diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/cluster/routing/allocation/DataTierIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/cluster/routing/allocation/DataTierIT.java
similarity index 92%
rename from x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/cluster/routing/allocation/DataTierIT.java
rename to x-pack/plugin/core/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/cluster/routing/allocation/DataTierIT.java
index d20c7169d3cca..57a36dbc551fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/cluster/routing/allocation/DataTierIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/cluster/routing/allocation/DataTierIT.java
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ public void testDefaultAllocateToHot() {
         ensureYellow(index);
     }
 
+    public void testBypassAutoAllocationToHot() throws Exception {
+        startWarmOnlyNode();
+        startColdOnlyNode();
+        ensureGreen();
+
+        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate(index)
+            .setSettings(Settings.builder()
+                .put(DataTier.INDEX_BYPASS_AUTO_DATA_TIER_ROUTING, true))
+            .setWaitForActiveShards(0)
+            .get();
+
+        Settings idxSettings = client().admin().indices().prepareGetIndex().addIndices(index).get().getSettings().get(index);
+        assertThat(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_INCLUDE_SETTING.get(idxSettings), equalTo(""));
+
+        assertBusy(() ->
+            assertThat(client().admin().cluster().prepareHealth(index).get().getIndices().get(index).getStatus(),
+                equalTo(ClusterHealthStatus.GREEN))
+        );
+    }
+
     public void testOverrideDefaultAllocation() {
         startWarmOnlyNode();
         startColdOnlyNode();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/DataTier.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/DataTier.java
index e0c876e561a86..b9016dc3071e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/DataTier.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/DataTier.java
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
  */
 public class DataTier {
 
+    public static final String INDEX_BYPASS_AUTO_DATA_TIER_ROUTING = "index.bypass.auto.data_tier.routing";
+    /**
+     * Provides an opt-out of the automatically allocation of indices to hot nodes system and ILM auto migration of
+     * managed indices to the corresponding data tiers.
+     */
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> INDEX_BYPASS_AUTO_DATA_TIER_ROUTING_SETTING =
+        Setting.boolSetting(INDEX_BYPASS_AUTO_DATA_TIER_ROUTING, false, Setting.Property.Dynamic, Setting.Property.IndexScope);
+
     public static final String DATA_HOT = "data_hot";
     public static final String DATA_WARM = "data_warm";
     public static final String DATA_COLD = "data_cold";
@@ -156,6 +164,10 @@ public static class DefaultHotAllocationSettingProvider implements IndexSettingP
         @Override
         public Settings getAdditionalIndexSettings(String indexName, Settings indexSettings) {
             Set<String> settings = indexSettings.keySet();
+            if (INDEX_BYPASS_AUTO_DATA_TIER_ROUTING_SETTING.get(indexSettings)) {
+                return Settings.EMPTY;
+            }
+
             if (settings.contains(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_INCLUDE)) {
                 // It's okay to put it, it will be removed or overridden by the template/request settings
                 return Settings.builder().put(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_INCLUDE, DATA_HOT).build();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java
index 387a29fff3ba3..9e46e7466fb33 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ public List<Setting<?>> getSettings() {
         settings.add(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_REQUIRE_SETTING);
         settings.add(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_INCLUDE_SETTING);
         settings.add(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_EXCLUDE_SETTING);
+        settings.add(DataTier.INDEX_BYPASS_AUTO_DATA_TIER_ROUTING_SETTING);
         return settings;
     }