diff --git a/nova/templates/job-cell-setup.yaml b/nova/templates/job-cell-setup.yaml
index 1ba49cb4b5..f6e51a4ff8 100644
--- a/nova/templates/job-cell-setup.yaml
+++ b/nova/templates/job-cell-setup.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ metadata:
 {{ tuple $envAll "nova" "cell-setup" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 4 }}
   annotations:
     {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" }}
+{{ tuple "nova_cell_setup" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.custom_job_annotations" | indent 4 }}
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova-b0749b6144e2b871.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova-b0749b6144e2b871.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e70daa3a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova-b0749b6144e2b871.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+nova:
+  - Add custom annotations to the nova-cell-setup job
+...