diff --git a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-http-proxy-settings.yaml b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-http-proxy-settings.yaml
index 292068154e504b..199add41e53f80 100644
--- a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-http-proxy-settings.yaml
+++ b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-http-proxy-settings.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: gitpod
     component: gitpod-installer
+  annotations:
+    kots.io/when: '{{repl ConfigOptionEquals "enable_proxy_settings" "1" }}'
 type: Opaque
 data:
   httpProxy: repl{{ HTTPProxy | Base64Encode | quote }}
diff --git a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-kots-config.yaml b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-kots-config.yaml
index 348e1c04a97e5c..d53a90faee1c67 100644
--- a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-kots-config.yaml
+++ b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-kots-config.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ data:
   SSH_GATEWAY: repl{{ ConfigOption "ssh_gateway" | quote }}
 
   # Secret names
-  HTTP_PROXY_NAME: http-proxy-settings
+  HTTP_PROXY_NAME: '{{repl if (ConfigOptionEquals "enable_proxy_settings" "1" ) }}http-proxy-settings{{repl end }}'
   LICENSE_NAME: gitpod-license
   SSH_GATEWAY_HOST_KEY_NAME: ssh-gateway-host-key
 
diff --git a/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml b/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml
index dc143c7e5f9d03..3a5c9744103a44 100644
--- a/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml
+++ b/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml
@@ -429,3 +429,14 @@ spec:
               title: Cluster IP
             - name: NodePort
               title: Node port
+
+    - name: experimental
+      title: Experimental options
+      description: Experimental options without any support
+      when: 'false'
+      items:
+        - name: enable_proxy_settings
+          title: Enable proxy settings
+          type: bool
+          default: "0"
+          help_text: Enable HTTP_PROXY support for the Gitpod application. This is currently an experimental feature.