diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0dd23afd..c720cf38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ and this project's packages adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/s
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Allow skipping Giant Swarm specific NetworkPolicy resources with `giantswarmNetworkPolicy.enabled` value.
+
 ## [3.5.3] - 2023-11-16
-### Adds
+### Added
 - adds extra `helm chart` for the `ciliumNetworkPolicies`
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/helm/cert-manager/Chart.yaml b/helm/cert-manager/Chart.yaml
index 58a10ca6..41af028b 100644
--- a/helm/cert-manager/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/cert-manager/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
     alias: giantSwarmClusterIssuer
   - name: cert-manager-giantswarm-netpol
     version: 0.1.0
+    condition: giantswarmNetworkPolicy.enabled
   - name: cert-manager-giantswarm-ciliumnetworkpolicies
     version: 0.1.0
     condition: ciliumNetworkPolicy.enabled
diff --git a/helm/cert-manager/values.schema.json b/helm/cert-manager/values.schema.json
index e1cc7ea1..0f113ad5 100644
--- a/helm/cert-manager/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm/cert-manager/values.schema.json
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "giantswarmNetworkPolicy": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "enabled": {
+                    "default": true,
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "ciliumNetworkPolicy": {
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
diff --git a/helm/cert-manager/values.yaml b/helm/cert-manager/values.yaml
index 66ecce1f..453c7fa8 100644
--- a/helm/cert-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/cert-manager/values.yaml
@@ -786,6 +786,9 @@ startupapicheck:
   # links.
   enableServiceLinks: false
 
+giantswarmNetworkPolicy:
+  enabled: true
+
 ciliumNetworkPolicy:
   enabled: false