diff --git a/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 496091386d..1a04dffc2b 100644
--- a/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube2iam/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.host.port }}
+        {{- if .Values.probe }}
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /healthz
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ spec:
             successThreshold: 1
             failureThreshold: 3
             timeoutSeconds: 1
+        {{- end }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
         {{- if .Values.host.iptables }}
diff --git a/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml b/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml
index afa07e2ea0..7b04e90fee 100644
--- a/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube2iam/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 
 podLabels: {}
 
+probe: true
+
 rbac:
   ## If true, create & use RBAC resources
   ##