diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5e646ca0..adbeb030d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
   [#1409](https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/pull/1409)
 - Support `NodePort` as ingress service type for `DataPlane`
   [#1430](https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/pull/1430)
+- Allow setting `NodePort` port number for ingress service for `DataPlane`.
+  [#1516](https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/pull/1516)
 - Bump default `DataPlane` image to 3.10
   Default image changes from `kong` to `kong/kong-gateway`.
   [#1405](https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/pull/1405)
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane-with-nodeport.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane-with-nodeport.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a4ea7742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane-with-nodeport.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+apiVersion: gateway-operator.konghq.com/v1beta1
+kind: DataPlane
+metadata:
+  name: dataplane-node-port
+spec:
+  deployment:
+    podTemplateSpec:
+      spec:
+        containers:
+        - name: proxy
+          # renovate: datasource=docker versioning=docker
+          image: kong/kong-gateway:3.10
+          env:
+          - name: KONG_LOG_LEVEL
+            value: debug
+          - name: KONG_PROXY_LISTEN
+            value: 0.0.0.0:9000 reuseport backlog=16384
+          - name: KONG_PORT_MAPS
+            value: 8080:9000
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "64Mi"
+              cpu: "250m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "1024Mi"
+              cpu: "1000m"
+          readinessProbe:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 1
+            periodSeconds: 1
+  network:
+    services:
+      ingress:
+        annotations:
+          foo: bar
+        ports:
+          - name: http
+            port: 8080
+            targetPort: 9000
+          - name: http
+            port: 8083
+            targetPort: 9000
+            nodePort: 30083
diff --git a/controller/dataplane/owned_resources.go b/controller/dataplane/owned_resources.go
index b60fb5831..3fb78bc3c 100644
--- a/controller/dataplane/owned_resources.go
+++ b/controller/dataplane/owned_resources.go
@@ -364,11 +364,7 @@ func ensureIngressServiceForDataPlane(
 			existingService.Spec.Selector = generatedService.Spec.Selector
 			updated = true
 		}
-		if !cmp.Equal(generatedService.Spec.Ports, existingService.Spec.Ports, cmp.FilterPath(func(p cmp.Path) bool {
-			// We need to check all the service values but the NodePort, as this field is assigned by
-			// the K8S controlplane components.
-			return p.Last().String() == ".NodePort"
-		}, cmp.Ignore())) {
+		if !comparePorts(existingService.Spec.Ports, generatedService.Spec.Ports, dataPlane) {
 			existingService.Spec.Ports = generatedService.Spec.Ports
 			updated = true
 		}
@@ -385,3 +381,44 @@ func ensureIngressServiceForDataPlane(
 
 	return op.Created, generatedService, cl.Create(ctx, generatedService)
 }
+
+// comparePorts compares the ports of two services.
+// It returns true if the ports are equal, ignoring the NodePort field
+// for the ingress service if it was not set in the dataplane spec.
+func comparePorts(
+	a, b []corev1.ServicePort,
+	dataPlane *operatorv1beta1.DataPlane,
+) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range a {
+		if a[i].Name != b[i].Name {
+			return false
+		}
+		if a[i].Protocol != b[i].Protocol {
+			return false
+		}
+		if a[i].Port != b[i].Port {
+			return false
+		}
+		if a[i].TargetPort != b[i].TargetPort {
+			return false
+		}
+		if a[i].AppProtocol != b[i].AppProtocol {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if a[i].NodePort != b[i].NodePort {
+			if dataPlane != nil &&
+				dataPlane.Spec.Network.Services != nil &&
+				dataPlane.Spec.Network.Services.Ingress != nil &&
+				len(dataPlane.Spec.Network.Services.Ingress.Ports) > i &&
+				dataPlane.Spec.Network.Services.Ingress.Ports[i].NodePort != 0 {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/controller/dataplane/owned_resources_test.go b/controller/dataplane/owned_resources_test.go
index f15be2506..165cca8a9 100644
--- a/controller/dataplane/owned_resources_test.go
+++ b/controller/dataplane/owned_resources_test.go
@@ -331,3 +331,76 @@ func TestEnsureIngressServiceForDataPlane(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestComparePorts(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		a         []corev1.ServicePort
+		b         []corev1.ServicePort
+		dataPlane *operatorv1beta1.DataPlane
+		expected  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "should return true when NodePort differs but not specified in DataPlane spec",
+			a:    []corev1.ServicePort{{Name: "port-80", Port: 80, NodePort: 30080}},
+			b:    []corev1.ServicePort{{Name: "port-80", Port: 80, NodePort: 30081}},
+			dataPlane: builder.NewDataPlaneBuilder().
+				WithIngressServicePorts([]operatorv1beta1.DataPlaneServicePort{
+					{
+						Name:       "http",
+						Port:       80,
+						TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(8000),
+						// NodePort not specified
+					},
+				}).Build(),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should return false when NodePort differs and is specified in DataPlane spec",
+			a:    []corev1.ServicePort{{Name: "port-80", Port: 80, NodePort: 30080}},
+			b:    []corev1.ServicePort{{Name: "port-80", Port: 80, NodePort: 30081}},
+			dataPlane: builder.NewDataPlaneBuilder().
+				WithIngressServicePorts([]operatorv1beta1.DataPlaneServicePort{
+					{
+						Name:       "http",
+						Port:       80,
+						TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(8000),
+						NodePort:   30080,
+					},
+				}).Build(),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should return true when multiple ports match except NodePort which is not specified",
+			a: []corev1.ServicePort{
+				{Name: "port-80", Port: 80, NodePort: 30080},
+				{Name: "port-443", Port: 443, NodePort: 30443},
+			},
+			b: []corev1.ServicePort{
+				{Name: "port-80", Port: 80, NodePort: 30081},
+				{Name: "port-443", Port: 443, NodePort: 30444},
+			},
+			dataPlane: builder.NewDataPlaneBuilder().
+				WithIngressServicePorts([]operatorv1beta1.DataPlaneServicePort{
+					{
+						Name:       "http",
+						Port:       80,
+						TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(8000),
+					},
+					{
+						Name:       "https",
+						Port:       443,
+						TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(8443),
+					},
+				}).Build(),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := comparePorts(tc.a, tc.b, tc.dataPlane)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0c1d9bb76..4ade928da 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ require (
 replace (
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.3
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.3
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.4
 	k8s.io/apiserver => k8s.io/apiserver v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.32.3
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/controller-manager => k8s.io/controller-manager v0.32.3
-	k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.32.3
+	k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.32.4
 	k8s.io/cri-client => k8s.io/cri-client v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/csi-translation-lib => k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation => k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/endpointslice => k8s.io/endpointslice v0.32.3
-	k8s.io/externaljwt => k8s.io/externaljwt v0.32.3
+	k8s.io/externaljwt => k8s.io/externaljwt v0.32.4
 	k8s.io/kms => k8s.io/kms v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator => k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/kube-controller-manager => k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.32.3
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/kubelet => k8s.io/kubelet v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers => k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.32.3
-	k8s.io/mount-utils => k8s.io/mount-utils v0.32.3
+	k8s.io/mount-utils => k8s.io/mount-utils v0.32.4
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin => k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin v0.32.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 30bcb93ba..d5640f130 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ k8s.io/api v0.32.3 h1:Hw7KqxRusq+6QSplE3NYG4MBxZw1BZnq4aP4cJVINls=
 k8s.io/api v0.32.3/go.mod h1:2wEDTXADtm/HA7CCMD8D8bK4yuBUptzaRhYcYEEYA3k=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.3 h1:4D8vy+9GWerlErCwVIbcQjsWunF9SUGNu7O7hiQTyPY=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.3/go.mod h1:8YwcvVRMVzw0r1Stc7XfGAzB/SIVLunqApySV5V7Dss=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.3 h1:JmDuDarhDmA/Li7j3aPrwhpNBA94Nvk5zLeOge9HH1U=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.3/go.mod h1:GpHVgxoKlTxClKcteaeuF1Ul/lDVb74KpZcxcmLDElE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.4 h1:8EEksaxA7nd7xWJkkwLDN4SvWS5ot9g6Z/VZb3ju25I=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.4/go.mod h1:GpHVgxoKlTxClKcteaeuF1Ul/lDVb74KpZcxcmLDElE=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.32.3 h1:kOw2KBuHOA+wetX1MkmrxgBr648ksz653j26ESuWNY8=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.32.3/go.mod h1:q1x9B8E/WzShF49wh3ADOh6muSfpmFL0I2t+TG0Zdgc=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.32.3 h1:RKPVltzopkSgHS7aS98QdscAgtgah/+zmpAogooIqVU=
diff --git a/pkg/utils/kubernetes/resources/services.go b/pkg/utils/kubernetes/resources/services.go
index b3c5260c6..df205bbbb 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/kubernetes/resources/services.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/kubernetes/resources/services.go
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ func ServicePortsFromDataPlaneIngressOpt(dataplane *operatorv1beta1.DataPlane) S
 					Protocol:   corev1.ProtocolTCP, // Currently, only TCP protocol supported.
 					Port:       p.Port,
 					TargetPort: targetPort,
+					NodePort:   p.NodePort,
 				})
 				alreadyUsedPorts[p.Port] = struct{}{}
 			}