diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b85dd28f5f9bf2b0e1c6f759ae707b4b9e75b9d7..6a9129e501704a90cde212fd4d620da57dbc7a2b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ netdata_enable_haproxy: false
 netdata_enable_elasticsearch: false
 netdata_enable_postgres: false
 netdata_enable_mysql: false
+netdata_enable_ebpf: true
diff --git a/templates/netdata.conf.j2 b/templates/netdata.conf.j2
index 38bb4231f7349a4a04ab79e0fc377874e51e8bb3..d909f83de53bcf5176dcbe03e795ba8849bf13a6 100644
--- a/templates/netdata.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/netdata.conf.j2
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 
 [statsd]
     enabled = no
-{% if netdata_is_container %}
 
 [plugins]
+{% if netdata_enable_ebpf %}
+    ebpf = yes
+{% else %}
+    ebpf = no
+{% endif %}
+{% if netdata_is_container %}
     enable running new plugins = no
     apps = no
     proc = no