diff --git a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/build_types.go b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/build_types.go
index 5d0a1a2e..de0fc5b0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/build_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/build_types.go
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ type BuildSpec struct {
 	// Specified build timeout should be less than 24h.
 	// Refer Go's ParseDuration documentation for expected format: https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration
 	Timeout string `json:"timeout,omitempty"`
+
+	// If specified, the pod's scheduling constraints
+	// +optional
+	Affinity *corev1.Affinity `json:"affinity,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TemplateKind defines the type of BuildTemplate used by the build.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index af4d93f8..bcfd5c3d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ func (in *BuildSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *BuildSpec) {
 			(*out)[key] = val
 		}
 	}
+	if in.Affinity != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Affinity, &out.Affinity
+		if *in == nil {
+			*out = nil
+		} else {
+			*out = new(v1.Affinity)
+			(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+		}
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/builder/cluster/convert/convert.go b/pkg/builder/cluster/convert/convert.go
index 3be9151c..49a8991a 100644
--- a/pkg/builder/cluster/convert/convert.go
+++ b/pkg/builder/cluster/convert/convert.go
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ func FromCRD(build *v1alpha1.Build, kubeclient kubernetes.Interface) (*corev1.Po
 			ServiceAccountName: build.Spec.ServiceAccountName,
 			Volumes:            volumes,
 			NodeSelector:       build.Spec.NodeSelector,
+			Affinity:           build.Spec.Affinity,
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ func ToCRD(pod *corev1.Pod) (*v1alpha1.Build, error) {
 			ServiceAccountName: podSpec.ServiceAccountName,
 			Volumes:            volumes,
 			NodeSelector:       podSpec.NodeSelector,
+			Affinity:           podSpec.Affinity,
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index 8a79c029..3ba8f08e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ type buildClient struct {
 func (c *buildClient) watchBuild(name string) (*v1alpha1.Build, error) {
 	ls := metav1.SingleObject(metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name})
 	// TODO: Update watchBuild function to take this as parameter depending on test requirements
-
 	// Set build timeout to 120 seconds. This will trigger watch timeout error
 	var timeout int64 = 120
 	ls.TimeoutSeconds = &timeout
diff --git a/test/e2e/simple_test.go b/test/e2e/simple_test.go
index 8e7176cd..da0d1bd0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/simple_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/simple_test.go
@@ -206,6 +206,51 @@ func TestPendingBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if _, err := clients.buildClient.watchBuild(buildName); err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("watchBuild did not return watch timeout error")
+		t.Fatalf("watchBuild did not return expected `watch timeout` error")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPodAffinity tests that a build with non existent pod affinity does not scheduled
+// and fails after watch timeout
+func TestPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
+	clients := setup(t)
+
+	buildName := "affinity-build"
+	if _, err := clients.buildClient.builds.Create(&v1alpha1.Build{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: buildTestNamespace,
+			Name:      buildName,
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.BuildSpec{
+			Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
+				NodeAffinity: &corev1.NodeAffinity{
+					// This node affinity rule says the pod can only be placed on a node with a label whose key is kubernetes.io/e2e-az-name
+					// and whose value is either e2e-az1 or e2e-az2. Test cluster does not have any nodes that meets this constraint so the build
+					// will wait for pod to scheduled until timeout.
+					RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &corev1.NodeSelector{
+						NodeSelectorTerms: []corev1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+							corev1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+								MatchExpressions: []corev1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+									corev1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+										Key:      "kubernetes.io/e2e-az-name",
+										Operator: corev1.NodeSelectorOpIn,
+										Values:   []string{"e2e-az1", "e2e-az2"},
+									}},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Steps: []corev1.Container{{
+				Image: "busybox",
+				Args:  []string{"true"},
+			}},
+		},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating build: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := clients.buildClient.watchBuild(buildName); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("watchBuild did not return expected `watch timeout` error")
 	}
 }