diff --git a/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation.go
index 753bfd2e229..361b2856f79 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation.go
@@ -119,10 +119,41 @@ func validateDeviceClaim(deviceClaim *resource.DeviceClaim, fldPath *field.Path,
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func gatherRequestNames(deviceClaim *resource.DeviceClaim) sets.Set[string] {
-	requestNames := sets.New[string]()
+type requestNames map[string]sets.Set[string]
+
+func (r requestNames) Has(s string) bool {
+	segments := strings.Split(s, "/")
+	// If there are more than one / in the string, we
+	// know there can't be any match.
+	if len(segments) > 2 {
+		return false
+	}
+	// If the first segment doesn't have a match, we
+	// don't need to check the other one.
+	subRequestNames, found := r[segments[0]]
+	if !found {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(segments) == 1 {
+		return true
+	}
+	// If the first segment matched and we have another one,
+	// check for a match for that too.
+	return subRequestNames.Has(segments[1])
+}
+
+func gatherRequestNames(deviceClaim *resource.DeviceClaim) requestNames {
+	requestNames := make(requestNames)
 	for _, request := range deviceClaim.Requests {
-		requestNames.Insert(request.Name)
+		if len(request.FirstAvailable) == 0 {
+			requestNames[request.Name] = nil
+			continue
+		}
+		subRequestNames := sets.New[string]()
+		for _, subRequest := range request.FirstAvailable {
+			subRequestNames.Insert(subRequest.Name)
+		}
+		requestNames[request.Name] = subRequestNames
 	}
 	return requestNames
 }
@@ -138,29 +169,79 @@ func gatherAllocatedDevices(allocationResult *resource.DeviceAllocationResult) s
 
 func validateDeviceRequest(request resource.DeviceRequest, fldPath *field.Path, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := validateRequestName(request.Name, fldPath.Child("name"))
-	if request.DeviceClassName == "" {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("deviceClassName"), ""))
-	} else {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceClassName(request.DeviceClassName, fldPath.Child("deviceClassName"))...)
+	if len(request.FirstAvailable) > 0 {
+		if request.DeviceClassName != "" {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("deviceClassName"), request.DeviceClassName, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"))
+		}
+		if request.Selectors != nil {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("selectors"), request.Selectors, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"))
+		}
+		if request.AllocationMode != "" {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("allocationMode"), request.AllocationMode, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"))
+		}
+		if request.Count != 0 {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("count"), request.Count, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"))
+		}
+		if request.AdminAccess != nil {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("adminAccess"), request.AdminAccess, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"))
+		}
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSet(request.FirstAvailable, resource.FirstAvailableDeviceRequestMaxSize,
+			func(subRequest resource.DeviceSubRequest, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+				return validateDeviceSubRequest(subRequest, fldPath, stored)
+			},
+			func(subRequest resource.DeviceSubRequest) (string, string) {
+				return subRequest.Name, "name"
+			},
+			fldPath.Child("firstAvailable"))...)
+		return allErrs
 	}
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSlice(request.Selectors, resource.DeviceSelectorsMaxSize,
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceClass(request.DeviceClassName, fldPath.Child("deviceClassName"))...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSelectorSlice(request.Selectors, fldPath.Child("selectors"), stored)...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceAllocationMode(request.AllocationMode, request.Count, fldPath.Child("allocationMode"), fldPath.Child("count"))...)
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func validateDeviceSubRequest(subRequest resource.DeviceSubRequest, fldPath *field.Path, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
+	allErrs := validateRequestName(subRequest.Name, fldPath.Child("name"))
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceClass(subRequest.DeviceClassName, fldPath.Child("deviceClassName"))...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSelectorSlice(subRequest.Selectors, fldPath.Child("selectors"), stored)...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceAllocationMode(subRequest.AllocationMode, subRequest.Count, fldPath.Child("allocationMode"), fldPath.Child("count"))...)
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func validateDeviceAllocationMode(deviceAllocationMode resource.DeviceAllocationMode, count int64, allocModeFldPath, countFldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	var allErrs field.ErrorList
+	switch deviceAllocationMode {
+	case resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll:
+		if count != 0 {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(countFldPath, count, fmt.Sprintf("must not be specified when allocationMode is '%s'", deviceAllocationMode)))
+		}
+	case resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount:
+		if count <= 0 {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(countFldPath, count, "must be greater than zero"))
+		}
+	default:
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.NotSupported(allocModeFldPath, deviceAllocationMode, []resource.DeviceAllocationMode{resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll, resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount}))
+	}
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func validateDeviceClass(deviceClass string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	var allErrs field.ErrorList
+	if deviceClass == "" {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath, ""))
+	} else {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceClassName(deviceClass, fldPath)...)
+	}
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func validateSelectorSlice(selectors []resource.DeviceSelector, fldPath *field.Path, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
+	return validateSlice(selectors, resource.DeviceSelectorsMaxSize,
 		func(selector resource.DeviceSelector, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 			return validateSelector(selector, fldPath, stored)
 		},
-		fldPath.Child("selectors"))...)
-	switch request.AllocationMode {
-	case resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll:
-		if request.Count != 0 {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("count"), request.Count, fmt.Sprintf("must not be specified when allocationMode is '%s'", request.AllocationMode)))
-		}
-	case resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount:
-		if request.Count <= 0 {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("count"), request.Count, "must be greater than zero"))
-		}
-	default:
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.NotSupported(fldPath.Child("allocationMode"), request.AllocationMode, []resource.DeviceAllocationMode{resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll, resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount}))
-	}
-	return allErrs
+		fldPath)
 }
 
