diff --git a/.changelog/11368.txt b/.changelog/11368.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abef009ec712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11368.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+ui: Persist node drain settings in the browser
+```
diff --git a/ui/app/components/drain-popover.js b/ui/app/components/drain-popover.js
index 6690e9d721ba..764147396a2f 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/drain-popover.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/drain-popover.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { task } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import Duration from 'duration-js';
 import { tagName } from '@ember-decorators/component';
 import classic from 'ember-classic-decorator';
+import localStorageProperty from 'nomad-ui/utils/properties/local-storage';
 
 @classic
 @tagName('')
@@ -22,6 +23,23 @@ export default class DrainPopover extends Component {
   forceDrain = false;
   drainSystemJobs = true;
 
+  @localStorageProperty('nomadDrainOptions', {}) drainOptions;
+
+  didReceiveAttrs() {
+    // Load drain config values from local storage if availabe.
+    [
+      'deadlineEnabled',
+      'customDuration',
+      'forceDrain',
+      'drainSystemJobs',
+      'selectedDurationQuickOption',
+    ].forEach(k => {
+      if (k in this.drainOptions) {
+        this[k] = this.drainOptions[k];
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   @overridable(function() {
     return this.durationQuickOptions[0];
   })
@@ -71,6 +89,14 @@ export default class DrainPopover extends Component {
       IgnoreSystemJobs: !this.drainSystemJobs,
     };
 
+    this.drainOptions = {
+      deadlineEnabled: this.deadlineEnabled,
+      customDuration: this.deadline,
+      selectedDurationQuickOption: this.selectedDurationQuickOption,
+      drainSystemJobs: this.drainSystemJobs,
+      forceDrain: this.forceDrain,
+    };
+
     close();
 
     try {
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/components/drain-popover.hbs b/ui/app/templates/components/drain-popover.hbs
index 3e8a3b05b129..a2c6af2eaf49 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/components/drain-popover.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/components/drain-popover.hbs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
             type="text"
             class="input {{if this.parseError "is-danger"}}"
             placeholder="1h30m"
+            value={{if (eq this.customDuration 0) "" this.customDuration}}
             oninput={{action (queue
               (action (mut this.parseError) '')
               (action (mut this.customDuration) value="target.value"))}} />
diff --git a/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js b/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js
index c5f9638655a8..58ccb6ed2efa 100644
--- a/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ let clientToken;
 const wasPreemptedFilter = allocation => !!allocation.preemptedByAllocation;
 
 function nonSearchPOSTS() {
-  return server.pretender.handledRequests.reject(request => request.url.includes('fuzzy')).filterBy('method', 'POST');
+  return server.pretender.handledRequests
+    .reject(request => request.url.includes('fuzzy'))
+    .filterBy('method', 'POST');
 }
 
 module('Acceptance | client detail', function(hooks) {
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ module('Acceptance | client detail', function(hooks) {
   setupMirage(hooks);
 
   hooks.beforeEach(function() {
+    window.localStorage.clear();
+
     server.create('node', 'forceIPv4', { schedulingEligibility: 'eligible' });
     node = server.db.nodes[0];
 
@@ -734,6 +738,45 @@ module('Acceptance | client detail', function(hooks) {
     );
   });
 
+  test('starting a drain persists options to localstorage', async function(assert) {
+    const nodes = server.createList('node', 2, {
+      drain: false,
+      schedulingEligibility: 'eligible',
+    });
+
+    await ClientDetail.visit({ id: nodes[0].id });
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.toggle();
+
+    // Change all options to non-default values.
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.deadlineToggle.toggle();
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.deadlineOptions.open();
+    const optionsCount = ClientDetail.drainPopover.deadlineOptions.options.length;
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.deadlineOptions.options.objectAt(optionsCount - 1).choose();
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.setCustomDeadline('1h40m20s');
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.forceDrainToggle.toggle();
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.systemJobsToggle.toggle();
+
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.submit();
+
+    const got = JSON.parse(window.localStorage.nomadDrainOptions);
+    const want = {
+      deadlineEnabled: true,
+      customDuration: '1h40m20s',
+      selectedDurationQuickOption: { label: 'Custom', value: 'custom' },
+      drainSystemJobs: false,
+      forceDrain: true,
+    };
+    assert.deepEqual(got, want);
+
+    // Visit another node and check that drain config is persisted.
+    await ClientDetail.visit({ id: nodes[1].id });
+    await ClientDetail.drainPopover.toggle();
+    assert.true(ClientDetail.drainPopover.deadlineToggle.isActive);
+    assert.equal(ClientDetail.drainPopover.customDeadline, '1h40m20s');
+    assert.true(ClientDetail.drainPopover.forceDrainToggle.isActive);
+    assert.false(ClientDetail.drainPopover.systemJobsToggle.isActive);
+  });
+
   test('the drain popover cancel button closes the popover', async function(assert) {
     node = server.create('node', {
       drain: false,
diff --git a/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js b/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js
index 4571e68f15f9..70afd69a7d9d 100644
--- a/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js
+++ b/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   fillable,
   text,
   isPresent,
+  value,
   visitable,
 } from 'ember-cli-page-object';
 
@@ -118,7 +119,9 @@ export default create({
 
     deadlineToggle: toggle('[data-test-drain-deadline-toggle]'),
     deadlineOptions: {
-      open: clickable('[data-test-drain-deadline-option-select-parent] .ember-power-select-trigger'),
+      open: clickable(
+        '[data-test-drain-deadline-option-select-parent] .ember-power-select-trigger'
+      ),
       options: collection('.ember-power-select-option', {
         label: text(),
         choose: clickable(),
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ export default create({
     },
 
     setCustomDeadline: fillable('[data-test-drain-custom-deadline]'),
-    customDeadline: attribute('value', '[data-test-drain-custom-deadline]'),
+    customDeadline: value('[data-test-drain-custom-deadline]'),
     forceDrainToggle: toggle('[data-test-force-drain-toggle]'),
     systemJobsToggle: toggle('[data-test-system-jobs-toggle]'),