diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/assets/schema.json b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/assets/schema.json
index 4e29ad7455..62f050c5d1 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/assets/schema.json
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/assets/schema.json
@@ -1211,6 +1211,11 @@
     },
     "InstanceSelector": {
       "properties": {
+        "allow": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "List of allowed instance types to select from w/ regex syntax (Example: m[3-5]\\\\.*)",
+          "x-intellij-html-description": "List of allowed instance types to select from w/ regex syntax (Example: m[3-5]\\.*)"
+        },
         "cpuArchitecture": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "CPU Architecture of the EC2 instance type. Valid variants are: `\"x86_64\"` `\"amd64\"` `\"arm64\"`",
@@ -1221,6 +1226,11 @@
             "arm64"
           ]
         },
+        "deny": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "List of instance types which should be excluded w/ regex syntax (Example: m[1-2]\\\\.*)",
+          "x-intellij-html-description": "List of instance types which should be excluded w/ regex syntax (Example: m[1-2]\\.*)"
+        },
         "gpus": {
           "type": "integer",
           "description": "specifies the number of GPUs. It can be set to 0 to select non-GPU instance types.",
@@ -1241,7 +1251,9 @@
         "vCPUs",
         "memory",
         "gpus",
-        "cpuArchitecture"
+        "cpuArchitecture",
+        "allow",
+        "deny"
       ],
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "description": "holds EC2 instance selector options",
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
index 71820ef56e..716c7fa164 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
@@ -2005,6 +2005,11 @@ type InstanceSelector struct {
 	// `"amd64"`
 	// `"arm64"`
 	CPUArchitecture string `json:"cpuArchitecture,omitempty"`
+	// List of allowed instance types to select from w/ regex syntax (Example: m[3-5]\\.*)
+	Allow *string `json:"allow,omitempty"`
+
+	// List of instance types which should be excluded w/ regex syntax (Example: m[1-2]\\.*)
+	Deny *string `json:"deny,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // IsZero returns true if all fields hold a zero value
diff --git a/pkg/eks/instance_selector_test.go b/pkg/eks/instance_selector_test.go
index 1cf684c623..bad50cc6ce 100644
--- a/pkg/eks/instance_selector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eks/instance_selector_test.go
@@ -217,6 +217,52 @@ var _ = Describe("Instance Selector", func() {
 			createFakeInstanceSelector: makeInstanceSelector("c3.large", "c4.large", "c5.large"),
 			expectedInstanceTypes:      []string{"c3.large", "c4.large", "c5.large"},
 		}),
+
+		Entry("valid instance selector criteria with Allow field", instanceSelectorCase{
+			nodeGroups: []api.NodePool{
+				&api.NodeGroup{
+					NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{},
+				},
+				&api.ManagedNodeGroup{
+					NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{},
+				},
+			},
+			instanceSelectorValue: &api.InstanceSelector{
+				CPUArchitecture: "x86_64",
+				Allow:           aws.String(`c5[a-d]+\..*`),
+			},
+			createFakeInstanceSelector: makeInstanceSelector(
+				"c5a.2xlarge",
+				"c5d.2xlarge",
+			),
+			expectedInstanceTypes: []string{"c5a.2xlarge",
+				"c5d.2xlarge"},
+			clusterAZs:  []string{"az1", "az2"},
+			expectedAZs: []string{"az1", "az2"},
+		}),
+
+		Entry("valid instance selector criteria with Deny field", instanceSelectorCase{
+			nodeGroups: []api.NodePool{
+				&api.NodeGroup{
+					NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{},
+				},
+				&api.ManagedNodeGroup{
+					NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{},
+				},
+			},
+			instanceSelectorValue: &api.InstanceSelector{
+				CPUArchitecture: "x86_64",
+				Deny:            aws.String(`c4.*`),
+			},
+			createFakeInstanceSelector: makeInstanceSelector(
+				"c5a.2xlarge",
+				"c5d.2xlarge",
+			),
+			expectedInstanceTypes: []string{"c5a.2xlarge",
+				"c5d.2xlarge"},
+			clusterAZs:  []string{"az1", "az2"},
+			expectedAZs: []string{"az1", "az2"},
+		}),
 	)
 })
 
diff --git a/pkg/eks/nodegroup_service.go b/pkg/eks/nodegroup_service.go
index bfd4034ccd..b088680893 100644
--- a/pkg/eks/nodegroup_service.go
+++ b/pkg/eks/nodegroup_service.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-ec2-instance-selector/v2/pkg/bytequantity"
@@ -209,6 +210,22 @@ func (n *NodeGroupService) expandInstanceSelector(ins *api.InstanceSelector, azs
 
 	filters.CPUArchitecture = (*ec2types.ArchitectureType)(aws.String(cpuArch))
 
+	if ins.Allow != nil {
+		regexVal, err := regexp.Compile(*ins.Allow)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value %q for instanceSelector.allow", *ins.Allow)
+		}
+		filters.AllowList = regexVal
+	}
+
+	if ins.Deny != nil {
+		regexVal, err := regexp.Compile(*ins.Deny)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value %q for instanceSelector.deny", *ins.Deny)
+		}
+		filters.DenyList = regexVal
+	}
+
 	instanceTypes, err := n.instanceSelector.Filter(context.TODO(), filters)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error querying instance types for the specified instance selector criteria")