diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md
index d93ca950a..a1dd0011c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ inspector_extra_kernel_options: String value, default undefined. Extra
                                 kernel parameters for the inspector default
                                 PXE configuration.
 
+inspector_processing_hooks: String value containing a comma-separated list,
+                            default undefined. Use this to specify a
+                            non-default list of comma-separated processing
+                            hooks for inspector.
+
 ### Virtual Environment Install
 
 Bifrost can install ironic into a python virtual environment using the
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index e5b41f847..2d98786dd 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ inspector_keep_ports: "present"
 # PXE configuration.
 #inspector_extra_kernel_options:
 
+# Set inspector_processing_hooks to specify a non-default comma-separated
+# list of processing hooks for inspector.
+#inspector_processing_hooks:
+
 # Inspector defaults
 inspector:
   discovery:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2
index 66387a923..ff29da240 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ add_ports = {{ inspector_port_addition | default('pxe') }}
 keep_ports = {{ inspector_keep_ports | default('present') }}
 ramdisk_logs_dir = {{ inspector_data_dir }}/log
 always_store_ramdisk_logs = {{ inspector_store_ramdisk_logs | default('true') | bool }}
+{% if inspector_processing_hooks is defined %}
+processing_hooks = {{ inspector_processing_hooks }}
+{% endif %}
 {% if inspector.discovery.enabled == true %}
 node_not_found_hook = enroll
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/inspector-processing-hooks-addf80be5f31aa61.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/inspector-processing-hooks-addf80be5f31aa61.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd2e731fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/inspector-processing-hooks-addf80be5f31aa61.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Allows configuration of inspector processing hooks.
+
+    It is now possible to configure the set of inspection data processing hooks
+    used by ironic inspector via the variable ``inspector_processing_hooks``,
+    which defaults to using inspector's default list.