 func validateSelector(selector resource.DeviceSelector, fldPath *field.Path, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
@@ -210,7 +291,7 @@ func convertCELErrorToValidationError(fldPath *field.Path, expression string, er
 	return field.InternalError(fldPath, fmt.Errorf("unsupported error type: %w", err))
 }
 
-func validateDeviceConstraint(constraint resource.DeviceConstraint, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string]) field.ErrorList {
+func validateDeviceConstraint(constraint resource.DeviceConstraint, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSet(constraint.Requests, resource.DeviceRequestsMaxSize,
 		func(name string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
@@ -225,7 +306,7 @@ func validateDeviceConstraint(constraint resource.DeviceConstraint, fldPath *fie
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateDeviceClaimConfiguration(config resource.DeviceClaimConfiguration, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string], stored bool) field.ErrorList {
+func validateDeviceClaimConfiguration(config resource.DeviceClaimConfiguration, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSet(config.Requests, resource.DeviceRequestsMaxSize,
 		func(name string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
@@ -235,10 +316,20 @@ func validateDeviceClaimConfiguration(config resource.DeviceClaimConfiguration,
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateRequestNameRef(name string, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string]) field.ErrorList {
-	allErrs := validateRequestName(name, fldPath)
+func validateRequestNameRef(name string, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames) field.ErrorList {
+	var allErrs field.ErrorList
+	segments := strings.Split(name, "/")
+	if len(segments) > 2 {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, name, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"))
+		return allErrs
+	}
+
+	for i := range segments {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateRequestName(segments[i], fldPath)...)
+	}
+
 	if !requestNames.Has(name) {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, name, "must be the name of a request in the claim"))
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, name, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"))
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
@@ -260,7 +351,7 @@ func validateOpaqueConfiguration(config resource.OpaqueDeviceConfiguration, fldP
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateResourceClaimStatusUpdate(status, oldStatus *resource.ResourceClaimStatus, claimDeleted bool, requestNames sets.Set[string], fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+func validateResourceClaimStatusUpdate(status, oldStatus *resource.ResourceClaimStatus, claimDeleted bool, requestNames requestNames, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSet(status.ReservedFor, resource.ResourceClaimReservedForMaxSize,
 		validateResourceClaimUserReference,
@@ -328,7 +419,7 @@ func validateResourceClaimUserReference(ref resource.ResourceClaimConsumerRefere
 // validateAllocationResult enforces constraints for *new* results, which in at
 // least one case (admin access) are more strict than before. Therefore it
 // may not be called to re-validate results which were stored earlier.
-func validateAllocationResult(allocation *resource.AllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string], stored bool) field.ErrorList {
+func validateAllocationResult(allocation *resource.AllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeviceAllocationResult(allocation.Devices, fldPath.Child("devices"), requestNames, stored)...)
 	if allocation.NodeSelector != nil {
@@ -337,7 +428,7 @@ func validateAllocationResult(allocation *resource.AllocationResult, fldPath *fi
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateDeviceAllocationResult(allocation resource.DeviceAllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string], stored bool) field.ErrorList {
+func validateDeviceAllocationResult(allocation resource.DeviceAllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSlice(allocation.Results, resource.AllocationResultsMaxSize,
 		func(result resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
@@ -351,7 +442,7 @@ func validateDeviceAllocationResult(allocation resource.DeviceAllocationResult,
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateDeviceRequestAllocationResult(result resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string]) field.ErrorList {
+func validateDeviceRequestAllocationResult(result resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateRequestNameRef(result.Request, fldPath.Child("request"), requestNames)...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDriverName(result.Driver, fldPath.Child("driver"))...)
@@ -360,7 +451,7 @@ func validateDeviceRequestAllocationResult(result resource.DeviceRequestAllocati
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateDeviceAllocationConfiguration(config resource.DeviceAllocationConfiguration, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames sets.Set[string], stored bool) field.ErrorList {
+func validateDeviceAllocationConfiguration(config resource.DeviceAllocationConfiguration, fldPath *field.Path, requestNames requestNames, stored bool) field.ErrorList {
 	var allErrs field.ErrorList
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateAllocationConfigSource(config.Source, fldPath.Child("source"))...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSet(config.Requests, resource.DeviceRequestsMaxSize,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaim_test.go b/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaim_test.go
index 5f3fe3308a8..3308024ecd1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaim_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaim_test.go
@@ -46,13 +46,17 @@ func testClaim(name, namespace string, spec resource.ResourceClaimSpec) *resourc
 }
 
 const (
-	goodName = "foo"
-	badName  = "!@#$%^"
-	goodNS   = "ns"
+	goodName          = "foo"
+	goodName2         = "bar"
+	badName           = "!@#$%^"
+	goodNS            = "ns"
+	badSubrequestName = "&^%$"
 )
 
 var (
-	validClaimSpec = resource.ResourceClaimSpec{
+	badRequestFormat      = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", goodName, goodName, goodName)
+	badFullSubrequestName = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", badName, badSubrequestName)
+	validClaimSpec        = resource.ResourceClaimSpec{
 		Devices: resource.DeviceClaim{
 			Requests: []resource.DeviceRequest{{
 				Name:            goodName,
@@ -62,6 +66,34 @@ var (
 			}},
 		},
 	}
+	validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable = resource.ResourceClaimSpec{
+		Devices: resource.DeviceClaim{
+			Requests: []resource.DeviceRequest{{
+				Name: goodName,
+				FirstAvailable: []resource.DeviceSubRequest{
+					{
+						Name:            goodName,
+						DeviceClassName: goodName,
+						AllocationMode:  resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount,
+						Count:           1,
+					},
+					{
+						Name:            goodName2,
+						DeviceClassName: goodName,
+						AllocationMode:  resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount,
+						Count:           1,
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+		},
+	}
+	validSelector = []resource.DeviceSelector{
+		{
+			CEL: &resource.CELDeviceSelector{
+				Expression: `device.driver == "dra.example.com"`,
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	validClaim = testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpec)
 )
 
