diff --git a/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go b/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go
index 5dc472d57..6e44beceb 100644
--- a/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go
+++ b/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ type CassandraDatacenterSpec struct {
 	AdditionalSeeds []string `json:"additionalSeeds,omitempty"`
 
 	Reaper *ReaperConfig `json:"reaper,omitempty"`
+
+	FastResume bool `json:"fastResume,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type NetworkingConfig struct {
diff --git a/operator/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go b/operator/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
index 4b376a5bd..32fbaddeb 100644
--- a/operator/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
+++ b/operator/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
@@ -530,6 +530,22 @@ func (rc *ReconciliationContext) CheckPodsReady(endpointData httphelper.CassMeta
 		return result.Continue()
 	}
 
+	if rc.Datacenter.Spec.FastResume {
+		fastResumedOne := false
+		for i := range rc.dcPods {
+			pod := rc.dcPods[i]
+			if isMgmtApiRunning(pod) && isServerReadyToStart(pod) {
+				if err := rc.startCassandra(endpointData, pod); err != nil {
+					return result.Error(err)
+				}
+				fastResumedOne = true
+			}
+		}
+		if fastResumedOne {
+			return result.RequeueSoon(10)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// all errors in this function we're going to treat as likely ephemeral problems that would resolve
 	// so we use ResultShouldRequeueSoon to check again soon