diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
index d3582fb00..82c3bcd82 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ control_plane_health_retries: 60  # Default retries for apiserver, scheduler, co
 kube_controller_manager_leader_elect_lease_duration: 15s
 kube_controller_manager_leader_elect_renew_deadline: 10s
 
+# Controls whether or not the kube_controller_manager allocates subnets for the node object
+kube_controller_manager_allocate_node_cidrs: true
+
 # discovery_timeout modifies the discovery timeout
 discovery_timeout: 5m0s
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2
index a86fe42ae..abedae3b1 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2
@@ -365,14 +365,15 @@ controllerManager:
 {% endif %}
   - name: service-cluster-ip-range
     value: "{{ kube_service_subnets }}"
-{% if (
-    kube_network_plugin is defined and
-    kube_network_plugin == "calico" and
-    not calico_ipam_host_local
-  ) or (
-    kube_network_plugin is defined and
-    kube_network_plugin == "cilium" and
-    cilium_ipam_mode == "cluster-pool"
+{% if not kube_controller_manager_allocate_node_cidrs
+  or kube_network_plugin is defined and (
+    (
+      kube_network_plugin == "calico" and
+      not calico_ipam_host_local
+    ) or (
+      kube_network_plugin == "cilium" and
+      cilium_ipam_mode == "cluster-pool"
+    )
   )
 %}
   - name: allocate-node-cidrs