diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/datastore/machine_integration_test.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/datastore/machine_integration_test.go
index b95dc5ff..e45a7681 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/datastore/machine_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/datastore/machine_integration_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ func (_ *machineTestable) defaultBody(m *metal.Machine) *metal.Machine {
 		if m.Allocation.SSHPubKeys == nil {
 			m.Allocation.SSHPubKeys = []string{}
 		}
+		if m.Allocation.DNSServers == nil {
+			m.Allocation.DNSServers = metal.DNSServers{}
+		}
+		if m.Allocation.NTPServers == nil {
+			m.Allocation.NTPServers = metal.NTPServers{}
+		}
 		for i := range m.Allocation.MachineNetworks {
 			n := m.Allocation.MachineNetworks[i]
 			if n.Prefixes == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/machine.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/machine.go
index 3226d64b..baa11328 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/machine.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/machine.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package metal
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	mn "github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/net"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
@@ -153,6 +156,8 @@ type MachineAllocation struct {
 	VPN              *MachineVPN       `rethinkdb:"vpn" json:"vpn"`
 	UUID             string            `rethinkdb:"uuid" json:"uuid"`
 	FirewallRules    *FirewallRules    `rethinkdb:"firewall_rules" json:"firewall_rules"`
+	DNSServers       DNSServers        `rethinkdb:"dns_servers" json:"dns_servers"`
+	NTPServers       NTPServers        `rethinkdb:"ntp_servers" json:"ntp_servers"`
 }
 
 type FirewallRules struct {
@@ -175,6 +180,18 @@ type IngressRule struct {
 	Comment  string   `rethinkdb:"comment" json:"comment"`
 }
 
+type DNSServers []DNSServer
+
+type DNSServer struct {
+	IP string `rethinkdb:"ip" json:"ip" description:"ip address of this dns server"`
+}
+
+type NTPServers []NTPServer
+
+type NTPServer struct {
+	Address string `address:"address" json:"address" description:"ip address or dns hostname of this ntp server"`
+}
+
 type Protocol string
 
 const (
@@ -717,3 +734,45 @@ func (i *MachineIPMISuperUser) User() string {
 func DisabledIPMISuperUser() MachineIPMISuperUser {
 	return MachineIPMISuperUser{}
 }
+
+func (d DNSServers) Validate() error {
+	if len(d) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(d) > 3 {
+		return errors.New("please specify a maximum of three dns servers")
+	}
+
+	for _, dnsServer := range d {
+		_, err := netip.ParseAddr(dnsServer.IP)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("ip: %s for dns server not correct err: %w", dnsServer, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n NTPServers) Validate() error {
+	if len(n) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(n) < 3 || len(n) > 5 {
+		return errors.New("please specify a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 ntp servers")
+	}
+
+	for _, ntpserver := range n {
+		if net.ParseIP(ntpserver.Address) != nil {
+			_, err := netip.ParseAddr(ntpserver.Address)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("ip: %s for ntp server not correct err: %w", ntpserver, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if !govalidator.IsDNSName(ntpserver.Address) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("dns name: %s for ntp server not correct", ntpserver)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/partition.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/partition.go
index 2db7c2f8..de732c04 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/partition.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal/partition.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ type Partition struct {
 	MgmtServiceAddress         string            `rethinkdb:"mgmtserviceaddr" json:"mgmtserviceaddr"`
 	PrivateNetworkPrefixLength uint8             `rethinkdb:"privatenetworkprefixlength" json:"privatenetworkprefixlength"`
 	Labels                     map[string]string `rethinkdb:"labels" json:"labels"`
+	DNSServers                 DNSServers        `rethinkdb:"dns_servers" json:"dns_servers"`
+	NTPServers                 NTPServers        `rethinkdb:"ntp_servers" json:"ntp_servers"`
 }
 
 // BootConfiguration defines the metal-hammer initrd, kernel and commandline
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go
index 24570e34..338b2a7c 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ type machineAllocationSpec struct {
 	PlacementTags      []string
 	EgressRules        []metal.EgressRule
 	IngressRules       []metal.IngressRule
+	DNSServers         metal.DNSServers
+	NTPServers         metal.NTPServers
 }
 
