diff --git a/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/rapids/qualification.py b/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/rapids/qualification.py
index 1e7f1dd89..c9a910955 100644
--- a/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/rapids/qualification.py
+++ b/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/rapids/qualification.py
@@ -787,9 +787,8 @@ def _infer_clusters_for_apps(self, cluster_info_df: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
         if self.ctxt.get_ctxt('cpuClusterProxy') is not None or not self.ctxt.platform.cluster_inference_supported:
             self.logger.info('CPU cluster is already set. Skipping cluster inference.')
             return
-        cpu_cluster_cols = ['Num Executor Nodes', 'Executor Instance', 'Cores Per Executor']
-        gpu_cluster_cols = ['Recommended Num Executor Nodes', 'Recommended Executor Instance',
-                            'Recommended Cores Per Executor']
+        cpu_cluster_cols = self.ctxt.get_value('local', 'output', 'clusterInference', 'cpuClusterColumns')
+        gpu_cluster_cols = self.ctxt.get_value('local', 'output', 'clusterInference', 'gpuClusterColumns')
         # ==  Infer CPU clusters per app ==
         # Drop GPU/Recommended columns to infer the CPU cluster information
         cpu_cluster_df = cluster_info_df.drop(columns=gpu_cluster_cols, errors='ignore')
diff --git a/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/resources/qualification-conf.yaml b/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/resources/qualification-conf.yaml
index 49ee8fe18..0a65f486c 100644
--- a/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/resources/qualification-conf.yaml
+++ b/user_tools/src/spark_rapids_pytools/resources/qualification-conf.yaml
@@ -341,6 +341,16 @@ local:
             dstCol: 'Estimated GPU Speedup'
           - srcCol: 'appDuration_pred'
             dstCol: 'Estimated GPU Duration'
+    clusterInference:
+      cpuClusterColumns:
+        - 'Num Executor Nodes'
+        - 'Executor Instance'
+        - 'Cores Per Executor'
+      gpuClusterColumns:
+        - 'Recommended Num Executor Nodes'
+        - 'Recommended Executor Instance'
+        - 'Recommended Cores Per Executor'
+
 platform:
   shortName: 'qual'
   outputDir: qual-tool-output