diff --git a/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml b/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml
index f3b95b6f73..42a52af42a 100644
--- a/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml
+++ b/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ spec:
 {{ tuple $envAll "nova" "novnc-proxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.novncproxy.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.novncproxy.node_selector_value }}
+{{- if .Values.pod.useHostNetwork.novncproxy }}
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+{{- end }}
       initContainers:
 {{ tuple $envAll "novncproxy" $mounts_nova_novncproxy_init | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_entrypoint_init_container" | indent 8 }}
         - name: nova-novncproxy-init
diff --git a/nova/values.yaml b/nova/values.yaml
index 061ed8afb9..29512caaac 100644
--- a/nova/values.yaml
+++ b/nova/values.yaml
@@ -2277,6 +2277,8 @@ pod:
       nova_db_sync:
         volumeMounts:
         volumes:
+  useHostNetwork:
+    novncproxy: true
   replicas:
     api_metadata: 1
     compute_ironic: 1