diff --git a/.changelog/12324.txt b/.changelog/12324.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7086c64482c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12324.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+drainer: defer draining CSI plugin jobs until system jobs are drained
+```
diff --git a/nomad/drainer/draining_node.go b/nomad/drainer/draining_node.go
index 5a9ee1c15981..348556e4fa94 100644
--- a/nomad/drainer/draining_node.go
+++ b/nomad/drainer/draining_node.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (n *drainingNode) DrainingJobs() ([]structs.NamespacedID, error) {
 	jobIDs := make(map[structs.NamespacedID]struct{})
 	var jobs []structs.NamespacedID
 	for _, alloc := range allocs {
-		if alloc.TerminalStatus() || alloc.Job.Type == structs.JobTypeSystem {
+		if alloc.TerminalStatus() || alloc.Job.Type == structs.JobTypeSystem || alloc.Job.IsPlugin() {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 325c07f76222..c4ac6a652cfb 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -4566,6 +4566,18 @@ func (j *Job) IsMultiregion() bool {
 	return j.Multiregion != nil && j.Multiregion.Regions != nil && len(j.Multiregion.Regions) > 0
 }
 
+// IsPlugin returns whether a job is implements a plugin (currently just CSI)
+func (j *Job) IsPlugin() bool {
+	for _, tg := range j.TaskGroups {
+		for _, task := range tg.Tasks {
+			if task.CSIPluginConfig != nil {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // VaultPolicies returns the set of Vault policies per task group, per task
 func (j *Job) VaultPolicies() map[string]map[string]*Vault {
 	policies := make(map[string]map[string]*Vault, len(j.TaskGroups))
diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/node/drain.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/node/drain.mdx
index 171304bed2ef..83a87d2ef228 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/commands/node/drain.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/commands/node/drain.mdx
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ capability.
   without being force stopped after a certain deadline.
 
 - `-ignore-system`: Ignore system allows the drain to complete without
-  stopping system job allocations. By default system jobs are stopped
-  last. You should always use this flag when draining a node running
-  [CSI node plugins][internals-csi].
+  stopping system job allocations. By default system jobs (and CSI
+  plugins) are stopped last, after the `deadline` time has expired.
 
 - `-keep-ineligible`: Keep ineligible will maintain the node's scheduling
   ineligibility even if the drain is being disabled. This is useful when an