diff --git a/quark/plugin_views.py b/quark/plugin_views.py
index a7d9acb..383f4a6 100644
--- a/quark/plugin_views.py
+++ b/quark/plugin_views.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ quark_view_opts = [
                 default=True,
                 help=_('Controls whether or not to calculate and display'
                        'allocation pools or not')),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('show_ipam_strategy',
+                default=False,
+                help=_('Controls whether or not to show ipam_strategy')),
     cfg.BoolOpt('show_subnet_ip_policy_id',
                 default=True,
                 help=_('Controls whether or not to show ip_policy_id for'
@@ -54,9 +57,11 @@ def _make_network_dict(network, fields=None):
            "name": network.get("name"),
            "tenant_id": network.get("tenant_id"),
            "admin_state_up": None,
-           "ipam_strategy": network.get("ipam_strategy"),
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "shared": shared_net}
+    if CONF.QUARK.show_ipam_strategy:
+        res['ipam_strategy'] = network.get("ipam_strategy")
+
     if not shared_net:
         if fields and "all_subnets" in fields:
             res["subnets"] = [_make_subnet_dict(s)
diff --git a/quark/tests/functional/plugin_modules/test_networks.py b/quark/tests/functional/plugin_modules/test_networks.py
index e2c32c0..f6cc435 100644
--- a/quark/tests/functional/plugin_modules/test_networks.py
+++ b/quark/tests/functional/plugin_modules/test_networks.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import mock
 import netaddr
 from neutron.common import exceptions
 from neutron.common import rpc
+from oslo.config import cfg
 
 from quark.db import api as db_api
 import quark.ipam
@@ -36,6 +37,29 @@ class QuarkNetworkFunctionalTest(BaseFunctionalTest):
         rpc.init(mock.MagicMock())
 
 
+class QuarkGetNetwork(QuarkNetworkFunctionalTest):
+
+    def test_show_ipam_strategy(self):
+        plugin = quark.plugin.Plugin()
+        network = dict(name="public", tenant_id="fake", network_plugin="BASE")
+        network = dict(network=network)
+        original = cfg.CONF.QUARK.show_ipam_strategy
+
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('show_ipam_strategy', True, "QUARK")
+        net = plugin.create_network(self.context, network)
+        self.assertTrue('ipam_strategy' in net)
+        net = plugin.get_network(self.context, net['id'])
+        self.assertTrue('ipam_strategy' in net)
+
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('show_ipam_strategy', False, "QUARK")
+        net = plugin.create_network(self.context, network)
+        self.assertFalse('ipam_strategy' in net)
+        net = plugin.get_network(self.context, net['id'])
+        self.assertFalse('ipam_strategy' in net)
+
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('show_ipam_strategy', original, "QUARK")
+
+
 class QuarkDeleteNetworKDeallocatedIPs(QuarkNetworkFunctionalTest):
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def _stubs(self, network, subnet, dealloc=True):
diff --git a/quark/tests/plugin_modules/test_networks.py b/quark/tests/plugin_modules/test_networks.py
index 1a173d1..978954c 100644
--- a/quark/tests/plugin_modules/test_networks.py
+++ b/quark/tests/plugin_modules/test_networks.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class TestQuarkCreateNetwork(test_quark_plugin.TestQuarkPlugin):
         with self._stubs(net=net) as net_create:
             net = self.plugin.create_network(self.context, dict(network=net))
             self.assertTrue(net_create.called)
-            self.assertEqual(len(net.keys()), 8)
+            self.assertEqual(len(net.keys()), 7)
             self.assertIsNotNone(net["id"])
             self.assertEqual(net["name"], "public")
             self.assertIsNone(net["admin_state_up"])
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ class TestQuarkCreateNetwork(test_quark_plugin.TestQuarkPlugin):
             self.assertEqual(net["subnets"], [])
             self.assertEqual(net["shared"], False)
             self.assertEqual(net["tenant_id"], 0)
-            self.assertEqual(net["ipam_strategy"], None)
 
     def test_create_network_with_subnets(self):
         subnet = dict(id=2, cidr="172.168.0.0/24", tenant_id=0)
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ class TestQuarkCreateNetwork(test_quark_plugin.TestQuarkPlugin):
             net.update(dict(subnets=[dict(subnet=subnet)]))
             net = self.plugin.create_network(self.context, dict(network=net))
             self.assertTrue(net_create.called)
-            self.assertEqual(len(net.keys()), 8)
+            self.assertEqual(len(net.keys()), 7)
             self.assertIsNotNone(net["id"])
             self.assertEqual(net["name"], "public")
             self.assertIsNone(net["admin_state_up"])
@@ -350,7 +349,6 @@ class TestQuarkCreateNetwork(test_quark_plugin.TestQuarkPlugin):
             self.assertEqual(net["subnets"], [2])
             self.assertEqual(net["shared"], False)
             self.assertEqual(net["tenant_id"], 0)
-            self.assertEqual(net["ipam_strategy"], None)
 
     def test_create_network_with_id(self):
         net = dict(id="abcdef", name="public", admin_state_up=True,
@@ -381,9 +379,13 @@ class TestQuarkCreateNetwork(test_quark_plugin.TestQuarkPlugin):
         net = dict(id="abcdef", name="public", admin_state_up=True,
                    tenant_id=0, ipam_strategy="BOTH")
         admin_context = self.context.elevated()
+        original = cfg.CONF.QUARK.show_ipam_strategy
+
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('show_ipam_strategy', True, "QUARK")
         with self._stubs(net=net):
             res = self.plugin.create_network(admin_context, dict(network=net))
             self.assertEqual(res["ipam_strategy"], net["ipam_strategy"])
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('show_ipam_strategy', original, "QUARK")
 
     def test_create_network_with_bad_ipam_strategy_raises(self):
         net = dict(id="abcdef", name="public", admin_state_up=True,