 // allocationNetwork is intermediate struct to create machine networks from regular networks during machine allocation
@@ -1143,6 +1145,40 @@ func createMachineAllocationSpec(ds *datastore.RethinkStore, machineRequest v1.M
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("size:%s not found err:%w", sizeID, err)
 	}
 
+	partition, err := ds.FindPartition(partitionID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("partition:%s not found err:%w", partitionID, err)
+	}
+
+	var (
+		dnsServers = partition.DNSServers
+		ntpServers = partition.NTPServers
+	)
+	if len(machineRequest.DNSServers) != 0 {
+		dnsServers = metal.DNSServers{}
+		for _, s := range machineRequest.DNSServers {
+			dnsServers = append(dnsServers, metal.DNSServer{
+				IP: s.IP,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	if len(machineRequest.NTPServers) != 0 {
+		ntpServers = []metal.NTPServer{}
+		for _, s := range machineRequest.NTPServers {
+			ntpServers = append(ntpServers, metal.NTPServer{
+				Address: s.Address,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := dnsServers.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := ntpServers.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &machineAllocationSpec{
 		Creator:            user.EMail,
 		UUID:               uuid,
@@ -1164,6 +1200,8 @@ func createMachineAllocationSpec(ds *datastore.RethinkStore, machineRequest v1.M
 		PlacementTags:      machineRequest.PlacementTags,
 		EgressRules:        egress,
 		IngressRules:       ingress,
+		DNSServers:         dnsServers,
+		NTPServers:         ntpServers,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1247,6 +1285,8 @@ func allocateMachine(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, ds *datastore.Ret
 		VPN:             allocationSpec.VPN,
 		FirewallRules:   firewallRules,
 		UUID:            uuid.New().String(),
+		DNSServers:      allocationSpec.DNSServers,
+		NTPServers:      allocationSpec.NTPServers,
 	}
 	rollbackOnError := func(err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go
index 5f5dfd7c..81fae26f 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go
@@ -205,6 +205,33 @@ func (r *partitionResource) createPartition(request *restful.Request, response *
 		commandLine = *requestPayload.PartitionBootConfiguration.CommandLine
 	}
 
+	var dnsServers metal.DNSServers
+	if len(requestPayload.DNSServers) != 0 {
+		for _, s := range requestPayload.DNSServers {
+			dnsServers = append(dnsServers, metal.DNSServer{
+				IP: s.IP,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	var ntpServers metal.NTPServers
+	if len(requestPayload.NTPServers) != 0 {
+		for _, s := range requestPayload.NTPServers {
+			ntpServers = append(ntpServers, metal.NTPServer{
+				Address: s.Address,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := dnsServers.Validate(); err != nil {
+		r.sendError(request, response, httperrors.BadRequest(err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := ntpServers.Validate(); err != nil {
+		r.sendError(request, response, httperrors.BadRequest(err))
+		return
+	}
+
 	p := &metal.Partition{
 		Base: metal.Base{
 			ID:          requestPayload.ID,
@@ -219,6 +246,8 @@ func (r *partitionResource) createPartition(request *restful.Request, response *
 			KernelURL:   kernelURL,
 			CommandLine: commandLine,
 		},
+		DNSServers: dnsServers,
+		NTPServers: ntpServers,
 	}
 
 	fqn := metal.TopicMachine.GetFQN(p.GetID())
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/machine.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/machine.go
index 5ab28851..ee137fd5 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/machine.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/machine.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ type MachineAllocation struct {
 	VPN              *MachineVPN               `json:"vpn" description:"vpn connection info for machine" optional:"true"`
 	AllocationUUID   string                    `json:"allocationuuid" description:"a unique identifier for this machine allocation, can be used to distinguish between machine allocations over time."`
 	FirewallRules    *FirewallRules            `json:"firewall_rules,omitempty" description:"a set of firewall rules to apply" optional:"true"`
+	DNSServers       []DNSServer               `json:"dns_servers,omitempty" description:"the dns servers used for the machine" optional:"true"`
+	NTPServers       []NTPServer               `json:"ntp_servers,omitempty" description:"the ntp servers used for the machine" optional:"true"`
 }
 
 type FirewallRules struct {
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@ type MachineAllocateRequest struct {
 	Networks           MachineAllocationNetworks `json:"networks" description:"the networks that this machine will be placed in." optional:"true"`
 	IPs                []string                  `json:"ips" description:"the ips to attach to this machine additionally" optional:"true"`
 	PlacementTags      []string                  `json:"placement_tags,omitempty" description:"by default machines are spread across the racks inside a partition for every project. if placement tags are provided, the machine candidate has an additional anti-affinity to other machines having the same tags"`
+	DNSServers         []DNSServer               `json:"dns_servers,omitempty" description:"the dns servers used for the machine" optional:"true"`
+	NTPServers         []NTPServer               `json:"ntp_servers,omitempty" description:"the ntp servers used for the machine" optional:"true"`
 }
 
 type MachineAllocationNetworks []MachineAllocationNetwork
@@ -332,6 +336,14 @@ type MachineIssue struct {
 	Details     string `json:"details" description:"details of the issue"`
 }
 
+type DNSServer struct {
+	IP string `json:"ip" description:"ip address of this dns server"`
+}
+
+type NTPServer struct {
+	Address string `json:"address" description:"ip address or dns hostname of this ntp server"`
+}
+
 func NewMetalIPMI(r *MachineIPMI) metal.IPMI {
 	var chassisPartNumber string
 	if r.Fru.ChassisPartNumber != nil {
@@ -580,6 +592,22 @@ func NewMachineResponse(m *metal.Machine, s *metal.Size, p *metal.Partition, i *
 			}
 		}
 
+		var (
+			dnsServers []DNSServer
+			ntpServers []NTPServer
+		)
+
+		for _, s := range m.Allocation.DNSServers {
+			dnsServers = append(dnsServers, DNSServer{
+				IP: s.IP,
+			})
+		}
+		for _, s := range m.Allocation.NTPServers {
+			ntpServers = append(ntpServers, NTPServer{
+				Address: s.Address,
+			})
+		}
+
 		allocation = &MachineAllocation{
 			Creator:          m.Allocation.Creator,
 			Created:          m.Allocation.Created,
@@ -597,6 +625,8 @@ func NewMachineResponse(m *metal.Machine, s *metal.Size, p *metal.Partition, i *
 			VPN:              NewMachineVPN(m.Allocation.VPN),
 			AllocationUUID:   m.Allocation.UUID,
 			FirewallRules:    firewallRules,
+			DNSServers:       dnsServers,
+			NTPServers:       ntpServers,
 		}
 
 		allocation.Reinstall = m.Allocation.Reinstall
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go
index f3304241..0e5d3cec 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ type PartitionBase struct {
 	MgmtServiceAddress         *string           `json:"mgmtserviceaddress" description:"the address to the management service of this partition" optional:"true"`
 	PrivateNetworkPrefixLength *int              `json:"privatenetworkprefixlength" description:"the length of private networks for the machine's child networks in this partition, default 22" optional:"true" minimum:"16" maximum:"30"`
 	Labels                     map[string]string `json:"labels" description:"free labels that you associate with this partition" optional:"true"`
+	DNSServers                 []DNSServer       `json:"dns_servers" description:"the dns servers for this partition" optional:"true"`
+	NTPServers                 []NTPServer       `json:"ntp_servers" description:"the ntp servers for this partition" optional:"true"`
 }
 
 type PartitionBootConfiguration struct {
@@ -104,6 +106,22 @@ func NewPartitionResponse(p *metal.Partition) *PartitionResponse {
 		labels = p.Labels
 	}
 