@@ -225,14 +257,14 @@ func TestValidateClaim(t *testing.T) {
 			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
 				field.TooMany(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests"), resource.DeviceRequestsMaxSize+1, resource.DeviceRequestsMaxSize),
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
-				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
 				field.TypeInvalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("matchAttribute"), "missing-domain", "a valid C identifier must start with alphabetic character or '_', followed by a string of alphanumeric characters or '_' (e.g. 'my_name',  or 'MY_NAME',  or 'MyName', regex used for validation is '[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*')"),
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("matchAttribute"), resource.FullyQualifiedName("missing-domain"), "must include a domain"),
 				field.Required(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(1).Child("matchAttribute"), "name required"),
 				field.Required(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(2).Child("matchAttribute"), ""),
 				field.TooMany(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints"), resource.DeviceConstraintsMaxSize+1, resource.DeviceConstraintsMaxSize),
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
-				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
 				field.TooMany(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config"), resource.DeviceConfigMaxSize+1, resource.DeviceConfigMaxSize),
 			},
 			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
@@ -312,13 +344,13 @@ func TestValidateClaim(t *testing.T) {
 		"invalid-spec": {
 			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
-				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
 				field.TypeInvalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("matchAttribute"), "missing-domain", "a valid C identifier must start with alphabetic character or '_', followed by a string of alphanumeric characters or '_' (e.g. 'my_name',  or 'MY_NAME',  or 'MyName', regex used for validation is '[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*')"),
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("matchAttribute"), resource.FullyQualifiedName("missing-domain"), "must include a domain"),
 				field.Required(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(1).Child("matchAttribute"), "name required"),
 				field.Required(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(2).Child("matchAttribute"), ""),
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
-				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
 			},
 			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
 				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpec)
@@ -537,6 +569,176 @@ func TestValidateClaim(t *testing.T) {
 				return claim
 			}(),
 		},
+		"prioritized-list-valid": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-field-on-parent": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("deviceClassName"), goodName, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("selectors"), validSelector, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("allocationMode"), resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("count"), int64(2), "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("adminAccess"), ptr.To(true), "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set"),
+			},
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].DeviceClassName = goodName
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].Selectors = validSelector
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].AllocationMode = resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].Count = 2
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].AdminAccess = ptr.To(true)
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-invalid-nested-request": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("firstAvailable").Index(0).Child("name"), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
+				field.Required(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("firstAvailable").Index(0).Child("deviceClassName"), ""),
+				field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("firstAvailable").Index(0).Child("allocationMode"), resource.DeviceAllocationMode(""), []resource.DeviceAllocationMode{resource.DeviceAllocationModeAll, resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount}),
+			},
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].FirstAvailable[0] = resource.DeviceSubRequest{
+					Name: badName,
