diff --git a/pkg/apis/pingcap/v1alpha1/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/pingcap/v1alpha1/validation/validation.go
index 2f9a20ea509..c33af448860 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pingcap/v1alpha1/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pingcap/v1alpha1/validation/validation.go
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ func validateTiDBClusterSpec(spec *v1alpha1.TidbClusterSpec, fldPath *field.Path
 	if spec.TiCDC != nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateTiCDCSpec(spec.TiCDC, fldPath.Child("ticdc"))...)
 	}
-	if spec.PDAddresses != nil {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, validatePDAddresses(spec.PDAddresses, fldPath.Child("pdAddresses"))...)
-	}
+	// if spec.PDAddresses != nil {
+	// 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validatePDAddresses(spec.PDAddresses, fldPath.Child("pdAddresses"))...)
+	// }
 	return allErrs
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/manager/member/pd_member_manager.go b/pkg/manager/member/pd_member_manager.go
index 53c1eac80cf..aebd831685c 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/member/pd_member_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/member/pd_member_manager.go
@@ -829,6 +829,8 @@ func getNewPDSetForTidbCluster(tc *v1alpha1.TidbCluster, cm *corev1.ConfigMap) (
 	return pdSet, nil
 }
 
+const PDNamePrefixAnnKey = "tidb.pingcap.com/pd-name-prefix"
+
 func getPDConfigMap(tc *v1alpha1.TidbCluster) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
 	// For backward compatibility, only sync tidb configmap when .tidb.config is non-nil
 	if tc.Spec.PD.Config == nil {
@@ -873,6 +875,11 @@ func getPDConfigMap(tc *v1alpha1.TidbCluster) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
 		Scheme:  tc.Scheme(),
 		DataDir: filepath.Join(pdDataVolumeMountPath, tc.Spec.PD.DataSubDir),
 	}
+
+	if v, ok := tc.Annotations[PDNamePrefixAnnKey]; ok {
+		sm.PDNamePrefix = v
+	}
+
 	if tc.Spec.PD.StartUpScriptVersion == "v1" {
 		sm.CheckDomainScript = checkDNSV1
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/manager/member/template.go b/pkg/manager/member/template.go
index b7ae38593bc..9a0af0acfd5 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/member/template.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/member/template.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ fi {{- else}}{{.CheckDomainScript}}{{end}}
 done
 
 ARGS="--data-dir={{ .DataDir }} \
---name={{- if or .AcrossK8s .ClusterDomain }}${domain}{{- else }}${POD_NAME}{{- end }} \
+--name={{ .PDNamePrefix }}{{- if or .AcrossK8s .ClusterDomain }}${domain}{{- else }}${POD_NAME}{{- end }} \
 --peer-urls={{ .Scheme }}://0.0.0.0:2380 \
 --advertise-peer-urls={{ .Scheme }}://${domain}:2380 \
 --client-urls={{ .Scheme }}://0.0.0.0:2379 \
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ type PDStartScriptModel struct {
 	Scheme            string
 	DataDir           string
 	CheckDomainScript string
+	PDNamePrefix      string
 }
 
 func RenderPDStartScript(model *PDStartScriptModel) (string, error) {