diff --git a/operator/CHANGELOG.md b/operator/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d7e592503..b25f5b21e4 100644
--- a/operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## Main
+- [9339](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/9339) **JoaoBraveCoding**: Add default PodAntiAffinity to Ruler
 - [9329](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/9329) **JoaoBraveCoding**: Add default PodAntiAffinity to Ingester
 - [9262](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/9262) **btaani**: Add PodDisruptionBudget to the Ruler
 - [9260](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/9260) **JoaoBraveCoding**: Add PodDisruptionBudgets to the ingestion path
diff --git a/operator/internal/manifests/ingester_test.go b/operator/internal/manifests/ingester_test.go
index 05dc8763a7..d2d5955d51 100644
--- a/operator/internal/manifests/ingester_test.go
+++ b/operator/internal/manifests/ingester_test.go
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ func TestIngesterPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 					LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 						MatchLabels: map[string]string{
 							"app.kubernetes.io/component": manifests.LabelIngesterComponent,
-							"app.kubernetes.io/instance": "abcd",
-							
+							"app.kubernetes.io/instance":  "abcd",
 						},
 					},
 					TopologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname",
diff --git a/operator/internal/manifests/ruler_test.go b/operator/internal/manifests/ruler_test.go
index 6242d33ed6..0cce4a1ec7 100644
--- a/operator/internal/manifests/ruler_test.go
+++ b/operator/internal/manifests/ruler_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	lokiv1 "github.com/grafana/loki/operator/apis/loki/v1"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/operator/internal/manifests"
@@ -198,3 +199,36 @@ func TestBuildRuler_PodDisruptionBudget(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, int32(1), pdb.Spec.MinAvailable.IntVal)
 	require.EqualValues(t, manifests.ComponentLabels(manifests.LabelRulerComponent, opts.Name), pdb.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels)
 }
+
+func TestRulerPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
+	sts := manifests.NewRulerStatefulSet(manifests.Options{
+		Name:      "abcd",
+		Namespace: "efgh",
+		Stack: lokiv1.LokiStackSpec{
+			StorageClassName: "standard",
+			Template: &lokiv1.LokiTemplateSpec{
+				Ruler: &lokiv1.LokiComponentSpec{
+					Replicas: 1,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	expectedPodAntiAffinity := &corev1.PodAntiAffinity{
+		PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+			{
+				Weight: 100,
+				PodAffinityTerm: corev1.PodAffinityTerm{
+					LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+							"app.kubernetes.io/component": manifests.LabelRulerComponent,
+							"app.kubernetes.io/instance":  "abcd",
+						},
+					},
+					TopologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, sts.Spec.Template.Spec.Affinity)
+	require.Equal(t, expectedPodAntiAffinity, sts.Spec.Template.Spec.Affinity.PodAntiAffinity)
+}
diff --git a/operator/internal/manifests/var.go b/operator/internal/manifests/var.go
index fce7cc6c97..28e2e0c741 100644
--- a/operator/internal/manifests/var.go
+++ b/operator/internal/manifests/var.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ var (
 	volumeFileSystemMode      = corev1.PersistentVolumeFilesystem
 	podAntiAffinityComponents = map[string]struct{}{
 		LabelIngesterComponent: {},
+		LabelRulerComponent:    {},
 	}
 )