diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml
index afa45fa6b..b6d4e6c49 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml
@@ -348,3 +348,6 @@ cilium_certgen_args:
 cilium_clusterrole_rules_operator_extra_vars: []
 cilium_enable_host_firewall: false
 cilium_policy_audit_mode: false
+
+cilium_hubble_export_file_max_backups: "5"
+cilium_hubble_export_file_max_size_mb: "10"
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2
index 83bae4645..291d83e3b 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ data:
   hubble-tls-key-file: /var/lib/cilium/tls/hubble/server.key
   hubble-tls-client-ca-files: /var/lib/cilium/tls/hubble/client-ca.crt
 {% endif %}
+  hubble-export-file-max-backups: "{{ cilium_hubble_export_file_max_backups }}"
+  hubble-export-file-max-size-mb: "{{ cilium_hubble_export_file_max_size_mb }}"
 {% endif %}
 
   # IP Masquerade Agent