diff --git a/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md b/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md
index b1777f559..ee93f9065 100644
--- a/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md
+++ b/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md
@@ -9113,6 +9113,18 @@ bool
 <p>Modules is the list of ceph manager modules to enable/disable</p>
 </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<code>hostNetwork</code><br/>
+<em>
+bool
+</em>
+</td>
+<td>
+<em>(Optional)</em>
+<p>Whether host networking is enabled for the Ceph Mgr. If not set, the network settings from CephCluster.spec.networking will be applied.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
 <h3 id="ceph.rook.io/v1.Migration">Migration
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
index 5635c9901..797d3e7a3 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
@@ -2126,6 +2126,9 @@ spec:
                       maximum: 5
                       minimum: 0
                       type: integer
+                    hostNetwork:
+                      description: Whether host networking is enabled for the Ceph Mgr. If not set, the network settings from CephCluster.spec.networking will be applied.
+                      type: boolean
                     modules:
                       description: Modules is the list of ceph manager modules to enable/disable
                       items:
diff --git a/deploy/examples/crds.yaml b/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
index 0ffac0f0d..8f6c0684f 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
@@ -2124,6 +2124,9 @@ spec:
                       maximum: 5
                       minimum: 0
                       type: integer
+                    hostNetwork:
+                      description: Whether host networking is enabled for the Ceph Mgr. If not set, the network settings from CephCluster.spec.networking will be applied.
+                      type: boolean
                     modules:
                       description: Modules is the list of ceph manager modules to enable/disable
                       items:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
index a0f190515..1a6183460 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
@@ -854,6 +854,9 @@ type MgrSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	// +nullable
 	Modules []Module `json:"modules,omitempty"`
+	// Whether host networking is enabled for the Ceph Mgr. If not set, the network settings from CephCluster.spec.networking will be applied.
+	// +optional
+	HostNetwork *bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Module represents mgr modules that the user wants to enable or disable
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 44f197742..dc4fc5f2b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -3338,6 +3338,11 @@ func (in *MgrSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *MgrSpec) {
 		*out = make([]Module, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
+	if in.HostNetwork != nil {
+		in, out := &in.HostNetwork, &out.HostNetwork
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
index 5d309166a..4f77f53ea 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeDeployment(mgrConfig *mgrConfig) (*apps.Deployment, error)
 		adminKeyringVol, _ := keyring.Volume().Admin(), keyring.VolumeMount().Admin()
 		volumes = append(volumes, adminKeyringVol)
 	}
-
+	hostNetwork := isHostNetworkEnabled(c)
 	podSpec := v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:   mgrConfig.ResourceName,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeDeployment(mgrConfig *mgrConfig) (*apps.Deployment, error)
 			ServiceAccountName: serviceAccountName,
 			RestartPolicy:      v1.RestartPolicyAlways,
 			Volumes:            volumes,
-			HostNetwork:        c.spec.Network.IsHost(),
+			HostNetwork:        hostNetwork,
 			PriorityClassName:  cephv1.GetMgrPriorityClassName(c.spec.PriorityClassNames),
 		},
 	}
@@ -396,3 +396,13 @@ func (c *Cluster) buildSelectorLabels(labels map[string]string) map[string]strin
 	selectorLabels["mgr_role"] = "active"
 	return selectorLabels
 }
+
+// isHostNetworkEnabled checks if hostNetwork field is set in mgr spec, if not
+// gets it from Cluster Spec
+func isHostNetworkEnabled(c *Cluster) bool {
+	hostNetwork := c.spec.Network.IsHost()
+	if c.spec.Mgr.HostNetwork != nil {
+		hostNetwork = *c.spec.Mgr.HostNetwork
+	}
+	return hostNetwork
+}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec_test.go
index 0e8a7453f..4fecdb6c6 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec_test.go
@@ -191,3 +191,72 @@ func TestApplyPrometheusAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(c.spec.Annotations))
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(d.ObjectMeta.Annotations))
 }
+
+func TestMgrNetwork(t *testing.T) {
+	clientset := optest.New(t, 1)
+	ownerInfo := cephclient.NewMinimumOwnerInfoWithOwnerRef()
+	clusterInfo := &cephclient.ClusterInfo{Namespace: "ns", FSID: "myfsid", OwnerInfo: ownerInfo}
+	clusterInfo.SetName("test")
+	ptrToFalse := false
+	ptrToTrue := true
+
+	mgrTestConfig := mgrConfig{
+		DaemonID:     "a",
+		ResourceName: "mgr-a",
+		DataPathMap:  config.NewStatelessDaemonDataPathMap(config.MgrType, "a", "rook-ceph", "/var/lib/rook/"),
+	}
+
+	t.Run("cluster HostNetwork true, manager Hostnetwork false", func(t *testing.T) {
+		clusterSpec := cephv1.ClusterSpec{
+			Network: cephv1.NetworkSpec{HostNetwork: true},
+			Mgr:     cephv1.MgrSpec{HostNetwork: &ptrToFalse},
+		}
+		c := New(&clusterd.Context{Clientset: clientset}, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, "myversion")
+
+		d, err := c.makeDeployment(&mgrTestConfig)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, d)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, false, d.Spec.Template.Spec.HostNetwork)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cluster hostNetwork true, manager hostnetwork true", func(t *testing.T) {
+		clusterSpec := cephv1.ClusterSpec{
+			Network: cephv1.NetworkSpec{HostNetwork: true},
+			Mgr:     cephv1.MgrSpec{HostNetwork: &ptrToTrue},
+		}
+		c := New(&clusterd.Context{Clientset: clientset}, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, "myversion")
+
+		d, err := c.makeDeployment(&mgrTestConfig)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, d)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, true, d.Spec.Template.Spec.HostNetwork)
+	})
+	t.Run("cluster hostNetwork false, manager hostnetwork empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		clusterSpec := cephv1.ClusterSpec{
+			Network: cephv1.NetworkSpec{HostNetwork: false},
+			// Mgr:     cephv1.MgrSpec{HostNetwork: &ptrToTrue},
+		}
+		c := New(&clusterd.Context{Clientset: clientset}, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, "myversion")
+
+		d, err := c.makeDeployment(&mgrTestConfig)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, d)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, false, d.Spec.Template.Spec.HostNetwork)
+	})
+	t.Run("cluster hostNetwork true manager hostnetwork empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		clusterSpec := cephv1.ClusterSpec{
+			Network: cephv1.NetworkSpec{HostNetwork: true},
+			// Mgr:     cephv1.MgrSpec{HostNetwork: &ptrToTrue},
+		}
+		c := New(&clusterd.Context{Clientset: clientset}, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, "myversion")
+
+		d, err := c.makeDeployment(&mgrTestConfig)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, d)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, true, d.Spec.Template.Spec.HostNetwork)
+	})
+}