diff --git a/api/allocations.go b/api/allocations.go
index 87f7d9b11..1cf66aba0 100644
--- a/api/allocations.go
+++ b/api/allocations.go
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ type Allocation struct {
 type AllocationMetric struct {
 	NodesEvaluated     int
 	NodesFiltered      int
+	NodesInPool        int
 	NodesAvailable     map[string]int
 	ClassFiltered      map[string]int
 	ConstraintFiltered map[string]int
diff --git a/command/monitor_test.go b/command/monitor_test.go
index a9b7bd34f..4d416110e 100644
--- a/command/monitor_test.go
+++ b/command/monitor_test.go
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ func TestMonitor_formatAllocMetric(t *testing.T) {
 			Name: "display all possible scores",
 			Metrics: &api.AllocationMetric{
 				NodesEvaluated: 3,
+				NodesInPool:    3,
 				ScoreMetaData: []*api.NodeScoreMeta{
 					{
 						NodeID: "node-1",
diff --git a/nomad/node_endpoint.go b/nomad/node_endpoint.go
index 4c0de6503..29cd571f8 100644
--- a/nomad/node_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/node_endpoint.go
@@ -1643,12 +1643,11 @@ func (n *Node) createNodeEvals(node *structs.Node, nodeIndex uint64) ([]string,
 	var sysJobs []*structs.Job
 	for jobI := sysJobsIter.Next(); jobI != nil; jobI = sysJobsIter.Next() {
 		job := jobI.(*structs.Job)
-		// Avoid creating evals for jobs that don't run in this
-		// datacenter. We could perform an entire feasibility check
-		// here, but datacenter is a good optimization to start with as
-		// datacenter cardinality tends to be low so the check
-		// shouldn't add much work.
-		if node.IsInAnyDC(job.Datacenters) {
+		// Avoid creating evals for jobs that don't run in this datacenter or
+		// node pool. We could perform an entire feasibility check here, but
+		// datacenter/pool is a good optimization to start with as their
+		// cardinality tends to be low so the check shouldn't add much work.
+		if node.IsInPool(job.NodePool) && node.IsInAnyDC(job.Datacenters) {
 			sysJobs = append(sysJobs, job)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 33812e35c..f2bb1c648 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -2357,6 +2357,12 @@ func (n *Node) IsInAnyDC(datacenters []string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// IsInPool returns true if the node is in the pool argument or if the pool
+// argument is the special "all" pool
+func (n *Node) IsInPool(pool string) bool {
+	return pool == NodePoolAll || n.NodePool == pool
+}
+
 // Stub returns a summarized version of the node
 func (n *Node) Stub(fields *NodeStubFields) *NodeListStub {
 
@@ -11141,6 +11147,9 @@ type AllocMetric struct {
 	// NodesFiltered is the number of nodes filtered due to a constraint
 	NodesFiltered int
 
+	// NodesInPool is the number of nodes in the node pool used by the job.
+	NodesInPool int
+
 	// NodesAvailable is the number of nodes available for evaluation per DC.
 	NodesAvailable map[string]int
 
diff --git a/scheduler/generic_sched.go b/scheduler/generic_sched.go
index 0bfc844c9..3d04d9c5b 100644
--- a/scheduler/generic_sched.go
+++ b/scheduler/generic_sched.go
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ func (s *GenericScheduler) downgradedJobForPlacement(p placementResult) (string,
 // destructive updates to place and the set of new placements to place.
 func (s *GenericScheduler) computePlacements(destructive, place []placementResult) error {
 	// Get the base nodes
-	nodes, _, byDC, err := readyNodesInDCs(s.state, s.job.Datacenters)
+	nodes, _, byDC, err := readyNodesInDCsAndPool(s.state, s.job.Datacenters, s.job.NodePool)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ func (s *GenericScheduler) computePlacements(destructive, place []placementResul
 
