diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py
index 4b752e77f1..66ac83575f 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ SRIOV_LABEL = 'sriov=enabled'
 SRIOVDP_LABEL = 'sriovdp=enabled'
 KUBE_TOPOLOGY_MANAGER_LABEL = 'kube-topology-mgr-policy'
 KUBE_CPU_MANAGER_LABEL = 'kube-cpu-mgr-policy'
+KUBE_IGNORE_ISOL_CPU_LABEL = 'kube-ignore-isol-cpus'
 
 # Accepted label values
 KUBE_TOPOLOGY_MANAGER_VALUES = [
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/puppet/kubernetes.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/puppet/kubernetes.py
index 2c27f336a7..83c95c86d4 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/puppet/kubernetes.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/puppet/kubernetes.py
@@ -322,9 +322,21 @@ class KubernetesPuppet(base.BasePuppet):
         # determine reserved sets of logical cpus in a string range set format
         # to pass as options to kubelet
         k8s_platform_cpuset = utils.format_range_set(platform_cpuset)
-        k8s_all_reserved_cpuset = utils.format_range_set(platform_cpuset |
-                                                         vswitch_cpuset |
-                                                         isol_cpuset)
+
+        # determine whether to reserve isolated CPUs
+        reserve_isolcpus = True
+        labels = self.dbapi.label_get_by_host(host.uuid)
+        for label in labels:
+            if label.label_key == constants.KUBE_IGNORE_ISOL_CPU_LABEL:
+                reserve_isolcpus = False
+                break
+        if reserve_isolcpus:
+            k8s_all_reserved_cpuset = utils.format_range_set(platform_cpuset |
+                                                             vswitch_cpuset |
+                                                             isol_cpuset)
+        else:
+            k8s_all_reserved_cpuset = utils.format_range_set(platform_cpuset |
+                                                             vswitch_cpuset)
 
         # determine platform reserved memory
         k8s_reserved_mem = 0