diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations.go
index 9610420be28c..efd40793f01f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ func GetCmdReporterAnnotations(a AnnotationsSpec) Annotations {
 	return mergeAllAnnotationsWithKey(a, KeyCmdReporter)
 }
 
+// GetCrashCollectorAnnotations returns the Annotations for the crash collector
+func GetCrashCollectorAnnotations(a AnnotationsSpec) Annotations {
+	return mergeAllAnnotationsWithKey(a, KeyCrashCollector)
+}
+
 func GetClusterMetadataAnnotations(a AnnotationsSpec) Annotations {
 	return a[KeyClusterMetadata]
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations_test.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations_test.go
index b832690c3567..c3137d8ed549 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/annotations_test.go
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ func TestCephAnnotationsMerge(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Merge with "all"
 	testAnnotations = AnnotationsSpec{
-		"all":         {"allkey1": "allval1", "allkey2": "allval2"},
-		"mgr":         {"mgrkey": "mgrval"},
-		"cmdreporter": {"myversions": "detect"},
+		"all":            {"allkey1": "allval1", "allkey2": "allval2"},
+		"mgr":            {"mgrkey": "mgrval"},
+		"cmdreporter":    {"myversions": "detect"},
+		"crashcollector": {"crash": "crashval"},
 	}
 	a = GetMonAnnotations(testAnnotations)
 	assert.Equal(t, "allval1", a["allkey1"])
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ func TestCephAnnotationsMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "detect", b["myversions"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "allval1", b["allkey1"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "allval2", b["allkey2"])
+	c := GetCrashCollectorAnnotations(testAnnotations)
+	assert.Equal(t, "crashval", c["crash"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "allval1", c["allkey1"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "allval2", c["allkey2"])
 }
 
 func TestAnnotationsSpec(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash.go
index 97abb34a3f9d..87ed94fb7ee8 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileNode) createOrUpdateCephCrash(node corev1.Node, tolerations []
 				ServiceAccountName: k8sutil.DefaultServiceAccount,
 			},
 		}
+		cephv1.GetCrashCollectorAnnotations(cephCluster.Spec.Annotations).ApplyToObjectMeta(&deploy.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta)
 
 		return nil
 	}