diff --git a/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java b/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java
index 5dc0bad6b35..7a036885edc 100644
--- a/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java
+++ b/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Nullable;
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Pattern;
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Required;
+import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Size;
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.ValidationRule;
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.ValidationRules;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.GenericKubernetesResource;
@@ -234,6 +235,8 @@ class PropertyMetadata {
     private Double max;
     private Boolean exclusiveMaximum;
     private String pattern;
+    private Long minLength;
+    private Long maxLength;
     private boolean nullable;
     private String format;
     private List<V> validationRules = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -254,11 +257,24 @@ public PropertyMetadata(JsonSchema value, BeanProperty beanProperty) {
       }
 
       if (value.isStringSchema()) {
+        System.out.println("String schema");
         StringSchema stringSchema = value.asStringSchema();
         // only set if ValidationSchemaFactoryWrapper is used
         this.pattern = stringSchema.getPattern();
-        //this.maxLength = ofNullable(stringSchema.getMaxLength()).map(Integer::doubleValue).orElse(null);
-        //this.minLength = ofNullable(stringSchema.getMinLength()).map(Integer::doubleValue).orElse(null);
+
+        this.maxLength = ofNullable(stringSchema.getMaxLength())
+          .map(Integer::longValue)
+          .or(() -> ofNullable(beanProperty.getAnnotation(Size.class))
+            .map(Size::max)
+            .filter(v -> v < Long.MAX_VALUE))
+          .orElse(null);
+        this.minLength = ofNullable(stringSchema.getMinLength())
+          .map(Integer::longValue)
+          .or(() -> ofNullable(beanProperty.getAnnotation(Size.class))
+            .map(Size::min)
+            .filter(v -> v > 0))
+          .orElse(null);
+
       } else {
         // TODO: process the other schema types for validation values
       }
@@ -313,6 +329,10 @@ public void updateSchema(T schema) {
       schema.setExclusiveMaximum(exclusiveMaximum);
       schema.setMinimum(min);
       schema.setExclusiveMinimum(exclusiveMinimum);
+
+      schema.setMinLength(minLength);
+      schema.setMaxLength(maxLength);
+
       schema.setPattern(pattern);
       schema.setFormat(format);
       if (preserveUnknownFields) {
diff --git a/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/KubernetesJSONSchemaProps.java b/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/KubernetesJSONSchemaProps.java
index 171bd1d823e..496654f4d32 100644
--- a/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/KubernetesJSONSchemaProps.java
+++ b/crd-generator/api-v2/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crdv2/generator/KubernetesJSONSchemaProps.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public interface KubernetesJSONSchemaProps {
 
   void setExclusiveMinimum(Boolean b);
 
+  void setMinLength(Long min);
+
+  void setMaxLength(Long max);
+
   void setPattern(String pattern);
 
   void setFormat(String format);
diff --git a/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/validation/ValidationSpec.java b/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/validation/ValidationSpec.java
index ddeb87bf4b2..239abb8a8fc 100644
--- a/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/validation/ValidationSpec.java
+++ b/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/validation/ValidationSpec.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Max;
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Min;
 import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Pattern;
+import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Size;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
@@ -181,6 +182,13 @@ static class ValidationOnDoublePrim {
   static class ValidationOnString {
     @Pattern("(a|b)+")
     private String pattern;
+
+    @Size(min = 1)
+    private String minLength1;
+    @Size(max = 1)
+    private String maxLength1;
+    @Size(min = 1, max = 3)
+    private String minLength1maxLength3;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/crd-generator/test/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/CRDGeneratorApprovalTest.approvalTest.validations.samples.fabric8.io.v1.approved.yml b/crd-generator/test/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/CRDGeneratorApprovalTest.approvalTest.validations.samples.fabric8.io.v1.approved.yml
index 24dbfaf842e..de18a96b5d3 100644
--- a/crd-generator/test/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/CRDGeneratorApprovalTest.approvalTest.validations.samples.fabric8.io.v1.approved.yml
+++ b/crd-generator/test/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/crd/generator/approvaltests/CRDGeneratorApprovalTest.approvalTest.validations.samples.fabric8.io.v1.approved.yml
@@ -235,6 +235,16 @@ spec:
                 type: "object"
               onString:
                 properties:
+                  maxLength1:
+                    maxLength: 1
+                    type: "string"
+                  minLength1:
+                    minLength: 1
+                    type: "string"
+                  minLength1maxLength3:
+                    maxLength: 3
+                    minLength: 1
+                    type: "string"
                   pattern:
                     pattern: "(a|b)+"
                     type: "string"
diff --git a/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/generator/annotation/Size.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/generator/annotation/Size.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fae51277b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/generator/annotation/Size.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package io.fabric8.generator.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Decorates the resulting property with size limits.
+ * <p>
+ * The annotation can be used on strings, list/arrays and maps and will result in an appropriate JSON Schema constraint:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{@code minLength} and/or {@code maxLength} for a String</li>
+ * <li>{@code minItems} and/or {@code maxItems} for a list/array</li>
+ * <li>{@code minProperties} and/or {@code maxProperties} for a map</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @see <a href=
+ *      "https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/extend-resources/custom-resource-definition-v1/#JSONSchemaProps">
+ *      Kubernetes Docs - API Reference - CRD v1 - JSONSchemaProps
+ *      </a>
+ */
+@Target({ ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE_USE })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Size {
+  long min() default 0;
+
+  long max() default Long.MAX_VALUE;
+}