diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
index 1cbfc72..02ece9b 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,3 +76,7 @@
 
 # Node IP address
 kubernetes_node_ip: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}"
+
+# Allow usage of swap memory for the Kubelet (Do not enable this unless you
+# know what you are doing).
+kubernetes_allow_unsafe_swap: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/bootstrap-cluster.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/bootstrap-cluster.yml
index c3981d9..ddc8528 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/bootstrap-cluster.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/bootstrap-cluster.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
 - name: Initialize cluster
   throttle: 1
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    kubeadm init --config /etc/kubernetes/kubeadm.yaml --upload-certs
+    kubeadm init --config /etc/kubernetes/kubeadm.yaml --upload-certs \
+                 --ignore-preflight-errors=DirAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests{% if kubernetes_allow_unsafe_swap %},Swap{% endif %}
   args:
     creates: /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
   environment:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/join-cluster.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/join-cluster.yml
index 8b29c39..3c3661a 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/join-cluster.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/join-cluster.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 - name: Join cluster
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     kubeadm join --config /etc/kubernetes/kubeadm.yaml \
-                 --ignore-preflight-errors=DirAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests
+                 --ignore-preflight-errors=DirAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests{% if kubernetes_allow_unsafe_swap %},Swap{% endif %}
   environment:
     PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
   args:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
index b9d55f5..7582de7 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
@@ -75,35 +75,38 @@
     state: present
   loop: "{{ kubernetes_sysctls }}"
 
-- name: Check swap status
-  ansible.builtin.command: /sbin/swapon -s
-  changed_when: false
-  register: _swapon
+- name: Disable swap on the host
+  when: kubernetes_allow_unsafe_swap == false
+  block:
+    - name: Check swap status
+      ansible.builtin.command: /sbin/swapon -s
+      changed_when: false
+      register: _swapon
 
-- name: Disable swap
-  ansible.builtin.command: /sbin/swapoff -a
-  changed_when: true
-  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
-  when:
-    - _swapon.stdout
+    - name: Disable swap
+      ansible.builtin.command: /sbin/swapoff -a
+      changed_when: true
+      ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
+      when:
+        - _swapon.stdout
 
-- name: Remove swapfile from /etc/fstab
-  ansible.posix.mount:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    fstype: swap
-    state: absent
-  with_items:
-    - swap
-    - none
+    - name: Remove swapfile from /etc/fstab
+      ansible.posix.mount:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        fstype: swap
+        state: absent
+      with_items:
+        - swap
+        - none
 
-- name: Create noswap systemd service config file
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: noswap.service
-    dest: /etc/systemd/system/noswap.service
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "0644"
-  notify: Enable noswap service
+    - name: Create noswap systemd service config file
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: noswap.service
+        dest: /etc/systemd/system/noswap.service
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: "0644"
+      notify: Enable noswap service
 
 - name: Configure short hostname
   ansible.builtin.hostname:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/kubeadm.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/kubeadm.yaml.j2
index 86f404a..4464fa3 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/templates/kubeadm.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/kubeadm.yaml.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
   bindPort: 16443
 nodeRegistration:
   kubeletExtraArgs:
+{% if kubernetes_allow_unsafe_swap %}
+    fail-swap-on: "false"
+{% endif %}
     cgroups-per-qos: "false"
     enforce-node-allocatable: ""
     node-ip: "{{ kubernetes_node_ip }}"
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@
 kind: JoinConfiguration
 nodeRegistration:
   kubeletExtraArgs:
+{% if kubernetes_allow_unsafe_swap %}
+    fail-swap-on: "false"
+{% endif %}
     cgroups-per-qos: "false"
     enforce-node-allocatable: ""
     node-ip: "{{ kubernetes_node_ip }}"