diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea49b76..eb4d6b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ docker pull ghcr.io/doodlescheduling/yakmv:v0
 | `` | `--namespace`  | `` | `NAMESPACE` | Default namespace to apply to resources without a namespace |
 | `` | `--skip-auto-namespace`  | `SKIP_AUTO_NAMESPACE` | `false` | Do not create a namespace if it does not exists yet while validating a resource |
 | `` | `--table`  | `TABLE` | `false` |  |
+| `` | `--api-server-flags`  | `API_SERVER_FLAGS` | `--api-server-flags=--disable-admission-plugins=MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionPolicy,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook` | Set additional kube-apiserver flags. (Note: If set by env the arguments need to be delimited by `;`) |
 
 
 ## Github Action
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1fdad5..4b066c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4
 	github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6 v6.5.4
-	github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v0.9.0
+	github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 45840dc..1eea421 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.11.1 h1:xRC8Iq1yyca5ypa9n1EZnWZkt7dwcoRPQwX/5gwa
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
-github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v0.9.0 h1:Q6FQ6hVEeTECULvkJZakq3dZMeBQ3JUpcKMfPQbKMDE=
-github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Iz1Gy1Sf3T64TQlJSvee81qDhf7YIlt8GMUX6yyNFs0=
+github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v1.0.0 h1:1C66wzy4QrROf5ew4KdVw942CQDa55qmlYmw9FZxZdU=
+github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Lzc75ghUn5ucmcRGIdGQ33DKJrcjk4kihFYgSTBmjIc=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2b9b02b..5da793d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -53,17 +53,18 @@ type Config struct {
 		Level    string `env:"LOG_LEVEL, default=fatal"`
 		Encoding string `env:"LOG_ENCODING, default=json"`
 	}
-	File              string `env:"FILE, default=/dev/stdin"`
-	FailFast          bool   `env:"FAIL_FAST"`
-	AllowFailure      bool   `env:"ALLOW_FAILURE"`
-	SkipAutoNamespace bool   `env:"SKIP_AUTO_NAMESPACE"`
-	Namespace         string `env:"NAMESPACE"`
-	Table             bool   `env:"TABLE"`
-	ExcludeValid      bool   `env:"EXCLUDE_VALID"`
-	KubeVersion       string `env:"KUBE_VERSION, default=1.28.0"`
-	EtcdVersion       string `env:"ETCD_VERSION, default=3.5.11"`
-	ApiServerRegistry string `env:"API_SERVER_REGISTRY, default=registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver"`
-	EtcdRegistry      string `env:"ETCD_REGISTRY, default=quay.io/coreos/etcd"`
+	File              string   `env:"FILE, default=/dev/stdin"`
+	FailFast          bool     `env:"FAIL_FAST"`
+	AllowFailure      bool     `env:"ALLOW_FAILURE"`
+	SkipAutoNamespace bool     `env:"SKIP_AUTO_NAMESPACE"`
+	Namespace         string   `env:"NAMESPACE"`
+	Table             bool     `env:"TABLE"`
+	ExcludeValid      bool     `env:"EXCLUDE_VALID"`
+	KubeVersion       string   `env:"KUBE_VERSION, default=1.28.0"`
+	EtcdVersion       string   `env:"ETCD_VERSION, default=3.5.11"`
+	ApiServerRegistry string   `env:"API_SERVER_REGISTRY, default=registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver"`
+	EtcdRegistry      string   `env:"ETCD_REGISTRY, default=quay.io/coreos/etcd"`
+	ApiServerFlags    []string `env:"API_SERVER_FLAGS, delimiter=;, default=--api-server-flags=--disable-admission-plugins=MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionPolicy,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook"`
 }
 
 var (
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVarP(&config.ApiServerRegistry, "api-server-registry", "", "", "OCI registry for pulling the kube-apiserver image")
 	flag.StringVarP(&config.EtcdRegistry, "etcd-registry", "", "", "OCI registry for pulling the etcd image")
 	flag.StringVarP(&config.EtcdVersion, "etcd-version", "", "", "The version for etcd")
+	flag.StringSliceVarP(&config.ApiServerFlags, "api-server-flags", "", nil, "Set additional kube-apiserver flags")
 
 	tbl = table.NewWriter()
 	tbl.SetOutputMirror(output)
@@ -518,22 +520,23 @@ func startAPIServer(ctx context.Context, dockerClient *dockerclient.Client, etcd
 		return types.ContainerJSON{}, err
 	}
 
+	cmd := append(strslice.StrSlice{
+		"/usr/local/bin/kube-apiserver",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--etcd-servers=%s:2379", etcd.NetworkSettings.DefaultNetworkSettings.IPAddress),
+		"--anonymous-auth",
+		"--service-account-issuer=https://validation",
+		"--service-account-key-file=/certs/service-account-key.pem",
+		"--service-account-signing-key-file=/certs/service-account-key.pem",
+		"--token-auth-file=/certs/token",
+		"--enable-priority-and-fairness=false",
+	}, config.ApiServerFlags...)
+
 	tag, _ := strings.CutPrefix(config.KubeVersion, "v")
 	cont, err := dockerClient.ContainerCreate(
 		ctx,
 		&container.Config{
 			Image: fmt.Sprintf("%s:v%s", config.ApiServerRegistry, tag),
-			Cmd: strslice.StrSlice{
-				"/usr/local/bin/kube-apiserver",
-				fmt.Sprintf("--etcd-servers=%s:2379", etcd.NetworkSettings.DefaultNetworkSettings.IPAddress),
-				"--anonymous-auth",
-				"--service-account-issuer=https://validation",
-				"--service-account-key-file=/certs/service-account-key.pem",
-				"--service-account-signing-key-file=/certs/service-account-key.pem",
-				"--token-auth-file=/certs/token",
-				"--disable-admission-plugins=MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionPolicy,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook",
-				"--enable-priority-and-fairness=false",
-			},
+			Cmd:   cmd,
 		},
 		&container.HostConfig{
 			Mounts: []mount.Mount{