diff --git a/loxilb-ebpf b/loxilb-ebpf
index 855224ba..fce61192 160000
--- a/loxilb-ebpf
+++ b/loxilb-ebpf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 855224ba14cf4cc2ac5e3d64132efa3991cf3fec
+Subproject commit fce61192b47549930b8d19a782c05b91c9ee24f0
diff --git a/options/options.go b/options/options.go
index a0633ee8..79752691 100644
--- a/options/options.go
+++ b/options/options.go
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ var Opts struct {
 	LocalSockPolicy   bool           `long:"localsockpolicy" description:"support local socket policies (experimental)"`
 	SockMapSupport    bool           `long:"sockmapsupport" description:"Support sockmap based L4 proxying (experimental)"`
 	ConfigPath        string         `long:"config-path" description:"Config file path" default:"/etc/loxilb/"`
+	ProxyModeOnly     bool           `long:"proxyonlymode" description:"Run loxilb in proxy mode only, no Datapath"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/loxinet/dpebpf_linux.go b/pkg/loxinet/dpebpf_linux.go
index 1cbd9a20..f94cdb7c 100644
--- a/pkg/loxinet/dpebpf_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/loxinet/dpebpf_linux.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func DpEbpfSetLogLevel(logLevel tk.LogLevelT) {
 }
 
 // DpEbpfInit - initialize the ebpf dp subsystem
-func DpEbpfInit(clusterEn, rssEn, egrHooks, localSockPolicy, sockMapEn bool, nodeNum int, logLevel tk.LogLevelT) *DpEbpfH {
+func DpEbpfInit(clusterEn, rssEn, egrHooks, localSockPolicy, sockMapEn bool, nodeNum int, disBPF bool, logLevel tk.LogLevelT) *DpEbpfH {
 	var cfg C.struct_ebpfcfg
 
 	if clusterEn {
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ func DpEbpfInit(clusterEn, rssEn, egrHooks, localSockPolicy, sockMapEn bool, nod
 		cfg.have_sockmap = 0
 	}
 
+	if disBPF {
+		cfg.have_noebpf = 1
+	} else {
+		cfg.have_noebpf = 0
+	}
+
 	cfg.nodenum = C.int(nodeNum)
 	cfg.loglevel = 1
 	cfg.no_loader = 0
@@ -404,6 +410,9 @@ func convDPv6Addr2NetIP(addr unsafe.Pointer) net.IP {
 
 // loadEbpfPgm - load loxilb eBPF program to an interface
 func (e *DpEbpfH) loadEbpfPgm(name string) int {
+	if mh.disBPF {
+		return 0
+	}
 	ifStr := C.CString(name)
 	xSection := C.CString(string(C.XDP_LL_SEC_DEFAULT))
 	link, err := nlp.LinkByName(name)
@@ -439,6 +448,9 @@ func (e *DpEbpfH) loadEbpfPgm(name string) int {
 
 // unLoadEbpfPgm - unload loxilb eBPF program from an interface
 func (e *DpEbpfH) unLoadEbpfPgm(name string) int {
+	if mh.disBPF {
+		return 0
+	}
 	ifStr := C.CString(name)
 	xSection := C.CString(string(C.XDP_LL_SEC_DEFAULT))
 
diff --git a/pkg/loxinet/loxinet.go b/pkg/loxinet/loxinet.go
index 6235ceda..ceebccdb 100644
--- a/pkg/loxinet/loxinet.go
+++ b/pkg/loxinet/loxinet.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ type loxiNetH struct {
 	eHooks      bool
 	lSockPolicy bool
 	sockMapEn   bool
+	disBPF      bool
 	pFile       *os.File
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ func loxiNetInit() {
 	mh.pProbe = opts.Opts.PassiveEPProbe
 	mh.lSockPolicy = opts.Opts.LocalSockPolicy
 	mh.sockMapEn = opts.Opts.SockMapSupport
+	mh.disBPF = opts.Opts.ProxyModeOnly
 	mh.sigCh = make(chan os.Signal, 5)
 	signal.Notify(mh.sigCh, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGCHLD, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ func loxiNetInit() {
 			RunCommand(MkMountCG2, false)
 		}
 		// Initialize the ebpf datapath subsystem
-		mh.dpEbpf = DpEbpfInit(clusterMode, mh.rssEn, mh.eHooks, mh.lSockPolicy, mh.sockMapEn, mh.self, -1)
+		mh.dpEbpf = DpEbpfInit(clusterMode, mh.rssEn, mh.eHooks, mh.lSockPolicy, mh.sockMapEn, mh.self, mh.disBPF, -1)
 		mh.dp = DpBrokerInit(mh.dpEbpf, rpcMode)
 
 		// Initialize the security zone subsystem