+	var (
+		dnsServers []DNSServer
+		ntpServers []NTPServer
+	)
+
+	for _, s := range p.DNSServers {
+		dnsServers = append(dnsServers, DNSServer{
+			IP: s.IP,
+		})
+	}
+	for _, s := range p.NTPServers {
+		ntpServers = append(ntpServers, NTPServer{
+			Address: s.Address,
+		})
+	}
+
 	return &PartitionResponse{
 		Common: Common{
 			Identifiable: Identifiable{
@@ -117,6 +135,8 @@ func NewPartitionResponse(p *metal.Partition) *PartitionResponse {
 		PartitionBase: PartitionBase{
 			MgmtServiceAddress:         &p.MgmtServiceAddress,
 			PrivateNetworkPrefixLength: &prefixLength,
+			DNSServers:                 dnsServers,
+			NTPServers:                 ntpServers,
 		},
 		PartitionBootConfiguration: PartitionBootConfiguration{
 			ImageURL:    &p.BootConfiguration.ImageURL,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9fcb7a6..e0d3fcb8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 // indirect
+	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/spec/metal-api.json b/spec/metal-api.json
index 3c42aae5..79df1274 100644
--- a/spec/metal-api.json
+++ b/spec/metal-api.json
@@ -618,6 +618,17 @@
         "id"
       ]
     },
+    "v1.DNSServer": {
+      "properties": {
+        "ip": {
+          "description": "ip address of this dns server",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "ip"
+      ]
+    },
     "v1.Describable": {
       "properties": {
         "description": {
@@ -1009,6 +1020,13 @@
           "description": "a description for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers used for the machine",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "filesystemlayoutid": {
           "description": "the filesystemlayout id to assign to this machine",
           "type": "string"
@@ -1043,6 +1061,13 @@
           },
           "type": "array"
         },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers used for the machine",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "partitionid": {
           "description": "the partition id to assign this machine to",
           "type": "string"
@@ -1984,6 +2009,13 @@
           "description": "a description for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers used for the machine",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "filesystemlayoutid": {
           "description": "the filesystemlayout id to assign to this machine",
           "type": "string"
@@ -2014,6 +2046,13 @@
           },
           "type": "array"
         },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers used for the machine",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "partitionid": {
           "description": "the partition id to assign this machine to",
           "type": "string"
@@ -2087,6 +2126,13 @@
           "description": "a description for this machine",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers used for the machine",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "filesystemlayout": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.FilesystemLayoutResponse",
           "description": "filesystemlayout to create on this machine"
@@ -2115,6 +2161,13 @@
           },
           "type": "array"
         },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers used for the machine",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "project": {
           "description": "the project id that this machine is assigned to",
           "type": "string"
@@ -3560,6 +3613,17 @@
         "vendor"
       ]
     },
+    "v1.NTPServer": {
+      "properties": {
+        "address": {
+          "description": "ip address or dns hostname of this ntp server",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "address"
+      ]
+    },
     "v1.NetworkAllocateRequest": {
       "properties": {
         "description": {
@@ -4023,6 +4087,13 @@
     },
     "v1.PartitionBase": {
       "properties": {
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "labels": {
           "additionalProperties": {
             "type": "string"
@@ -4034,6 +4105,13 @@
           "description": "the address to the management service of this partition",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "privatenetworkprefixlength": {
           "description": "the length of private networks for the machine's child networks in this partition, default 22",
           "format": "int32",
@@ -4109,6 +4187,13 @@
           "description": "a description for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "id": {
           "description": "the unique ID of this entity",
           "type": "string"
@@ -4128,6 +4213,13 @@
           "description": "a readable name for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "privatenetworkprefixlength": {
           "description": "the length of private networks for the machine's child networks in this partition, default 22",
           "format": "int32",
@@ -4163,6 +4255,13 @@
           "description": "a description for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "id": {
           "description": "the unique ID of this entity",
           "type": "string"
@@ -4182,6 +4281,13 @@
           "description": "a readable name for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "privatenetworkprefixlength": {
           "description": "the length of private networks for the machine's child networks in this partition, default 22",
           "format": "int32",