 			// Store the available nodes by datacenter
 			s.ctx.Metrics().NodesAvailable = byDC
+			s.ctx.Metrics().NodesInPool = len(nodes)
 
 			// Compute top K scoring node metadata
 			s.ctx.Metrics().PopulateScoreMetaData()
diff --git a/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go b/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go
index 7c125e7fb..20bbbb462 100644
--- a/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go
+++ b/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go
@@ -1129,6 +1129,9 @@ func TestServiceSched_JobRegister_AllocFail(t *testing.T) {
 	must.False(t, ok, must.Sprintf(
 		"expected NodesAvailable metric to be unpopulated when there are no nodes"))
 
+	must.Zero(t, metrics.NodesInPool, must.Sprint(
+		"expected NodesInPool metric to be unpopulated when there are no nodes"))
+
 	// Check queued allocations
 	queued := outEval.QueuedAllocations["web"]
 	if queued != 10 {
@@ -1234,6 +1237,8 @@ func TestServiceSched_JobRegister_CreateBlockedEval(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", metrics)
 	}
 
+	must.Eq(t, 2, metrics.NodesInPool, must.Sprint("expected NodesInPool metric to be set"))
+
 	h.AssertEvalStatus(t, structs.EvalStatusComplete)
 }
 
diff --git a/scheduler/scheduler.go b/scheduler/scheduler.go
index 8c06a0931..6a8d2bda9 100644
--- a/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ type State interface {
 	// The type of each result is *structs.Node
 	Nodes(ws memdb.WatchSet) (memdb.ResultIterator, error)
 
+	// NodesByNodePool returns an iterator over all nodes in the node pool
+	NodesByNodePool(ws memdb.WatchSet, poolName string) (memdb.ResultIterator, error)
+
 	// AllocsByJob returns the allocations by JobID
 	AllocsByJob(ws memdb.WatchSet, namespace, jobID string, all bool) ([]*structs.Allocation, error)
 
diff --git a/scheduler/scheduler_sysbatch_test.go b/scheduler/scheduler_sysbatch_test.go
index 212e6efa6..5b750d14e 100644
--- a/scheduler/scheduler_sysbatch_test.go
+++ b/scheduler/scheduler_sysbatch_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ func TestSysBatch_JobRegister(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, 10, count, "bad metrics %#v:", out[0].Metrics)
 
+	must.Eq(t, 10, out[0].Metrics.NodesInPool,
+		must.Sprint("expected NodesInPool metric to be set"))
+
 	// Ensure no allocations are queued
 	queued := h.Evals[0].QueuedAllocations["my-sysbatch"]
 	require.Equal(t, 0, queued, "unexpected queued allocations")
diff --git a/scheduler/scheduler_system.go b/scheduler/scheduler_system.go
index 3fd367e29..1471701eb 100644
--- a/scheduler/scheduler_system.go
+++ b/scheduler/scheduler_system.go
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ func (s *SystemScheduler) process() (bool, error) {
 
 	// Get the ready nodes in the required datacenters
 	if !s.job.Stopped() {
-		s.nodes, s.notReadyNodes, s.nodesByDC, err = readyNodesInDCs(s.state, s.job.Datacenters)
+		s.nodes, s.notReadyNodes, s.nodesByDC, err = readyNodesInDCsAndPool(
+			s.state, s.job.Datacenters, s.job.NodePool)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get ready nodes: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ func (s *SystemScheduler) computePlacements(place []allocTuple) error {
 
 			// Store the available nodes by datacenter
 			s.ctx.Metrics().NodesAvailable = s.nodesByDC
+			s.ctx.Metrics().NodesInPool = len(s.nodes)
 
 			// Compute top K scoring node metadata
 			s.ctx.Metrics().PopulateScoreMetaData()
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@ func (s *SystemScheduler) computePlacements(place []allocTuple) error {
 
 		// Store the available nodes by datacenter
 		s.ctx.Metrics().NodesAvailable = s.nodesByDC
+		s.ctx.Metrics().NodesInPool = len(s.nodes)
 
