diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6abdc4b1..5a7566e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ Usage of kube2iam:
       --iam-role-session-ttl                  Length of session when assuming the roles (default 15m)
       --debug                                 Enable debug features
       --default-role string                   Fallback role to use when annotation is not set
+      --disable-sensitive-metadata            Make some sensitive metadata paths return empty strings
+      --disable-user-data                     Make the user-data endpoint return an empty string instead of the host's user-data
       --host-interface string                 Host interface for proxying AWS metadata (default "docker0")
       --host-ip string                        IP address of host
       --iam-role-key string                   Pod annotation key used to retrieve the IAM role (default "iam.amazonaws.com/role")
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index d43bb5a1..86b2b437 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func addFlags(s *server.Server, fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.UseRegionalStsEndpoint, "use-regional-sts-endpoint", false, "use the regional sts endpoint if AWS_REGION is set")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.Verbose, "verbose", false, "Verbose")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.Version, "version", false, "Print the version and exits")
+	fs.BoolVar(&s.DisableSensitiveMetadata, "disable-sensitive-metadata", false, "Make some sensitive metadata paths return empty strings")
+	fs.BoolVar(&s.DisableUserData, "disable-user-data", false, "Make the user-data endpoint return an empty string instead of the host's user-data")
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 4d13ace6..7de1f4f9 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	NamespaceRestriction       bool
 	Verbose                    bool
 	Version                    bool
+	DisableSensitiveMetadata   bool
+	DisableUserData            bool
 	iam                        *iam.Client
 	k8s                        *k8s.Client
 	roleMapper                 *mappings.RoleMapper
@@ -268,6 +270,10 @@ func (s *Server) debugStoreHandler(logger *log.Entry, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 	write(logger, w, string(o))
 }
 
+func (s *Server) emptyResponseHandler(logger *log.Entry, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+       w.Header().Set("Server", "EC2ws")
+}
+
 func (s *Server) securityCredentialsHandler(logger *log.Entry, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("Server", "EC2ws")
 	remoteIP := parseRemoteAddr(r.RemoteAddr)
@@ -371,6 +377,25 @@ func (s *Server) Run(host, token, nodeName string, insecure bool) error {
 		// This is a potential security risk if enabled in some clusters, hence the flag
 		r.Handle("/debug/store", newAppHandler("debugStoreHandler", s.debugStoreHandler))
 	}
+
+	emptyResponseHandler := newAppHandler("emptyResponseHandler", s.emptyResponseHandler)
+	if s.DisableUserData {
+		r.Handle("/{version}/user-data", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/user-data/{path:.*}", emptyResponseHandler)
+	}
+	if s.DisableSensitiveMetadata {
+		// permit instance identity document, but not its signatures
+		r.Handle("/{version}/dynamic/instance-identity/document", newAppHandler("reserveProxyHandler", s.reverseProxyHandler))
+		r.Handle("/{version}/dynamic/instance-identity/{path:.+}", emptyResponseHandler)
+		// hide public keys, disk configuration, security group & iam information
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/public-keys/{path:.*}", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/block-device-mapping/{path:.*}", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/network/{path:.*}", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/security-groups", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/security-groups/{path:.*}", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/iam/info", emptyResponseHandler)
+		r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/iam/info/{path:.*}", emptyResponseHandler)
+	}
 	r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/iam/security-credentials", securityHandler)
 	r.Handle("/{version}/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/", securityHandler)
 	r.Handle(