diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index 9f6f8da5b42..b15eef0207d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -7491,7 +7491,7 @@ var (
 func ValidateLoadBalancerStatus(status *core.LoadBalancerStatus, fldPath *field.Path, spec *core.ServiceSpec) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	ingrPath := fldPath.Child("ingress")
-	if spec.Type != core.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer && len(status.Ingress) != 0 {
+	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.AllowServiceLBStatusOnNonLB) && spec.Type != core.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer && len(status.Ingress) != 0 {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(ingrPath, "may only be used when `spec.type` is 'LoadBalancer'"))
 	} else {
 		for i, ingress := range status.Ingress {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index e7eb7804d96..72dbcff461f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -24044,12 +24044,14 @@ func TestValidateLoadBalancerStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name          string
 		ipModeEnabled bool
+		nonLBAllowed  bool
 		tweakLBStatus func(s *core.LoadBalancerStatus)
 		tweakSvcSpec  func(s *core.ServiceSpec)
 		numErrs       int
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "type is not LB",
+			name:         "type is not LB",
+			nonLBAllowed: false,
 			tweakSvcSpec: func(s *core.ServiceSpec) {
 				s.Type = core.ServiceTypeClusterIP
 			},
@@ -24059,6 +24061,18 @@ func TestValidateLoadBalancerStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				}}
 			},
 			numErrs: 1,
+		}, {
+			name:         "type is not LB. back-compat",
+			nonLBAllowed: true,
+			tweakSvcSpec: func(s *core.ServiceSpec) {
+				s.Type = core.ServiceTypeClusterIP
+			},
+			tweakLBStatus: func(s *core.LoadBalancerStatus) {
+				s.Ingress = []core.LoadBalancerIngress{{
+					IP: "1.2.3.4",
+				}}
+			},
+			numErrs: 0,
 		}, {
 			name:          "valid vip ipMode",
 			ipModeEnabled: true,
@@ -24124,6 +24138,7 @@ func TestValidateLoadBalancerStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateEmulationVersionDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, version.MustParse("1.31"))
 			}
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.LoadBalancerIPMode, tc.ipModeEnabled)
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.AllowServiceLBStatusOnNonLB, tc.nonLBAllowed)
 			status := core.LoadBalancerStatus{}
 			tc.tweakLBStatus(&status)
 			spec := core.ServiceSpec{Type: core.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer}
diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index d7fd604e1dd..6aab6555664 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ const (
 	// Allow spec.terminationGracePeriodSeconds to be overridden by MaxPodGracePeriodSeconds in soft evictions.
 	AllowOverwriteTerminationGracePeriodSeconds featuregate.Feature = "AllowOverwriteTerminationGracePeriodSeconds"
 
+	// owner: @thockin
+	// deprecated: v1.29
+	//
+	// Enables Service.status.ingress.loadBanace to be set on
+	// services of types other than LoadBalancer.
+	AllowServiceLBStatusOnNonLB featuregate.Feature = "AllowServiceLBStatusOnNonLB"
+
 	// owner: @bswartz
 	//
 	// Enables usage of any object for volume data source in PVCs