diff --git a/nixos/kubeadm/bootstrap/controller.py b/nixos/kubeadm/bootstrap/controller.py
index daa3c2a..e9a4c6b 100755
--- a/nixos/kubeadm/bootstrap/controller.py
+++ b/nixos/kubeadm/bootstrap/controller.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class Controller:
         self.rebuild_retries = int(self.env.get("REBUILD_RETRIES", "2"))
         self.worker_parallelism = int(self.env.get("WORKER_PARALLELISM", "3"))
         self.fast_mode = self.env.get("FAST_MODE", "1")
+        self.skip_rebuild = self.env.get("SKIP_REBUILD", "0") == "1"
 
     def log(self, msg):
         print(f"==> {msg}")
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ class Controller:
         self.mark_done("preflight_done")
 
     def stage_rebuild(self):
-        if self.stage_done("nodes_rebuilt"):
+        if self.skip_rebuild and self.stage_done("nodes_rebuilt"):
             self.log("Node rebuild already complete")
             return