diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index ee60b2114..eb1aac026 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- BREAKING: Add the `OpenShiftRoute` Listener `ServiceType` and `ListenerClass.spec.openshiftRoute` ([#1291]).
+
+[#1291]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/1291
+
 ## [0.119.0] - 2026-09-23
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/crds/ListenerClass.yaml b/crates/stackable-operator/crds/ListenerClass.yaml
index afa4c00a8..e12f7cbb2 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/crds/ListenerClass.yaml
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/crds/ListenerClass.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ spec:
                   Ignored unless serviceType is LoadBalancer.
                 nullable: true
                 type: string
+              openshiftRoute:
+                description: Ignored unless `serviceType` is `OpenShiftRoute`.
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  port:
+                    description: Required when the Listener has more than one port.
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  tls:
+                    default: Passthrough
+                    description: '`Passthrough` (default) uses port 443; `None` serves plain HTTP on port 80.'
+                    enum:
+                    - Passthrough
+                    - None
+                    type: string
+                type: object
               pinnedNodePorts:
                 default: false
                 description: |-
@@ -106,6 +122,7 @@ spec:
                 - NodePort
                 - LoadBalancer
                 - ClusterIP
+                - OpenShiftRoute
                 type: string
             required:
             - serviceType
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/class/mod.rs b/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/class/mod.rs
index f212a2163..54acab00f 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/class/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/class/mod.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ pub mod versioned {
     pub struct ListenerClassSpec {
         pub service_type: core_v1alpha1::ServiceType,
 
+        /// Ignored unless `serviceType` is `OpenShiftRoute`.
+        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        pub openshift_route: Option<OpenShiftRouteConfig>,
+
         /// Configures whether a LoadBalancer service should also allocate node ports (like NodePort).
         ///
         /// Ignored unless serviceType is LoadBalancer.
@@ -121,6 +125,26 @@ pub mod versioned {
         #[schemars(schema_with = "raw_object_schema")]
         pub service_overrides: Service,
     }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+    pub struct OpenShiftRouteConfig {
+        /// Required when the Listener has more than one port.
+        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        pub port: Option<String>,
+
+        /// `Passthrough` (default) uses port 443; `None` serves plain HTTP on port 80.
+        #[serde(default)]
+        pub tls: OpenShiftRouteTls,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+    pub enum OpenShiftRouteTls {
+        #[default]
+        Passthrough,
+
+        None,
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -130,6 +154,13 @@ impl stackable_versioned::test_utils::RoundtripTestData for v1alpha1::ListenerCl
           - serviceType: ClusterIP
           - serviceType: NodePort
           - serviceType: LoadBalancer
+          - serviceType: OpenShiftRoute
+          - serviceType: OpenShiftRoute
+            openshiftRoute:
+              port: https
+          - serviceType: OpenShiftRoute
+            openshiftRoute:
+              tls: None
           - serviceType: ClusterIP
             loadBalancerAllocateNodePorts: false
             loadBalancerClass: foo
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/core/mod.rs b/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/core/mod.rs
index 545b19afd..f60541053 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/core/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/src/crd/listener/core/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ pub mod versioned {
         /// Assigns an IP address from a pool of IP addresses that your cluster has reserved for
         /// that purpose.
         ClusterIP,
+
+        /// Expose a single port through an OpenShift Route.
+        OpenShiftRoute,
     }
 
     /// Service Internal Traffic Policy enables internal traffic restrictions to only route internal