diff --git a/cmd/options/options.go b/cmd/options/options.go
index fa4fb65a..3d90bfde 100644
--- a/cmd/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/options/options.go
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ type NodeProblemDetectorOptions struct {
 	APIServerWaitInterval time.Duration
 	// K8sExporterHeartbeatPeriod is the period at which the k8s exporter does forcibly sync with apiserver.
 	K8sExporterHeartbeatPeriod time.Duration
+	// K8sExporterWriteEvents determines whether to write Kubernetes Events for problems.
+	K8sExporterWriteEvents bool
+	// K8sExporterUpdateNodeConditions determines whether to update Kubernetes Node Conditions for problems.
+	K8sExporterUpdateNodeConditions bool
 
 	// prometheusExporter options
 	// PrometheusServerPort is the port to bind the Prometheus scrape endpoint. Use 0 to disable.
@@ -117,6 +121,8 @@ func (npdo *NodeProblemDetectorOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.DurationVar(&npdo.APIServerWaitTimeout, "apiserver-wait-timeout", time.Duration(5)*time.Minute, "The timeout on waiting for kube-apiserver to be ready. This is ignored if --enable-k8s-exporter is false.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&npdo.APIServerWaitInterval, "apiserver-wait-interval", time.Duration(5)*time.Second, "The interval between the checks on the readiness of kube-apiserver. This is ignored if --enable-k8s-exporter is false.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&npdo.K8sExporterHeartbeatPeriod, "k8s-exporter-heartbeat-period", 5*time.Minute, "The period at which k8s-exporter does forcibly sync with apiserver.")
+	fs.BoolVar(&npdo.K8sExporterWriteEvents, "k8s-exporter-write-events", true, "Whether to write Kubernetes Event objects with event details.")
+	fs.BoolVar(&npdo.K8sExporterUpdateNodeConditions, "k8s-exporter-update-node-conditions", true, "Whether to update Kubernetes Node conditions with event details.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&npdo.PrintVersion, "version", false, "Print version information and quit")
 	fs.StringVar(&npdo.HostnameOverride, "hostname-override",
 		"", "Custom node name used to override hostname")
diff --git a/pkg/exporters/k8sexporter/k8s_exporter.go b/pkg/exporters/k8sexporter/k8s_exporter.go
index 31ec9c79..f033886e 100644
--- a/pkg/exporters/k8sexporter/k8s_exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/exporters/k8sexporter/k8s_exporter.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import (
 type k8sExporter struct {
 	client           problemclient.Client
 	conditionManager condition.ConditionManager
+	writeEvents      bool
+	updateConditions bool
 }
 
 // NewExporterOrDie creates a exporter for Kubernetes apiserver exporting,
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ func NewExporterOrDie(ctx context.Context, npdo *options.NodeProblemDetectorOpti
 	ke := k8sExporter{
 		client:           c,
 		conditionManager: condition.NewConditionManager(c, clock.RealClock{}, npdo.K8sExporterHeartbeatPeriod),
+		writeEvents:      npdo.K8sExporterWriteEvents,
+		updateConditions: npdo.K8sExporterUpdateNodeConditions,
 	}
 
 	ke.startHTTPReporting(npdo)
@@ -69,11 +73,15 @@ func NewExporterOrDie(ctx context.Context, npdo *options.NodeProblemDetectorOpti
 }
 
 func (ke *k8sExporter) ExportProblems(status *types.Status) {
-	for _, event := range status.Events {
-		ke.client.Eventf(util.ConvertToAPIEventType(event.Severity), status.Source, event.Reason, event.Message)
+	if ke.writeEvents {
+		for _, event := range status.Events {
+			ke.client.Eventf(util.ConvertToAPIEventType(event.Severity), status.Source, event.Reason, event.Message)
+		}
 	}
-	for _, cdt := range status.Conditions {
-		ke.conditionManager.UpdateCondition(cdt)
+	if ke.updateConditions {
+		for _, cdt := range status.Conditions {
+			ke.conditionManager.UpdateCondition(cdt)
+		}
 	}
 }