diff --git a/config/crd/bases/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml b/config/crd/bases/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml
index 178c7d280..3edae6472 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ spec:
                       items:
                         type: string
                       type: array
+                    preferCloseToDevices:
+                      description: 'PreferCloseToDevices: prefer creating new balloons
+                        of this type close to listed devices.'
+                      items:
+                        type: string
+                      type: array
+                    preferFarFromDevices:
+                      description: 'PreferFarFromDevices: prefer creating new balloons
+                        of this type far from listed devices.'
+                      items:
+                        type: string
+                      type: array
                     preferNewBalloons:
                       description: 'PreferNewBalloons: prefer creating new balloons
                         over adding containers to existing balloons. The default is
@@ -147,6 +159,8 @@ spec:
                       type: string
                   required:
                   - name
+                  - preferCloseToDevices
+                  - preferFarFromDevices
                   type: object
                 type: array
               control:
diff --git a/deployment/helm/balloons/crds/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml b/deployment/helm/balloons/crds/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml
index 07121dd55..3edae6472 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/balloons/crds/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/balloons/crds/config.nri_balloonspolicies.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,14 @@ spec:
                         type: string
                       type: array
                     preferCloseToDevices:
-                      description: prefer creating new balloons of this type close to listed devices.
+                      description: 'PreferCloseToDevices: prefer creating new balloons
+                        of this type close to listed devices.'
+                      items:
+                        type: string
+                      type: array
+                    preferFarFromDevices:
+                      description: 'PreferFarFromDevices: prefer creating new balloons
+                        of this type far from listed devices.'
                       items:
                         type: string
                       type: array
@@ -152,6 +159,8 @@ spec:
                       type: string
                   required:
                   - name
+                  - preferCloseToDevices
+                  - preferFarFromDevices
                   type: object
                 type: array
               control:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/resmgr/policy/balloons/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/resmgr/policy/balloons/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index c443ed6e3..be332eaae 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/resmgr/policy/balloons/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/resmgr/policy/balloons/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ func (in *BalloonDef) DeepCopyInto(out *BalloonDef) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.PreferCloseToDevices != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PreferCloseToDevices, &out.PreferCloseToDevices
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	if in.PreferFarFromDevices != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PreferFarFromDevices, &out.PreferFarFromDevices
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new BalloonDef.