diff --git a/cmd/ipam/main.go b/cmd/ipam/main.go
index 79c926a05d..a0026273c1 100644
--- a/cmd/ipam/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ipam/main.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ func main() {
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&options.ServerOpts.Port, "port", consts.IpamPort, "The port on which to listen for incoming gRPC requests.")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&options.ServerOpts.SyncFrequency, "interval", consts.SyncFrequency,
 		"The interval at which the IPAM will synchronize the IPAM storage.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&options.ServerOpts.AdditionalPools, "additional-pools", []string{},
+		"Additional pools to acquire IPs and Networks from.")
 
 	// Leader election flags.
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.EnableLeaderElection, "leader-election", false, "Enable leader election for IPAM. "+
diff --git a/deployments/liqo/templates/liqo-ipam-deployment.yaml b/deployments/liqo/templates/liqo-ipam-deployment.yaml
index 7ced18abe2..2f42c220e6 100644
--- a/deployments/liqo/templates/liqo-ipam-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployments/liqo/templates/liqo-ipam-deployment.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ spec:
             - --leader-election
             - --leader-election-namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.ipam.additionalPools }}
+            {{- $d := dict "commandName" "--additional-pools" "list" .Values.ipam.additionalPools }}
+            {{- include "liqo.concatenateList" $d | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.common.extraArgs }}
             {{- toYaml .Values.common.extraArgs | nindent 12 }}
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/pkg/ipam/initialize.go b/pkg/ipam/initialize.go
index 647e04e8cf..9b0da85fe6 100644
--- a/pkg/ipam/initialize.go
+++ b/pkg/ipam/initialize.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import (
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=ipam.liqo.io,resources=networks,verbs=get;list;watch
 
 func (lipam *LiqoIPAM) initialize(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// TODO: set additional pools
+	klog.Infof("Additional pools: %v", lipam.opts.AdditionalPools)
+
 	if err := lipam.initializeNetworks(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ipam/ipam.go b/pkg/ipam/ipam.go
index 5cfe349209..7224a71b52 100644
--- a/pkg/ipam/ipam.go
+++ b/pkg/ipam/ipam.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ type LiqoIPAM struct {
 type ServerOptions struct {
 	Port          int
 	SyncFrequency time.Duration
+
+	AdditionalPools []string
 }
 
 // New creates a new instance of the LiqoIPAM.