diff --git a/doc/source/job-content.rst b/doc/source/job-content.rst
index 737fd7981c..e06753d917 100644
--- a/doc/source/job-content.rst
+++ b/doc/source/job-content.rst
@@ -1461,6 +1461,14 @@ executor running the job is available:
 
       A private IPv6 address of the node.
 
+   .. var:: node_properties
+
+      Arbitrary mapping of node properties, such as boolean flags representing
+      criteria that were taken into account when a node is allocated to Zuul by
+      Nodepool. Notable properties are `spot` for when a node is an AWS spot
+      instance or `fleet` when the node was created by Nodepool using the AWS
+      fleet API.
+
 
 SSH Keys
 --------
diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index 28e7fc404a..05c456838e 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -1301,7 +1301,8 @@ class FakeNodepool(object):
                     image_id=None,
                     host_keys=host_keys,
                     executor='fake-nodepool',
-                    hold_expiration=None)
+                    hold_expiration=None,
+                    node_properties={"spot": False})
         if self.resources:
             data['resources'] = self.resources
         if self.remote_ansible:
diff --git a/zuul/executor/server.py b/zuul/executor/server.py
index f28bc8705f..b3b61208bf 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/server.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/server.py
@@ -2119,7 +2119,8 @@ class AnsibleJob(object):
                         public_ipv4=node.public_ipv4,
                         private_ipv4=node.private_ipv4,
                         public_ipv6=node.public_ipv6,
-                        private_ipv6=node.private_ipv6)))
+                        private_ipv6=node.private_ipv6,
+                        node_properties=node.node_properties)))
 
                 # Ansible >=2.8 introduced "auto" as an
                 # ansible_python_interpreter argument that looks up
diff --git a/zuul/model.py b/zuul/model.py
index 0f512750a7..b0ef6fa1ab 100644
--- a/zuul/model.py
+++ b/zuul/model.py
@@ -1895,6 +1895,7 @@ class Node(ConfigObject):
         self.attributes = {}
         self.tenant_name = None
         self.requestor = None
+        self.node_properties = {}
 
     @property
     def state(self):