 		// Compute top K scoring node metadata
 		s.ctx.Metrics().PopulateScoreMetaData()
diff --git a/scheduler/scheduler_system_test.go b/scheduler/scheduler_system_test.go
index 923fe13ac..57b6e984d 100644
--- a/scheduler/scheduler_system_test.go
+++ b/scheduler/scheduler_system_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func TestSystemSched_JobRegister(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, 10, count, "bad metrics %#v:", out[0].Metrics)
 
+	must.Eq(t, 10, out[0].Metrics.NodesInPool,
+		must.Sprint("expected NodesInPool metric to be set"))
+
 	// Ensure no allocations are queued
 	queued := h.Evals[0].QueuedAllocations["web"]
 	require.Equal(t, 0, queued, "unexpected queued allocations")
@@ -391,6 +394,8 @@ func TestSystemSched_JobRegister_Annotate(t *testing.T) {
 	if count, ok := out[0].Metrics.NodesAvailable["dc1"]; !ok || count != 10 {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", out[0].Metrics)
 	}
+	must.Eq(t, 10, out[0].Metrics.NodesInPool,
+		must.Sprint("expected NodesInPool metric to be set"))
 
 	h.AssertEvalStatus(t, structs.EvalStatusComplete)
 
diff --git a/scheduler/util.go b/scheduler/util.go
index 3ce6cdb62..ebf3bbce3 100644
--- a/scheduler/util.go
+++ b/scheduler/util.go
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ func (d *diffResult) Append(other *diffResult) {
 	d.reconnecting = append(d.reconnecting, other.reconnecting...)
 }
 
-// readyNodesInDCs returns all the ready nodes in the given datacenters and a
-// mapping of each data center to the count of ready nodes.
-func readyNodesInDCs(state State, dcs []string) ([]*structs.Node, map[string]struct{}, map[string]int, error) {
+// readyNodesInDCsAndPool returns all the ready nodes in the given datacenters
+// and pool, and a mapping of each data center to the count of ready nodes.
+func readyNodesInDCsAndPool(state State, dcs []string, pool string) ([]*structs.Node, map[string]struct{}, map[string]int, error) {
 	// Index the DCs
 	dcMap := make(map[string]int)
 
@@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ func readyNodesInDCs(state State, dcs []string) ([]*structs.Node, map[string]str
 	ws := memdb.NewWatchSet()
 	var out []*structs.Node
 	notReady := map[string]struct{}{}
-	iter, err := state.Nodes(ws)
+
+	var iter memdb.ResultIterator
+	var err error
+
+	if pool == structs.NodePoolAll || pool == "" {
+		iter, err = state.Nodes(ws)
+	} else {
+		iter, err = state.NodesByNodePool(ws, pool)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -631,6 +639,10 @@ func inplaceUpdate(ctx Context, eval *structs.Evaluation, job *structs.Job,
 		if !node.IsInAnyDC(job.Datacenters) {
 			continue
 		}
+		// The alloc is on a node that's now in an ineligible node pool
+		if !node.IsInPool(job.NodePool) {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		// Set the existing node as the base set
 		stack.SetNodes([]*structs.Node{node})
@@ -875,6 +887,9 @@ func genericAllocUpdateFn(ctx Context, stack Stack, evalID string) allocUpdateTy
 		if !node.IsInAnyDC(newJob.Datacenters) {
 			return false, true, nil
 		}
+		if !node.IsInPool(newJob.NodePool) {
+			return false, true, nil
+		}
 
 		// Set the existing node as the base set
 		stack.SetNodes([]*structs.Node{node})
diff --git a/scheduler/util_test.go b/scheduler/util_test.go
index 37fbc140d..947e55478 100644
--- a/scheduler/util_test.go
+++ b/scheduler/util_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func newNode(name string) *structs.Node {
 	return n
 }
 
