diff --git a/medusa-example.ini b/medusa-example.ini
index f57182f6..b97a93a3 100644
--- a/medusa-example.ini
+++ b/medusa-example.ini
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 ; - `<cql_k8s_secrets_path>/username` containing username
 ; - `<cql_k8s_secrets_path>/password` containing password
 ;cql_k8s_secrets_path = <path to kubernetes secrets folder>
+;prefix_nodetool_command = <command to be run with && before nodetool>
 ;nodetool_username =  <my nodetool username>
 ;nodetool_password =  <my nodetool password>
 ;nodetool_password_file_path = <path to nodetool password file>
diff --git a/medusa/config.py b/medusa/config.py
index b7f55d30..7dd28670 100644
--- a/medusa/config.py
+++ b/medusa/config.py
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
 
 CassandraConfig = collections.namedtuple(
     'CassandraConfig',
-    ['start_cmd', 'stop_cmd', 'config_file', 'cql_username', 'cql_password', 'check_running', 'is_ccm',
-     'sstableloader_bin', 'nodetool_username', 'nodetool_password', 'nodetool_password_file_path', 'nodetool_host',
-     'nodetool_executable', 'nodetool_port', 'certfile', 'usercert', 'userkey', 'sstableloader_ts',
+    ['prefix_nodetool_command', 'start_cmd', 'stop_cmd', 'config_file', 'cql_username', 'cql_password', 'check_running',
+     'is_ccm', 'sstableloader_bin', 'nodetool_username', 'nodetool_password', 'nodetool_password_file_path',
+     'nodetool_host', 'nodetool_executable', 'nodetool_port', 'certfile', 'usercert', 'userkey', 'sstableloader_ts',
      'sstableloader_tspw', 'sstableloader_ks', 'sstableloader_kspw', 'nodetool_ssl', 'resolve_ip_addresses', 'use_sudo',
      'nodetool_flags', 'cql_k8s_secrets_path', 'nodetool_k8s_secrets_path']
 )
diff --git a/medusa/nodetool.py b/medusa/nodetool.py
index 3b2810f0..4b389bc8 100644
--- a/medusa/nodetool.py
+++ b/medusa/nodetool.py
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ def __init__(self, cassandra_config):
         nodetool_executable = cassandra_config.nodetool_executable
         nodetool_flags = cassandra_config.nodetool_flags.split(" ") if cassandra_config.nodetool_flags else []
         self._nodetool = [nodetool_executable] + nodetool_flags
+        if cassandra_config.prefix_nodetool_command is not None:
+            curr_nodetool = self._nodetool
+            cmd_string = cassandra_config.prefix_nodetool_command + " &&"
+            cmd_array = cmd_string.split(" ")
+            cmd_array += curr_nodetool
+            self._nodetool = cmd_array
         if cassandra_config.nodetool_ssl == "true":
             self._nodetool += ['--ssl']
         if cassandra_config.nodetool_username is not None: