diff --git a/Documentation/kubernetes.md b/Documentation/kubernetes.md
index 09e5d9e78..166e81765 100644
--- a/Documentation/kubernetes.md
+++ b/Documentation/kubernetes.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ If you want to deploy `flannel` securely in a shared namespace or want more fine
 Other options include [Kyverno](https://kyverno.io/policies/pod-security/) and [OPA Gatekeeper](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper).
 # Annotations
 
-*  `flannel.alpha.coreos.com/public-ip-overwrite`: Allows to overwrite the public IP of a node. Useful if the public IP can not determined from the node, e.G. because it is behind a NAT. It can be automatically set to a nodes `ExternalIP` using the [flannel-node-annotator](https://github.com/alvaroaleman/flannel-node-annotator)
+*  `flannel.alpha.coreos.com/public-ip`, `flannel.alpha.coreos.com/public-ipv6`: Define the used public IP of the node. If configured when Flannel starts it'll be used as the `public-ip` and `public-ipv6` flag.
+*  `flannel.alpha.coreos.com/public-ip-overwrite`, `flannel.alpha.coreos.com/public-ipv6-overwrite`: Allows to overwrite the public IP of a node. Useful if the public IP can not determined from the node, e.G. because it is behind a NAT. It can be automatically set to a nodes `ExternalIP` using the [flannel-node-annotator](https://github.com/alvaroaleman/flannel-node-annotator)
 
 ## Older versions of Kubernetes
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 019b995a5..5588267b0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Work out which interface to use
 	var extIface *backend.ExternalInterface
+
+	annotatedPublicIP, annotatedPublicIPv6 := sm.GetStoredPublicIP(ctx)
+	if annotatedPublicIP != "" {
+		opts.publicIP = annotatedPublicIP
+	}
+	if annotatedPublicIPv6 != "" {
+		opts.publicIPv6 = annotatedPublicIPv6
+	}
+
 	optsPublicIP := ipmatch.PublicIPOpts{
 		PublicIP:   opts.publicIP,
 		PublicIPv6: opts.publicIPv6,
diff --git a/pkg/subnet/etcd/local_manager.go b/pkg/subnet/etcd/local_manager.go
index ca84ad355..bf90b9192 100644
--- a/pkg/subnet/etcd/local_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/subnet/etcd/local_manager.go
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ func (m *LocalManager) GetStoredMacAddresses(ctx context.Context) (string, strin
 	return "", ""
 }
 
+func (m *LocalManager) GetStoredPublicIP(ctx context.Context) (string, string) {
+	return "", ""
+}
+
 func (m *LocalManager) GetNetworkConfig(ctx context.Context) (*subnet.Config, error) {
 	cfg, err := m.registry.getNetworkConfig(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/subnet/kube/kube.go b/pkg/subnet/kube/kube.go
index 671330a98..87c3026f9 100644
--- a/pkg/subnet/kube/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/subnet/kube/kube.go
@@ -641,3 +641,22 @@ func (ksm *kubeSubnetManager) GetStoredMacAddresses(ctx context.Context) (string
 
 	return "", ""
 }
+
+// GetStoredPublicIP reads if there are any public IP configured as annotation when flannel starts
+func (ksm *kubeSubnetManager) GetStoredPublicIP(ctx context.Context) (string, string) {
+	// get mac info from Name func.
+	node, err := ksm.client.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(ctx, ksm.nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to get node for backend data: %v", err)
+		return "", ""
+	}
+
+	if node != nil && node.Annotations != nil {
+		log.Infof("List of node(%s) annotations: %#+v", ksm.nodeName, node.Annotations)
+		publicIP := node.Annotations[ksm.annotations.BackendPublicIP]
+		publicIPv6 := node.Annotations[ksm.annotations.BackendPublicIPv6]
+		return publicIP, publicIPv6
+	}
+
+	return "", ""
+}
diff --git a/pkg/subnet/subnet.go b/pkg/subnet/subnet.go
index 3d5be7b84..eaa5a393e 100644
--- a/pkg/subnet/subnet.go
+++ b/pkg/subnet/subnet.go
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ type Manager interface {
 	CompleteLease(ctx context.Context, lease *lease.Lease, wg *sync.WaitGroup) error
 
 	GetStoredMacAddresses(ctx context.Context) (string, string)
+	GetStoredPublicIP(ctx context.Context) (string, string)
 	Name() string
 }