diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
index cf83bdf97f..1080240d97 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ var (
 		Usage:       "(deprecated) use --flannel-backend=none",
 		Destination: &AgentConfig.NoFlannel,
 	}
+	DisableAgentLBFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:        "disable-apiserver-lb",
+		Usage:       "(agent/networking) (experimental) Disable the agent's client-side load-balancer and connect directly to the configured server address",
+		Destination: &AgentConfig.DisableLoadBalancer,
+	}
 )
 
 func CheckSELinuxFlags(ctx *cli.Context) error {
@@ -310,6 +315,7 @@ func NewAgentCommand(action func(ctx *cli.Context) error) cli.Command {
 			},
 			VPNAuth,
 			VPNAuthFile,
+			DisableAgentLBFlag,
 		},
 	}
 }