diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ea757b..b8ccf2a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,9 +143,12 @@ rke2_install_script_dir: /var/tmp
 rke2_channel: stable
 
 # Do not deploy packaged components and delete any deployed components
-# Valid items: rke2-canal, rke2-coredns, rke2-ingress-nginx, rke2-kube-proxy, rke2-metrics-server
+# Valid items: rke2-canal, rke2-coredns, rke2-ingress-nginx, rke2-metrics-server
 rke2_disable:
 
+# Option to disable kube-proxy
+# disable_kube_proxy: true
+
 # Path to custom manifests deployed during the RKE2 installation
 # It is possible to use Jinja2 templating in the manifests
 rke2_custom_manifests:
@@ -196,7 +199,6 @@ rke2_etcd_snapshot_destination_dir: "{{ rke2_data_path }}/server/db/snapshots"
   # endpoint_ca: "" # optional. Can skip if using defaults
   # region: "" # optional - defaults to us-east-1
   # folder: "" # optional - defaults to top level of bucket
-
 # Override default containerd snapshotter
 rke2_snapshooter: overlayfs
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9aa10a2..f408012 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -106,9 +106,12 @@ rke2_install_script_dir: /var/tmp
 rke2_channel: stable
 
 # Do not deploy packaged components and delete any deployed components
-# Valid items: rke2-canal, rke2-coredns, rke2-ingress-nginx, rke2-kube-proxy, rke2-metrics-server
+# Valid items: rke2-canal, rke2-coredns, rke2-ingress-nginx, rke2-metrics-server
 rke2_disable:
 
+# Option to disable kube-proxy
+# disable_kube_proxy: true
+
 # Path to custom manifests deployed during the RKE2 installation
 # It is possible to use Jinja2 templating in the manifests
 rke2_custom_manifests:
diff --git a/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/templates/config.yaml.j2
index 5de27fd..bdabea9 100644
--- a/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ node-label:
 {% endif %}
 snapshotter: {{ rke2_snapshooter }}
 node-name: {{ inventory_hostname }}
+{% if ( disable_kube_proxy | bool ) %}
+disable-kube-proxy: true
+{% endif %}
 {% if 'cis' in rke2_cis_profile %}
 profile: {{ rke2_cis_profile }}
 {%endif%}