diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 284affc..9cc07c8 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ k3s_server_nodes:
   - "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
 k3s_server_flannel_backend_enabled: True
 k3s_server_network_policy_enabled: True
+k3s_server_cloud_controller_enabled: True
 k3s_server_feature_gates: []
 
 k3s_server_manifests_templates: []
diff --git a/templates/_internal/kubelet-arg.yaml.j2 b/templates/_internal/kubelet-arg.yaml.j2
index d758896..cf6aa79 100644
--- a/templates/_internal/kubelet-arg.yaml.j2
+++ b/templates/_internal/kubelet-arg.yaml.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 #jinja2: lstrip_blocks: True
 - config={{ __k3s_config_dir }}/kubelet.yaml
+{% if not k3s_server_cloud_controller_enabled | bool %}
+- cloud-provider=external
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/templates/etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml.j2 b/templates/etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml.j2
index a205217..b7de482 100644
--- a/templates/etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml.j2
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ kube-apiserver-arg:
 {% if not k3s_server_flannel_backend_enabled | bool %}
 flannel-backend: "none"
 {% endif %}
+{% if not k3s_server_cloud_controller_enabled | bool %}
+disable-cloud-controller: true
+{% endif %}
 {% if not k3s_server_network_policy_enabled | bool %}
 disable-network-policy: True
 {% endif %}