diff --git a/cmd/tap.go b/cmd/tap.go
index 4aeedae89..ee03011d6 100644
--- a/cmd/tap.go
+++ b/cmd/tap.go
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ func init() {
 	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.TlsLabel, defaultTapConfig.Tls, "Capture the traffic that's encrypted with OpenSSL or Go crypto/tls libraries")
 	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.IgnoreTaintedLabel, defaultTapConfig.IgnoreTainted, "Ignore tainted pods while running Worker DaemonSet")
 	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.IngressEnabledLabel, defaultTapConfig.Ingress.Enabled, "Enable Ingress")
+	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.TelemetryEnabledLabel, defaultTapConfig.Telemetry.Enabled, "Enable/disable Telemetry")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cmd/tapRunner.go
index be50c054e..a6ff4b99f 100644
--- a/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ func tap() {
 
 	state.targetNamespaces = kubernetesProvider.GetNamespaces()
 
+	log.Info().
+		Bool("enabled", config.Config.Tap.Telemetry.Enabled).
+		Str("notice", "Telemetry can be disabled by setting the flag: --telemetry-enabled=false").
+		Msg("Telemetry")
+
 	log.Info().Strs("namespaces", state.targetNamespaces).Msg("Targeting pods in:")
 
 	if err := printTargetedPodsPreview(ctx, kubernetesProvider, state.targetNamespaces); err != nil {
diff --git a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
index 2dd0bf3fa..a8d7ffbd3 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const (
 	TlsLabel               = "tls"
 	IgnoreTaintedLabel     = "ignoretainted"
 	IngressEnabledLabel    = "ingress-enabled"
+	TelemetryEnabledLabel  = "telemetry-enabled"
 	DebugLabel             = "debug"
 	ContainerPort          = 80
 	ContainerPortStr       = "80"
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ type ReleaseConfig struct {
 	Namespace string `yaml:"namespace" json:"namespace" default:"default"`
 }
 
+type TelemetryConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool `yaml:"enabled" json:"enabled" default:"true"`
+}
+
 type TapConfig struct {
 	Docker            DockerConfig          `yaml:"docker" json:"docker"`
 	Proxy             ProxyConfig           `yaml:"proxy" json:"proxy"`
@@ -123,6 +128,7 @@ type TapConfig struct {
 	Ingress           IngressConfig         `yaml:"ingress" json:"ingress"`
 	IPv6              bool                  `yaml:"ipv6" json:"ipv6" default:"true"`
 	Debug             bool                  `yaml:"debug" json:"debug" default:"false"`
+	Telemetry         TelemetryConfig       `yaml:"telemetry" json:"telemetry"`
 }
 
 func (config *TapConfig) PodRegex() *regexp.Regexp {
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/13-config-map.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/13-config-map.yaml
index 90492b738..14b56b013 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/13-config-map.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/13-config-map.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ data:
     AUTH_ENABLED: '{{ .Values.tap.auth.enabled | ternary "true" "" }}'
     AUTH_APPROVED_EMAILS: '{{ gt (len .Values.tap.auth.approvedemails) 0 | ternary (join "," .Values.tap.auth.approvedemails) "" }}'
     AUTH_APPROVED_DOMAINS: '{{ gt (len .Values.tap.auth.approveddomains) 0 | ternary (join "," .Values.tap.auth.approveddomains) "" }}'
+    TELEMETRY_DISABLED: '{{ not .Values.tap.telemetry.enabled | ternary "true" "" }}'
diff --git a/helm-chart/values.yaml b/helm-chart/values.yaml
index c4762f709..b36ad2972 100644
--- a/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@ tap:
   servicemesh: true
   storageclass: standard
   storagelimit: 200Mi
+  telemetry:
+    enabled: true
   tls: true
diff --git a/manifests/complete.yaml b/manifests/complete.yaml
index 46dfdba47..2b8f97771 100644
--- a/manifests/complete.yaml
+++ b/manifests/complete.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ data:
     AUTH_ENABLED: ''
     AUTH_APPROVED_EMAILS: ''
     AUTH_APPROVED_DOMAINS: ''
+    TELEMETRY_DISABLED: ''
 ---
 # Source: kubeshark/templates/02-cluster-role.yaml
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1