diff --git a/deployment/base/nfd-crds/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/base/nfd-crds/kustomization.yaml
index 73fd8cc08..b7f95447e 100644
--- a/deployment/base/nfd-crds/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/nfd-crds/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
 resources:
-- nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
+- nfd-api-crds.yaml
diff --git a/hack/generate.sh b/hack/generate.sh
index 9b3b5ca22..0d5c165d6 100755
--- a/hack/generate.sh
+++ b/hack/generate.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ go generate ./cmd/... ./pkg/... ./source/...
 
 rm -rf vendor/
 
-controller-gen object crd output:crd:stdout paths=./pkg/apis/... > deployment/base/nfd-crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
+controller-gen object crd output:crd:stdout paths=./pkg/apis/... > deployment/base/nfd-crds/nfd-api-crds.yaml
 
 mkdir -p deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds
-cp deployment/base/nfd-crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds/
+cp deployment/base/nfd-crds/nfd-api-crds.yaml deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds
 
 rm -rf sigs.k8s.io
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/annotations_labels.go b/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/annotations_labels.go
index 7e4cbee25..978ba853c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/annotations_labels.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/annotations_labels.go
@@ -46,4 +46,10 @@ const (
 
 	// NodeTaintsAnnotation is the annotation that holds the taints that nfd-master set on the node
 	NodeTaintsAnnotation = AnnotationNs + "/taints"
+
+	// NodeFeatureObjNodeNameLabel is the label that specifies which node the
+	// NodeFeature object is targeting. Creators of NodeFeature objects must
+	// set this label and consumers of the objects are supposed to use the
+	// label for filtering features designated for a certain node.
+	NodeFeatureObjNodeNameLabel = "nfd.node.kubernetes.io/node-name"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/register.go
index c87a4852a..8c1d41f5b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&NodeFeature{},
 		&NodeFeatureRule{},
 	)
 	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, SchemeGroupVersion)
diff --git a/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/types.go
index c057cddf7..3565db1cd 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/nfd/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,37 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
+// NodeFeatureList contains a list of NodeFeature objects.
+// +kubebuilder:object:root=true
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+type NodeFeatureList struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	metav1.ListMeta `json:"metadata"`
+
+	Items []NodeFeature `json:"items"`
+}
+
+// NodeFeature resource holds the features discovered for one node in the
+// cluster.
+// +kubebuilder:object:root=true
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +genclient
+type NodeFeature struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
+	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+
+	Spec NodeFeatureSpec `json:"spec"`
+}
+
+// NodeFeatureSpec describes a NodeFeature object.
+type NodeFeatureSpec struct {
+	// Features is the full "raw" features data that has been discovered.
+	Features Features `json:"features"`
+	// Labels is the set of node labels that are requested to be created.
+	// +optional
+	Labels map[string]string `json:"labels"`
+}
+
 // Features is the collection of all discovered features.
 //
 // +protobuf=true