diff --git a/backend/src/types.ts b/backend/src/types.ts
index 1b8e0e6e1e..8676718fc3 100644
--- a/backend/src/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/types.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export type DashboardConfig = K8sResourceCommon & {
       disableCustomServingRuntimes: boolean;
       modelMetricsNamespace: string;
       disablePipelines: boolean;
+      disableKServe: boolean;
+      disableModelMesh: boolean;
     };
     groupsConfig?: {
       adminGroups: string;
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/constants.ts b/backend/src/utils/constants.ts
index 1699c0eac1..0604d40052 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ export const blankDashboardCR: DashboardConfig = {
       disableCustomServingRuntimes: false,
       modelMetricsNamespace: '',
       disablePipelines: false,
+      disableKServe: false,
+      disableModelMesh: true,
     },
     notebookController: {
       enabled: true,
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts b/backend/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts
index 3fe6353169..d75a54de00 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ const fetchOrCreateDashboardCR = async (
     )
     .then((res) => {
       const dashboardCR = res?.body as DashboardConfig;
+      if (
+        dashboardCR &&
+        dashboardCR.spec.dashboardConfig.disableKServe === undefined &&
+        dashboardCR.spec.dashboardConfig.disableModelMesh === undefined
+      ) {
+        // return a merge between dashboardCR and blankDashboardCR but changing spec.disableKServe to true and spec.disableModelMesh to false
+        return _.merge({}, blankDashboardCR, dashboardCR, {
+          spec: {
+            dashboardConfig: {
+              disableKServe: true,
+              disableModelMesh: false,
+            },
+          },
+        });
+      }
       return _.merge({}, blankDashboardCR, dashboardCR); // merge with blank CR to prevent any missing values
     })
     .catch((e) => {
diff --git a/docs/dashboard-config.md b/docs/dashboard-config.md
index cf20d49269..8fe24e3e41 100644
--- a/docs/dashboard-config.md
+++ b/docs/dashboard-config.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ The following are a list of features that are supported, along with there defaul
 | disableModelServing          | false   | Disables Model Serving from the dashboard and from Data Science Projects.                            |
 | disableProjectSharing        | false   | Disables Project Sharing from Data Science Projects.                                                 |
 | disableCustomServingRuntimes | false   | Disables Custom Serving Runtimes from the Admin Panel.                                               |
+| disableKServe                | false   | Disables the ability to select KServe as a Serving Platform.                                         |
+| disableModelMesh             | true    | Disables the ability to select ModelMesh as a Serving Platform.                                      |
 | modelMetricsNamespace        | false   | Enables the namespace in which the Model Serving Metrics' Prometheus Operator is installed.          |
 
 ## Defaults
diff --git a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockDashboardConfig.ts b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockDashboardConfig.ts
index b388678b38..ea65cdf1a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockDashboardConfig.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockDashboardConfig.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ type MockDashboardConfigType = {
   disableProjects?: boolean;
   disableModelServing?: boolean;
   disableCustomServingRuntimes?: boolean;
+  disableKServe?: boolean;
+  disableModelMesh?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const mockDashboardConfig = ({
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ export const mockDashboardConfig = ({
   disableProjects = false,
   disableModelServing = false,
   disableCustomServingRuntimes = false,
+  disableKServe = false,
+  disableModelMesh = true,
 }: MockDashboardConfigType): DashboardConfig => ({
   apiVersion: 'opendatahub.io/v1alpha',
   kind: 'OdhDashboardConfig',
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ export const mockDashboardConfig = ({
       modelMetricsNamespace: 'test-project',
       disablePipelines: false,
       disableProjectSharing: false,
+      disableKServe,
+      disableModelMesh,
     },
     notebookController: {
       enabled: true,
diff --git a/frontend/src/types.ts b/frontend/src/types.ts
index 50898f5b44..122f211107 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ export type DashboardCommonConfig = {
   disableCustomServingRuntimes: boolean;
   modelMetricsNamespace: string;
   disablePipelines: boolean;
+  disableKServe: boolean;
+  disableModelMesh: boolean;
 };
 
 export type NotebookControllerUserState = {
diff --git a/manifests/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml b/manifests/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml
index 8108ce32aa..b13a2f8fef 100644
--- a/manifests/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ spec:
                       type: string
                     disablePipelines:
                       type: boolean
+                    disableKServe:
+                      type: boolean
+                    disableModelMesh:
+                      type: boolean
                 groupsConfig:
                   type: object
                   required:
diff --git a/manifests/overlays/odhdashboardconfig/odh-dashboard-config.yaml b/manifests/overlays/odhdashboardconfig/odh-dashboard-config.yaml
index 677c300dc9..65faa28048 100644
--- a/manifests/overlays/odhdashboardconfig/odh-dashboard-config.yaml
+++ b/manifests/overlays/odhdashboardconfig/odh-dashboard-config.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ spec:
     disableProjectSharing: true
     disableCustomServingRuntimes: true
     modelMetricsNamespace: ''
+    disableKServe: false
+    disableModelMesh: true
   notebookController:
     enabled: true
   notebookSizes: