diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml
index 2a13d18d9..cd11b7018 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -178,5 +178,5 @@
     - etcd_kubeadm_enabled
     - kubeadm_control_plane
     - inventory_hostname not in groups['kube-master']
-    - kube_network_plugin in ["calico", "flannel", "canal", "cilium"]
+    - kube_network_plugin in ["calico", "flannel", "canal", "cilium"] or cilium_deploy_additionally | default(false) | bool
     - kube_network_plugin != "calico" or calico_datastore == "etcd"