diff --git a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostanalyzer_shared.go b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostanalyzer_shared.go
index 5cc25c80..5f23e8ac 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostanalyzer_shared.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostanalyzer_shared.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package v1beta2
 
+import "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/multitype"
+
 type CPUAnalyze struct {
 	AnalyzeMeta `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
 	Outcomes    []*Outcome `json:"outcomes" yaml:"outcomes"`
@@ -85,17 +87,19 @@ type HostAnalyze struct {
 
 	TCPPortStatus *TCPPortStatusAnalyze `json:"tcpPortStatus,omitempty" yaml:"tcpPortStatus,omitempty"`
 
-	HTTP *HTTPAnalyze `json:"http" yaml:"http"`
+	HTTP *HTTPAnalyze `json:"http,omitempty" yaml:"http,omitempty"`
 
-	Time *TimeAnalyze `json:"time" yaml:"time"`
+	Time *TimeAnalyze `json:"time,omitempty" yaml:"time,omitempty"`
 
-	BlockDevices *BlockDevicesAnalyze `json:"blockDevices" yaml:"blockDevices"`
+	BlockDevices *BlockDevicesAnalyze `json:"blockDevices,omitempty" yaml:"blockDevices,omitempty"`
 
-	TCPConnect *TCPConnectAnalyze `json:"tcpConnect" yaml:"tcpConnect"`
+	TCPConnect *TCPConnectAnalyze `json:"tcpConnect,omitempty" yaml:"tcpConnect,omitempty"`
 
-	IPV4Interfaces *IPV4InterfacesAnalyze `json:"ipv4Interfaces" yaml:"ipv4Interfaces"`
+	IPV4Interfaces *IPV4InterfacesAnalyze `json:"ipv4Interfaces,omitempty" yaml:"ipv4Interfaces,omitempty"`
 
-	FilesystemPerformance *FilesystemPerformanceAnalyze `json:"filesystemPerformance" yaml:"filesystemPerformance"`
+	FilesystemPerformance *FilesystemPerformanceAnalyze `json:"filesystemPerformance,omitempty" yaml:"filesystemPerformance,omitempty"`
 
-	Certificate *CertificateAnalyze `json:"certificate" yaml:"certificate"`
+	Certificate *CertificateAnalyze `json:"certificate,omitempty" yaml:"certificate,omitempty"`
+
+	Exclude multitype.BoolOrString `json:"exclude,omitempty" yaml:"exclude,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go
index b681b83a..0e20ba53 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ type HostCollect struct {
 	Time                  *HostTime              `json:"time,omitempty" yaml:"time,omitempty"`
 	BlockDevices          *HostBlockDevices      `json:"blockDevices,omitempty" yaml:"blockDevices,omitempty"`
 	TCPConnect            *TCPConnect            `json:"tcpConnect,omitempty" yaml:"tcpConnect,omitempty"`
-	FilesystemPerformance *FilesystemPerformance `json:"filesystemPerformance" yaml:"filesystemPerformance"`
-	Certificate           *Certificate           `json:"certificate" yaml:"certificate" yaml:"certificate"`
+	FilesystemPerformance *FilesystemPerformance `json:"filesystemPerformance,omitempty" yaml:"filesystemPerformance,omitempty"`
+	Certificate           *Certificate           `json:"certificate,omitempty" yaml:"certificate,omitempty"`
+	Exclude               multitype.BoolOrString `json:"exclude,omitempty" yaml:"exclude,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (c *HostCollect) GetName() string {
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/analyze.go b/pkg/preflight/analyze.go
index 1157ab3b..c0d3dbae 100644
--- a/pkg/preflight/analyze.go
+++ b/pkg/preflight/analyze.go
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ package preflight
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	analyze "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/analyze"
 	troubleshootv1beta2 "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/multitype"
 )
 
 // Analyze runs the analyze phase of preflight checks
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ func doAnalyze(allCollectedData map[string][]byte, analyzers []*troubleshootv1be
 	}
 
 	for _, hostAnalyzer := range hostAnalyzers {
+		if excluded, _ := isExcluded(hostAnalyzer.Exclude); excluded {
+			continue
+		}
 		analyzeResult, err := analyze.HostAnalyze(hostAnalyzer, getCollectedFileContents, getChildCollectedFileContents)
 		if err != nil {
 			analyzeResult = []*analyze.AnalyzeResult{
@@ -81,3 +87,20 @@ func doAnalyze(allCollectedData map[string][]byte, analyzers []*troubleshootv1be
 	}
 	return analyzeResults
 }
+
+func isExcluded(excludeVal multitype.BoolOrString) (bool, error) {
+	if excludeVal.Type == multitype.Bool {
+		return excludeVal.BoolVal, nil
+	}
+
+	if excludeVal.StrVal == "" {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	parsed, err := strconv.ParseBool(excludeVal.StrVal)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse bool string")
+	}
+
+	return parsed, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/collect.go b/pkg/preflight/collect.go
index 13f4bce0..5d7900cf 100644
--- a/pkg/preflight/collect.go
+++ b/pkg/preflight/collect.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ func CollectHost(opts CollectOpts, p *troubleshootv1beta2.HostPreflight) (Collec
 	}
 
 	for _, collector := range collectors {
+		if excluded, _ := isExcluded(collector.Collect.Exclude); excluded {
+			continue
+		}
 		result, err := collector.RunCollectorSync()
 		if err != nil {
 			opts.ProgressChan <- errors.Errorf("failed to run collector: %s: %v\n", collector.GetDisplayName(), err)