-func TestReadyNodesInDCs(t *testing.T) {
+func TestReadyNodesInDCsAndPool(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	state := state.TestStateStore(t)
@@ -48,39 +48,77 @@ func TestReadyNodesInDCs(t *testing.T) {
 	node4 := mock.DrainNode()
 	node5 := mock.Node()
 	node5.Datacenter = "not-this-dc"
+	node6 := mock.Node()
+	node6.Datacenter = "dc1"
+	node6.NodePool = "other"
+	node7 := mock.Node()
+	node7.Datacenter = "dc2"
+	node7.NodePool = "other"
+	node8 := mock.Node()
+	node8.Datacenter = "dc1"
+	node8.NodePool = "other"
+	node8.Status = structs.NodeStatusDown
+	node9 := mock.DrainNode()
+	node9.Datacenter = "dc2"
+	node9.NodePool = "other"
 
 	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1000, node1)) // dc1 ready
 	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1001, node2)) // dc2 ready
 	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1002, node3)) // dc2 not ready
 	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1003, node4)) // dc2 not ready
 	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1004, node5)) // ready never match
+	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1005, node6)) // dc1 other pool
+	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1006, node7)) // dc2 other pool
+	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1007, node8)) // dc1 other not ready
+	must.NoError(t, state.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1008, node9)) // dc2 other not ready
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name           string
 		datacenters    []string
+		pool           string
 		expectReady    []*structs.Node
 		expectNotReady map[string]struct{}
 		expectIndex    map[string]int
 	}{
 		{
-			name:           "no wildcards",
+			name:        "no wildcards in all pool",
+			datacenters: []string{"dc1", "dc2"},
+			pool:        structs.NodePoolAll,
+			expectReady: []*structs.Node{node1, node2, node6, node7},
+			expectNotReady: map[string]struct{}{
+				node3.ID: {}, node4.ID: {}, node8.ID: {}, node9.ID: {}},
+			expectIndex: map[string]int{"dc1": 2, "dc2": 2},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "with wildcard in all pool",
+			datacenters: []string{"dc*"},
+			pool:        structs.NodePoolAll,
+			expectReady: []*structs.Node{node1, node2, node6, node7},
+			expectNotReady: map[string]struct{}{
+				node3.ID: {}, node4.ID: {}, node8.ID: {}, node9.ID: {}},
+			expectIndex: map[string]int{"dc1": 2, "dc2": 2},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "no wildcards in default pool",
 			datacenters:    []string{"dc1", "dc2"},
+			pool:           structs.NodePoolDefault,
 			expectReady:    []*structs.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectNotReady: map[string]struct{}{node3.ID: struct{}{}, node4.ID: struct{}{}},
+			expectNotReady: map[string]struct{}{node3.ID: {}, node4.ID: {}},
 			expectIndex:    map[string]int{"dc1": 1, "dc2": 1},
 		},
 		{
-			name:           "with wildcard",
+			name:           "with wildcard in default pool",
 			datacenters:    []string{"dc*"},
+			pool:           structs.NodePoolDefault,
 			expectReady:    []*structs.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectNotReady: map[string]struct{}{node3.ID: struct{}{}, node4.ID: struct{}{}},
+			expectNotReady: map[string]struct{}{node3.ID: {}, node4.ID: {}},
 			expectIndex:    map[string]int{"dc1": 1, "dc2": 1},
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ready, notReady, dcIndex, err := readyNodesInDCs(state, tc.datacenters)
+			ready, notReady, dcIndex, err := readyNodesInDCsAndPool(state, tc.datacenters, tc.pool)
 			must.NoError(t, err)
 			must.SliceContainsAll(t, tc.expectReady, ready, must.Sprint("expected ready to match"))
 			must.Eq(t, tc.expectNotReady, notReady, must.Sprint("expected not-ready to match"))
@@ -1009,6 +1047,54 @@ func TestInplaceUpdate_WildcardDatacenters(t *testing.T) {
 		must.Sprintf("inplaceUpdate should have an inplace update"))
 }
 
