diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml
index 983835784b..e72cdcaf20 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
-{{- /* Define runtime class configurations with their overhead settings */ -}}
+{{- /* Define runtime class configurations with their overhead settings and node selectors */ -}}
 {{- $runtimeClassConfigs := dict
   "clh" (dict "memory" "130Mi" "cpu" "250m")
   "cloud-hypervisor" (dict "memory" "130Mi" "cpu" "250m")
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 {{- /* Create RuntimeClass for each enabled shim */ -}}
 {{- range $shim := $enabledShims }}
 {{- $config := index $runtimeClassConfigs $shim }}
+{{- $shimConfig := index $.Values.shims $shim }}
 {{- if $config }}
 ---
 kind: RuntimeClass
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ overhead:
 scheduling:
   nodeSelector:
     katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
+{{- if and $shimConfig.runtimeClass $shimConfig.runtimeClass.nodeSelector }}
+{{- range $key, $value := $shimConfig.runtimeClass.nodeSelector }}
+    {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
index 6dc6dd53ed..179b55baac 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ shims:
     allowedHypervisorAnnotations: []
     containerd:
       snapshotter: ""
+    runtimeClass:
+      # This label is automatically added by gpu-operator. Override it
+      # if you want to use a different label.
+      nodeSelector:
+        nvidia.com/cc.ready.state: "false"
 
   qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp:
     enabled: ~
@@ -128,6 +133,14 @@ shims:
     agent:
       httpsProxy: ""
       noProxy: ""
+    runtimeClass:
+      # These labels are automatically added by gpu-operator and NFD
+      # respectively. Override if you want to use a different label.
+      # If you don't have NFD, you need to add the snp label by other
+      # means to your SNP nodes.
+      nodeSelector:
+        nvidia.com/cc.ready.state: "true"
+        amd.feature.node.kubernetes.io/snp: "true"
 
   qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx:
     enabled: ~
@@ -142,6 +155,14 @@ shims:
     agent:
       httpsProxy: ""
       noProxy: ""
+    runtimeClass:
+      # These labels are automatically added by gpu-operator and NFD
+      # respectively. Override if you want to use a different label.
+      # If you don't have NFD, you need to add the tdx label by other
+      # means to your TDX nodes.
+      nodeSelector:
+        nvidia.com/cc.ready.state: "true"
+        intel.feature.node.kubernetes.io/tdx: "true"
 
   qemu-snp:
     enabled: ~