diff --git a/packages/stacks/api/src/cluster.ts b/packages/stacks/api/src/cluster.ts
index 4408cbad..02b8de11 100644
--- a/packages/stacks/api/src/cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/stacks/api/src/cluster.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ export const tagKarpenter = (stack: blueprints.EksBlueprint) => {
  * @param clusterName Cluster name to target. Defaults to lazy lookup.
  * @param subnetNames Subnet names to target. Defaults to lazy lookup.
  */
-export const buildKarpenter = (clusterName?: string, subnetNames?: string) => {
+export const buildKarpenter = (
+	clusterName?: string,
+	subnetNames?: string,
+	instanceTypes?: string[],
+) => {
 	const sgTag =
 		clusterName ??
 		Lazy.uncachedString(
@@ -121,7 +125,11 @@ export const buildKarpenter = (clusterName?: string, subnetNames?: string) => {
 		requirements: [
 			{ key: Label.ARCH, op: 'In', vals: ['arm64'] },
 			{ key: Label.CAPACITY_TYPE, op: 'In', vals: ['spot', 'on-demand'] },
-			{ key: Label.INSTANCE_CATEGORY, op: 'In', vals: ['c', 'm', 'r', 't'] },
+			{
+				key: Label.INSTANCE_CATEGORY,
+				op: 'In',
+				vals: instanceTypes ?? ['c', 'm', 'r', 't'],
+			},
 			{ key: Label.INSTANCE_HYPERVISOR, op: 'In', vals: ['nitro'] },
 		],
 		subnetTags: {
diff --git a/packages/stacks/api/src/pipeline.ts b/packages/stacks/api/src/pipeline.ts
index 5b274314..9df68ee7 100644
--- a/packages/stacks/api/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/stacks/api/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ export class Pipeline {
 						).build(),
 					)
 					.addOns(
-						buildKarpenter(),
+						buildKarpenter(
+							undefined,
+							undefined,
+							config.apiStack!.eks.instanceTypes ?? undefined,
+						),
 						new CrisisCleanupAddOn({
 							config,
 							secretsProvider,
diff --git a/packages/stacks/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/stacks/api/src/schema.ts
index c9250fc4..bd89a455 100644
--- a/packages/stacks/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/stacks/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ export const eksConfigSchema = eksAddonSchema.extend({
 		.array(z.string())
 		.describe('ARNs to add to platform team.')
 		.default([]),
+	instanceTypes: z
+		.array(z.string())
+		.nullable()
+		.default(null)
+		.describe('List of instance families for karpenter to provision.'),
 })
 
 export interface EKSConfig extends z.infer<typeof eksConfigSchema> {}