diff --git a/docs/metallb.md b/docs/metallb.md
index 71fabde47..7121f1ea0 100644
--- a/docs/metallb.md
+++ b/docs/metallb.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ You have to explicitly enable the MetalLB extension and set an IP address range
 ```yaml
 metallb_enabled: true
 metallb_speaker_enabled: true
+metallb_avoid_buggy_ips: true
 metallb_ip_range:
   - 10.5.0.0/16
 ```
@@ -73,12 +74,13 @@ In this scenarion you should disable the MetalLB speaker and configure the `cali
 
 ```yaml
 metallb_speaker_enabled: false
+metallb_avoid_buggy_ips: true
 metallb_ip_range:
   - 10.5.0.0/16
 calico_advertise_service_loadbalancer_ips: "{{ metallb_ip_range }}"
 ```
 
-If you have additional loadbalancer IP pool in `metallb_additional_address_pools`, ensure to add them to the list.
+If you have additional loadbalancer IP pool in `metallb_additional_address_pools` , ensure to add them to the list.
 
 ```yaml
 metallb_speaker_enabled: false
@@ -90,11 +92,13 @@ metallb_additional_address_pools:
       - 10.6.0.0/16
     protocol: "bgp"
     auto_assign: false
+    avoid_buggy_ips: true
   kube_service_pool_2:
     ip_range:
       - 10.10.0.0/16
     protocol: "bgp"
     auto_assign: false
+    avoid_buggy_ips: true
 calico_advertise_service_loadbalancer_ips:
   - 10.5.0.0/16
   - 10.6.0.0/16
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
index 7391fd82a..a3923195b 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ metallb_speaker_enabled: true
 #   - "10.5.0.50-10.5.0.99"
 # metallb_pool_name: "loadbalanced"
 # metallb_auto_assign: true
+# metallb_avoid_buggy_ips: false
 # metallb_speaker_nodeselector:
 #   kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
 # metallb_controller_nodeselector:
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ metallb_speaker_enabled: true
 #       - "10.5.1.50-10.5.1.99"
 #     protocol: "layer2"
 #     auto_assign: false
+#     avoid_buggy_ips: false
 # metallb_protocol: "bgp"
 # metallb_peers:
 #   - peer_address: 192.0.2.1
@@ -207,7 +209,6 @@ metallb_speaker_enabled: true
 #     peer_asn: 64513
 #     my_asn: 4200000000
 
-
 argocd_enabled: false
 # argocd_version: v2.4.7
 # argocd_namespace: argocd
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/defaults/main.yml
index 1d2be5301..3679aebe8 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ metallb_speaker_tolerations:
 metallb_controller_tolerations: []
 metallb_pool_name: "loadbalanced"
 metallb_auto_assign: true
+metallb_avoid_buggy_ips: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb-config.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb-config.yml.j2
index 35f3d4e7e..8fda50674 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb-config.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb-config.yml.j2
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ data:
 {% if metallb_auto_assign == false %}
       auto-assign: false
 {% endif %}
+{% if metallb_avoid_buggy_ips == true %}
+      avoid-buggy-ips: true
+{% endif %}
 {% if metallb_additional_address_pools is defined %}{% for pool in metallb_additional_address_pools %}
     - name: {{ pool }}
       protocol: {{ metallb_additional_address_pools[pool].protocol }}
@@ -41,6 +44,11 @@ data:
 {% for ip_range in metallb_additional_address_pools[pool].ip_range %}
       - {{ ip_range }}
 {% endfor %}
+{% if metallb_additional_address_pools[pool].auto_assign is defined %}
       auto-assign: {{ metallb_additional_address_pools[pool].auto_assign }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if metallb_additional_address_pools[pool].avoid_buggy_ips is defined %}
+      avoid-buggy-ips: {{ metallb_additional_address_pools[pool].avoid_buggy_ips }}
+{% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endif %}