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-nested-requests-same-name": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Duplicate(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("firstAvailable").Index(1).Child("name"), "foo"),
+			},
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].FirstAvailable[1].Name = goodName
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-too-many-subrequests": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.TooMany(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("firstAvailable"), 9, 8),
+			},
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpec)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].DeviceClassName = ""
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].AllocationMode = ""
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].Count = 0
+				var subRequests []resource.DeviceSubRequest
+				for i := 0; i <= 8; i++ {
+					subRequests = append(subRequests, resource.DeviceSubRequest{
+						Name:            fmt.Sprintf("subreq-%d", i),
+						DeviceClassName: goodName,
+						AllocationMode:  resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount,
+						Count:           1,
+					})
+				}
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].FirstAvailable = subRequests
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-config-requests-with-subrequest-reference": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Config = []resource.DeviceClaimConfiguration{
+					{
+						Requests: []string{"foo/bar"},
+						DeviceConfiguration: resource.DeviceConfiguration{
+							Opaque: &resource.OpaqueDeviceConfiguration{
+								Driver: "dra.example.com",
+								Parameters: runtime.RawExtension{
+									Raw: []byte(`{"kind": "foo", "apiVersion": "dra.example.com/v1"}`),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-config-requests-with-parent-request-reference": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Config = []resource.DeviceClaimConfiguration{
+					{
+						Requests: []string{"foo"},
+						DeviceConfiguration: resource.DeviceConfiguration{
+							Opaque: &resource.OpaqueDeviceConfiguration{
+								Driver: "dra.example.com",
+								Parameters: runtime.RawExtension{
+									Raw: []byte(`{"kind": "foo", "apiVersion": "dra.example.com/v1"}`),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-config-requests-with-invalid-subrequest-reference": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(0), "foo/baz", "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'")},
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Config = []resource.DeviceClaimConfiguration{
+					{
+						Requests: []string{"foo/baz"},
+						DeviceConfiguration: resource.DeviceConfiguration{
+							Opaque: &resource.OpaqueDeviceConfiguration{
+								Driver: "dra.example.com",
+								Parameters: runtime.RawExtension{
+									Raw: []byte(`{"kind": "foo", "apiVersion": "dra.example.com/v1"}`),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-constraints-requests-with-subrequest-reference": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Constraints = []resource.DeviceConstraint{
+					{
+						Requests:       []string{"foo/bar"},
+						MatchAttribute: ptr.To(resource.FullyQualifiedName("dra.example.com/driverVersion")),
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-constraints-requests-with-parent-request-reference": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Constraints = []resource.DeviceConstraint{
+					{
+						Requests:       []string{"foo"},
+						MatchAttribute: ptr.To(resource.FullyQualifiedName("dra.example.com/driverVersion")),
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-constraints-requests-with-invalid-subrequest-reference": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "devices", "constraints").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(0), "foo/baz", "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'")},
+			claim: func() *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim := testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				claim.Spec.Devices.Constraints = []resource.DeviceConstraint{
+					{
+						Requests:       []string{"foo/baz"},
+						MatchAttribute: ptr.To(resource.FullyQualifiedName("dra.example.com/driverVersion")),
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			}(),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -617,11 +819,12 @@ func TestValidateClaimStatusUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	validAllocatedClaimOld.Status.Allocation.Devices.Results[0].AdminAccess = nil // Not required in 1.31.
 
