTreeMap, str::FromStr};
 use strum::{Display, EnumIter, EnumString, IntoEnumIterator};
 
 use crate::affinity::get_affinity;
@@ -475,10 +480,13 @@ pub struct PodRef {
 }
 
 impl PodRef {
-    pub fn fqdn(&self) -> String {
+    pub fn fqdn(&self, cluster_info: &KubernetesClusterInfo) -> String {
         format!(
-            "{}.{}.{}.svc.cluster.local",
-            self.pod_name, self.role_group_service_name, self.namespace
+            "{pod_name}.{service_name}.{namespace}.svc.{cluster_domain}",
+            pod_name = self.pod_name,
+            service_name = self.role_group_service_name,
+            namespace = self.namespace,
+            cluster_domain = cluster_info.cluster_domain,
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
index 14c928f..3a8d528 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             product_config,
             watch_namespace,
             tracing_target,
+            cluster_info_opts,
         }) => {
             stackable_operator::logging::initialize_logging(
                 "HELLO_OPERATOR_LOG",
@@ -63,8 +64,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 "/etc/stackable/hello-world-operator/config-spec/properties.yaml",
             ])?;
 
-            let client =
-                stackable_operator::client::create_client(Some(OPERATOR_NAME.to_string())).await?;
+            let client = stackable_operator::client::initialize_operator(
+                Some(OPERATOR_NAME.to_string()),
+                &cluster_info_opts,
+            )
+            .await?;
 
             Controller::new(
                 watch_namespace.get_api::<HelloCluster>(&client),