+func TestInplaceUpdate_NodePools(t *testing.T) {
+	ci.Parallel(t)
+
+	store, ctx := testContext(t)
+	eval := mock.Eval()
+	job := mock.Job()
+	job.Datacenters = []string{"*"}
+
+	node1 := mock.Node()
+	must.NoError(t, store.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1000, node1))
+
+	node2 := mock.Node()
+	node2.NodePool = "other"
+	must.NoError(t, store.UpsertNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1001, node2))
+
+	// Register an alloc
+	alloc1 := mock.AllocForNode(node1)
+	alloc1.Job = job
+	alloc1.JobID = job.ID
+	must.NoError(t, store.UpsertJobSummary(1002, mock.JobSummary(alloc1.JobID)))
+
+	alloc2 := mock.AllocForNode(node2)
+	alloc2.Job = job
+	alloc2.JobID = job.ID
+	must.NoError(t, store.UpsertJobSummary(1003, mock.JobSummary(alloc2.JobID)))
+
+	t.Logf("alloc1=%s alloc2=%s", alloc1.ID, alloc2.ID)
+
+	must.NoError(t, store.UpsertAllocs(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1004,
+		[]*structs.Allocation{alloc1, alloc2}))
+
+	updates := []allocTuple{
+		{Alloc: alloc1, TaskGroup: job.TaskGroups[0]},
+		{Alloc: alloc2, TaskGroup: job.TaskGroups[0]},
+	}
+	stack := NewGenericStack(false, ctx)
+	destructive, inplace := inplaceUpdate(ctx, eval, job, stack, updates)
+
+	must.Len(t, 1, inplace, must.Sprint("should have an inplace update"))
+	must.Eq(t, alloc1.ID, inplace[0].Alloc.ID)
+	must.Len(t, 1, ctx.plan.NodeAllocation[node1.ID],
+		must.Sprint("NodeAllocation should have an inplace update for node1"))
+
+	// note that NodeUpdate with the new alloc won't be populated here yet
+	must.Len(t, 1, destructive, must.Sprint("should have a destructive update"))
+	must.Eq(t, alloc2.ID, destructive[0].Alloc.ID)
+}
+
 func TestUtil_connectUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/allocations.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/allocations.mdx
index 88aa46d82..498f86aa8 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/allocations.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/allocations.mdx
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ $ curl \
     "NodesAvailable": {
       "dc1": 1
     },
+    "NodesInPool": 1,
     "ClassFiltered": null,
     "ConstraintFiltered": null,
     "NodesExhausted": 0,
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/evaluations.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/evaluations.mdx
index db1bce0e4..2984cdaf1 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/evaluations.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/evaluations.mdx
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ $ curl \
       "NodesEvaluated": 0,
       "NodesExhausted": 0,
       "NodesFiltered": 0,
+      "NodesInPool": 0,
       "QuotaExhausted": null,
       "ResourcesExhausted": null,
       "ScoreMetaData": null,
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/jobs.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/jobs.mdx
index 83213a741..f8ea1f134 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/jobs.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/jobs.mdx
@@ -2156,6 +2156,7 @@ $ curl \
       "NodesAvailable": {
         "dc1": 1
       },
+      "NodesInPool": 1,
       "ClassFiltered": null,
       "ConstraintFiltered": null,
       "NodesExhausted": 1,
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/nodes.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/nodes.mdx
index bb73e9c76..5688040c0 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/nodes.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/nodes.mdx
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ $ curl \
       "NodesEvaluated": 2,
       "NodesExhausted": 0,
       "NodesFiltered": 0,
+      "NodesInPool": 2,
       "QuotaExhausted": null,
       "Scores": {
         "46f1c6c4-a0e5-21f6-fd5c-d76c3d84e806.binpack": 2.6950883117541586,