 	scenarios := map[string]struct {
-		adminAccess             bool
-		deviceStatusFeatureGate bool
-		oldClaim                *resource.ResourceClaim
-		update                  func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim
-		wantFailures            field.ErrorList
+		adminAccess                bool
+		deviceStatusFeatureGate    bool
+		prioritizedListFeatureGate bool
+		oldClaim                   *resource.ResourceClaim
+		update                     func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim
+		wantFailures               field.ErrorList
 	}{
 		"valid-no-op-update": {
 			oldClaim: validClaim,
@@ -654,7 +857,7 @@ func TestValidateClaimStatusUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		"invalid-add-allocation-bad-request": {
 			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
-				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
 			},
 			oldClaim: validClaim,
 			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
@@ -862,7 +1065,7 @@ func TestValidateClaimStatusUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		"invalid-request-name": {
 			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
 				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
-				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "config").Index(0).Child("requests").Index(1), badName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
 			},
 			oldClaim: validClaim,
 			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
@@ -1334,12 +1537,115 @@ func TestValidateClaimStatusUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				return claim
 			},
 		},
+		"valid-add-allocation-with-sub-requests": {
+			oldClaim: testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim.Status.Allocation = &resource.AllocationResult{
+					Devices: resource.DeviceAllocationResult{
+						Results: []resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult{{
+							Request:     fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", goodName, goodName),
+							Driver:      goodName,
+							Pool:        goodName,
+							Device:      goodName,
+							AdminAccess: ptr.To(false),
+						}},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			},
+			prioritizedListFeatureGate: true,
+		},
+		"invalid-add-allocation-with-sub-requests-invalid-format": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badRequestFormat, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
+			},
+			oldClaim: testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim.Status.Allocation = &resource.AllocationResult{
+					Devices: resource.DeviceAllocationResult{
+						Results: []resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult{{
+							Request:     badRequestFormat,
+							Driver:      goodName,
+							Pool:        goodName,
+							Device:      goodName,
+							AdminAccess: ptr.To(false),
+						}},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			},
+			prioritizedListFeatureGate: true,
+		},
+		"invalid-add-allocation-with-sub-requests-no-corresponding-sub-request": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), "foo/baz", "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
+			},
+			oldClaim: testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim.Status.Allocation = &resource.AllocationResult{
+					Devices: resource.DeviceAllocationResult{
+						Results: []resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult{{
+							Request:     "foo/baz",
+							Driver:      goodName,
+							Pool:        goodName,
+							Device:      goodName,
+							AdminAccess: ptr.To(false),
+						}},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			},
+			prioritizedListFeatureGate: true,
+		},
+		"invalid-add-allocation-with-sub-requests-invalid-request-names": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badSubrequestName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"),
+				field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "allocation", "devices", "results").Index(0).Child("request"), badFullSubrequestName, "must be the name of a request in the claim or the name of a request and a subrequest separated by '/'"),
+			},
+			oldClaim: testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim.Status.Allocation = &resource.AllocationResult{
+					Devices: resource.DeviceAllocationResult{
+						Results: []resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult{{
+							Request:     badFullSubrequestName,
+							Driver:      goodName,
+							Pool:        goodName,
+							Device:      goodName,
+							AdminAccess: ptr.To(false),
+						}},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			},
+			prioritizedListFeatureGate: true,
+		},
+		"add-allocation-old-claim-with-prioritized-list": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			oldClaim:     testClaim(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+			update: func(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) *resource.ResourceClaim {
+				claim.Status.Allocation = &resource.AllocationResult{
+					Devices: resource.DeviceAllocationResult{
+						Results: []resource.DeviceRequestAllocationResult{{
+							Request:     "foo/bar",
+							Driver:      goodName,
+							Pool:        goodName,
+							Device:      goodName,
+							AdminAccess: ptr.To(false),
+						}},
+					},
+				}
+				return claim
+			},
+			prioritizedListFeatureGate: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAAdminAccess, scenario.adminAccess)
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAResourceClaimDeviceStatus, scenario.deviceStatusFeatureGate)
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAPrioritizedList, scenario.prioritizedListFeatureGate)
 
