diff --git a/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/redpanda_clusterspec_types.go b/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/redpanda_clusterspec_types.go
index 0475d3ac0..b5d9bfd77 100644
--- a/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/redpanda_clusterspec_types.go
+++ b/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/redpanda_clusterspec_types.go
@@ -499,6 +499,9 @@ type UsageStats struct {
 
 // Resources configures resource allocation. The default values are for a development environment. Production-level values and other considerations are documented, where those values are different from the default.
 type Resources struct {
+	Limits   *map[corev1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity `json:"limits,omitempty"`
+	Requests *map[corev1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity `json:"requests,omitempty"`
+
 	// Specifies the number of CPU cores.
 	CPU *CPU `json:"cpu,omitempty"`
 	// Specifies the amount of memory.
diff --git a/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e49c4f647..f5a775cbf 100644
--- a/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/operator/api/redpanda/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 	"github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda-operator/operator/api/apiutil"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
@@ -2939,6 +2940,28 @@ func (in *ResourceTemplate) DeepCopy() *ResourceTemplate {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Resources) DeepCopyInto(out *Resources) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.Limits != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Limits, &out.Limits
+		*out = new(map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity)
+		if **in != nil {
+			in, out := *in, *out
+			*out = make(map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity, len(*in))
+			for key, val := range *in {
+				(*out)[key] = val.DeepCopy()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if in.Requests != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Requests, &out.Requests
+		*out = new(map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity)
+		if **in != nil {
+			in, out := *in, *out
+			*out = make(map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity, len(*in))
+			for key, val := range *in {
+				(*out)[key] = val.DeepCopy()
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if in.CPU != nil {
 		in, out := &in.CPU, &out.CPU
 		*out = new(CPU)
diff --git a/operator/config/crd/bases/cluster.redpanda.com_redpandas.yaml b/operator/config/crd/bases/cluster.redpanda.com_redpandas.yaml
index 5c41c0b88..cb8f33048 100644
--- a/operator/config/crd/bases/cluster.redpanda.com_redpandas.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/crd/bases/cluster.redpanda.com_redpandas.yaml
@@ -13565,6 +13565,14 @@ spec:
                               than `1`, this setting is set to `true`.'
                             type: boolean
                         type: object
+                      limits:
+                        additionalProperties:
+                          anyOf:
+                          - type: integer
+                          - type: string
+                          pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+                          x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                        type: object
                       memory:
                         description: Specifies the amount of memory.
                         properties:
@@ -13620,6 +13628,14 @@ spec:
                                 x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                             type: object
                         type: object
+                      requests:
+                        additionalProperties:
+                          anyOf:
+                          - type: integer
+                          - type: string
+                          pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+                          x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                        type: object
                     type: object
                   service:
                     description: Defines settings for the headless ClusterIP Service.
@@ -33816,6 +33832,14 @@ spec:
                               than `1`, this setting is set to `true`.'
                             type: boolean
                         type: object
+                      limits:
+                        additionalProperties:
+                          anyOf:
+                          - type: integer
+                          - type: string
+                          pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+                          x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                        type: object
                       memory:
                         description: Specifies the amount of memory.
                         properties:
@@ -33871,6 +33895,14 @@ spec:
                                 x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                             type: object
                         type: object
+                      requests:
+                        additionalProperties:
+                          anyOf:
+                          - type: integer
+                          - type: string
+                          pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+                          x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                        type: object
                     type: object
                   service:
                     description: Defines settings for the headless ClusterIP Service.