diff --git a/components/engine/cmd/dockerd/config.go b/components/engine/cmd/dockerd/config.go
index 11084ec8d6..fa5565ee46 100644
--- a/components/engine/cmd/dockerd/config.go
+++ b/components/engine/cmd/dockerd/config.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func installCommonConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.MetricsAddress, "metrics-addr", "", "Set default address and port to serve the metrics api on")
 
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.NodeGenericResources, "node-generic-resources", "", "user defined resources (e.g. fpga=2;gpu={UUID1,UUID2,UUID3})")
+	flags.IntVar(&conf.NetworkControlPlaneMTU, "network-control-plane-mtu", config.DefaultNetworkMtu, "Network Control plane MTU")
 
 	// "--deprecated-key-path" is to allow configuration of the key used
 	// for the daemon ID and the deprecated image signing. It was never
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/config/config.go b/components/engine/daemon/config/config.go
index 86a1356c57..5adb7e69e6 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ type CommonConfig struct {
 
 	// Exposed node Generic Resources
 	NodeGenericResources string `json:"node-generic-resources,omitempty"`
+	// NetworkControlPlaneMTU allows to specify the control plane MTU, this will allow to optimize the network use in some components
+	NetworkControlPlaneMTU int `json:"network-control-plane-mtu,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // IsValueSet returns true if a configuration value
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go b/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go
index e62ef08b69..4d4b98c8de 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -1149,6 +1149,8 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) networkOptions(dconfig *config.Config, pg plugingetter.Plu
 		options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionPluginGetter(pg))
 	}
 
+	options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionNetworkControlPlaneMTU(dconfig.NetworkControlPlaneMTU))
+
 	return options, nil
 }