 			scenario.oldClaim.ResourceVersion = "1"
 			errs := ValidateResourceClaimStatusUpdate(scenario.update(scenario.oldClaim.DeepCopy()), scenario.oldClaim)
diff --git a/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaimtemplate_test.go b/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaimtemplate_test.go
index a22cc776cb2..586c804c702 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaimtemplate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/resource/validation/validation_resourceclaimtemplate_test.go
@@ -185,6 +185,26 @@ func TestValidateClaimTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 				return template
 			}(),
 		},
+		"prioritized-list": {
+			wantFailures: nil,
+			template:     testClaimTemplate(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+		},
+		"proritized-list-class-name-on-parent": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("deviceClassName"), goodName, "must not be specified when firstAvailable is set")},
+			template: func() *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate {
+				template := testClaimTemplate(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				template.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].DeviceClassName = goodName
+				return template
+			}(),
+		},
+		"prioritized-list-bad-class-name-on-subrequest": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec", "spec", "devices", "requests").Index(0).Child("firstAvailable").Index(0).Child("deviceClassName"), badName, "a lowercase RFC 1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'example.com', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*')")},
+			template: func() *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate {
+				template := testClaimTemplate(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				template.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].FirstAvailable[0].DeviceClassName = badName
+				return template
+			}(),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -219,6 +239,18 @@ func TestValidateClaimTemplateUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				return template
 			},
 		},
+		"prioritized-listinvalid-update-class": {
+			wantFailures: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec"), func() resource.ResourceClaimTemplateSpec {
+				template := testClaimTemplate(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable)
+				template.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].FirstAvailable[0].DeviceClassName += "2"
+				return template.Spec
+			}(), "field is immutable")},
+			oldClaimTemplate: testClaimTemplate(goodName, goodNS, validClaimSpecWithFirstAvailable),
+			update: func(template *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate) *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate {
+				template.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests[0].FirstAvailable[0].DeviceClassName += "2"
+				return template
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy.go
index 336f09b1515..cb770b2a6e1 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy.go
@@ -183,10 +183,38 @@ func toSelectableFields(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) fields.Set {
 
