diff --git a/awx/main/utils/execution_environments.py b/awx/main/utils/execution_environments.py
index 7b197287b3..1bd2a4ca64 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/execution_environments.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/execution_environments.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def get_default_execution_environment():
 
 
 def get_default_pod_spec():
+    job_label: str = settings.AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_JOB_LABEL
     ee = get_default_execution_environment()
     if ee is None:
         raise RuntimeError("Unable to find an execution environment.")
@@ -37,10 +38,30 @@ def get_default_pod_spec():
     return {
         "apiVersion": "v1",
         "kind": "Pod",
-        "metadata": {"namespace": settings.AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE},
+        "metadata": {"namespace": settings.AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "labels": {job_label: ""}},
         "spec": {
             "serviceAccountName": "default",
             "automountServiceAccountToken": False,
+            "affinity": {
+                "podAntiAffinity": {
+                    "preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution": [
+                        {
+                            "weight": 100,
+                            "podAffinityTerm": {
+                                "labelSelector": {
+                                    "matchExpressions": [
+                                        {
+                                            "key": job_label,
+                                            "operator": "Exists",
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                                },
+                                "topologyKey": "kubernetes.io/hostname",
+                            },
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
             "containers": [
                 {
                     "image": ee.image,
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 97a6cc3ce9..c2fd50a6bf 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ IS_K8S = False
 
 AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_K8S_API_TIMEOUT = 10
 AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = os.getenv('MY_POD_NAMESPACE', 'default')
+AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_JOB_LABEL = os.getenv('AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_JOB_LABEL', 'ansible_job')
 # Timeout when waiting for pod to enter running state. If the pod is still in pending state , it will be terminated. Valid time units are "s", "m", "h". Example : "5m" , "10s".
 AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_POD_PENDING_TIMEOUT = "2h"