diff --git a/tinkerbell/rufio/templates/deployment.yaml b/tinkerbell/rufio/templates/deployment.yaml
index 279eccf9..0ccf8f00 100644
--- a/tinkerbell/rufio/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/tinkerbell/rufio/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ spec:
         control-plane: controller-manager
         stack: tinkerbell
     spec:
+      {{- if .Values.hostNetwork }}
+      hostNetwork: true
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector: 
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/tinkerbell/rufio/values.yaml b/tinkerbell/rufio/values.yaml
index 174b651e..ebd487e9 100644
--- a/tinkerbell/rufio/values.yaml
+++ b/tinkerbell/rufio/values.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ managerRoleName: rufio-manager-role
 rufioLeaderElectionRoleBindingName: rufio-leader-election-rolebinding
 managerRoleBindingName: rufio-manager-rolebinding
 nodeSelector: {}
+hostNetwork: false
 # singleNodeClusterConfig to add tolerations for deployments on control plane nodes. This is defaulted to false.
 singleNodeClusterConfig:
   controlPlaneTolerationsEnabled: false