 // dropDisabledFields removes fields which are covered by a feature gate.
 func dropDisabledFields(newClaim, oldClaim *resource.ResourceClaim) {
+	dropDisabledDRAPrioritizedListFields(newClaim, oldClaim)
 	dropDisabledDRAAdminAccessFields(newClaim, oldClaim)
 	dropDisabledDRAResourceClaimDeviceStatusFields(newClaim, oldClaim)
 }
 
+func dropDisabledDRAPrioritizedListFields(newClaim, oldClaim *resource.ResourceClaim) {
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.DRAPrioritizedList) {
+		return
+	}
+	if draPrioritizedListFeatureInUse(oldClaim) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i := range newClaim.Spec.Devices.Requests {
+		newClaim.Spec.Devices.Requests[i].FirstAvailable = nil
+	}
+}
+
+func draPrioritizedListFeatureInUse(claim *resource.ResourceClaim) bool {
+	if claim == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, request := range claim.Spec.Devices.Requests {
+		if len(request.FirstAvailable) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func dropDisabledDRAAdminAccessFields(newClaim, oldClaim *resource.ResourceClaim) {
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.DRAAdminAccess) {
 		// No need to drop anything.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy_test.go
index c65092cb5a4..fb855f0bf96 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaim/strategy_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,30 @@ var objWithAdminAccessStatus = &resource.ResourceClaim{
 	},
 }
 
+var objWithPrioritizedList = &resource.ResourceClaim{
+	ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+		Name:      "valid-claim",
+		Namespace: "default",
+	},
+	Spec: resource.ResourceClaimSpec{
+		Devices: resource.DeviceClaim{
+			Requests: []resource.DeviceRequest{
+				{
+					Name: "req-0",
+					FirstAvailable: []resource.DeviceSubRequest{
+						{
+							Name:            "subreq-0",
+							DeviceClassName: "class",
+							AllocationMode:  resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount,
+							Count:           1,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	},
+}
+
 const (
 	testRequest = "test-request"
 	testDriver  = "test-driver"
@@ -155,6 +179,7 @@ func TestStrategyCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		obj                   *resource.ResourceClaim
 		adminAccess           bool
+		prioritizedList       bool
 		expectValidationError bool
 		expectObj             *resource.ResourceClaim
 	}{
@@ -180,11 +205,22 @@ func TestStrategyCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			adminAccess: true,
 			expectObj:   objWithAdminAccess,
 		},
+		"drop-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			obj:                   objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList:       false,
+			expectValidationError: true,
+		},
+		"keep-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			obj:             objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList: true,
+			expectObj:       objWithPrioritizedList,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAAdminAccess, tc.adminAccess)
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAPrioritizedList, tc.prioritizedList)
 
 			obj := tc.obj.DeepCopy()
 			Strategy.PrepareForCreate(ctx, obj)
@@ -212,6 +248,7 @@ func TestStrategyUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		oldObj                *resource.ResourceClaim
 		newObj                *resource.ResourceClaim
 		adminAccess           bool
+		prioritizedList       bool
 		expectValidationError bool
 		expectObj             *resource.ResourceClaim
 	}{
@@ -247,11 +284,36 @@ func TestStrategyUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			adminAccess: true,
 			expectObj:   objWithAdminAccess,
 		},
+		"drop-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			oldObj:                obj,
+			newObj:                objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList:       false,
+			expectValidationError: true,
+		},
+		"keep-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			oldObj:                obj,
+			newObj:                objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList:       true,
+			expectValidationError: true, // Spec is immutable.
+		},
+		"keep-existing-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			oldObj:          objWithPrioritizedList,
+			newObj:          objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList: true,
+			expectObj:       objWithPrioritizedList,
+		},
+		"keep-existing-fields-prioritized-list-disabled-feature": {
+			oldObj:          objWithPrioritizedList,
+			newObj:          objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList: false,
+			expectObj:       objWithPrioritizedList,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAAdminAccess, tc.adminAccess)
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAPrioritizedList, tc.prioritizedList)
 
 			oldObj := tc.oldObj.DeepCopy()
 			newObj := tc.newObj.DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy.go
index 3677683e9f7..3fa78b2a7f0 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy.go
@@ -100,9 +100,37 @@ func toSelectableFields(template *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate) fields.Set {
 }
 
 func dropDisabledFields(newClaimTemplate, oldClaimTemplate *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate) {
+	dropDisabledDRAPrioritizedListFields(newClaimTemplate, oldClaimTemplate)
 	dropDisabledDRAAdminAccessFields(newClaimTemplate, oldClaimTemplate)
 }
 
+func dropDisabledDRAPrioritizedListFields(newClaimTemplate, oldClaimTemplate *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate) {
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.DRAPrioritizedList) {
+		return
+	}
+	if draPrioritizedListFeatureInUse(oldClaimTemplate) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i := range newClaimTemplate.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests {
+		newClaimTemplate.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests[i].FirstAvailable = nil
+	}
+}
+
+func draPrioritizedListFeatureInUse(claimTemplate *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate) bool {
+	if claimTemplate == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, request := range claimTemplate.Spec.Spec.Devices.Requests {
+		if len(request.FirstAvailable) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func dropDisabledDRAAdminAccessFields(newClaimTemplate, oldClaimTemplate *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate) {
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.DRAAdminAccess) {
 		// No need to drop anything.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy_test.go
index b48f78d7bee..eb547cfe469 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/resource/resourceclaimtemplate/strategy_test.go
@@ -71,6 +71,32 @@ var objWithAdminAccess = &resource.ResourceClaimTemplate{
 	},
 }
 
+var objWithPrioritizedList = &resource.ResourceClaimTemplate{
+	ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+		Name:      "valid-claim-template",
+		Namespace: "default",
+	},
+	Spec: resource.ResourceClaimTemplateSpec{
+		Spec: resource.ResourceClaimSpec{
+			Devices: resource.DeviceClaim{
+				Requests: []resource.DeviceRequest{
+					{
+						Name: "req-0",
+						FirstAvailable: []resource.DeviceSubRequest{
+							{
+								Name:            "subreq-0",
+								DeviceClassName: "class",
+								AllocationMode:  resource.DeviceAllocationModeExactCount,
+								Count:           1,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	},
+}
+
 func TestClaimTemplateStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 	if !Strategy.NamespaceScoped() {
 		t.Errorf("ResourceClaimTemplate must be namespace scoped")
@@ -86,6 +112,7 @@ func TestClaimTemplateStrategyCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		obj                   *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate
 		adminAccess           bool
+		prioritizedList       bool
 		expectValidationError bool
 		expectObj             *resource.ResourceClaimTemplate
 	}{
@@ -111,11 +138,22 @@ func TestClaimTemplateStrategyCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			adminAccess: true,
 			expectObj:   objWithAdminAccess,
 		},
+		"drop-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			obj:                   objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList:       false,
+			expectValidationError: true,
+		},
+		"keep-fields-prioritized-list": {
+			obj:             objWithPrioritizedList,
+			prioritizedList: true,
+			expectObj:       objWithPrioritizedList,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAAdminAccess, tc.adminAccess)
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DRAPrioritizedList, tc.prioritizedList)
 
 			obj := tc.obj.DeepCopy()
 			Strategy.PrepareForCreate(ctx, obj)