diff --git a/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/files/add-option-to-disable-isolcpu-awareness.patch b/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/files/add-option-to-disable-isolcpu-awareness.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a8b746ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/files/add-option-to-disable-isolcpu-awareness.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+From 8b765213a4e6d5cd4eecf361dadfec2851f1dd59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@windriver.com>
+Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:46:10 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] enable support for kubernetes to ignore isolcpus
+
+The normal mechanisms for allocating isolated CPUs do not allow
+a mix of isolated and exclusive CPUs in the same container.  In
+order to allow this in *very* limited cases where the pod spec
+is known in advance we will add the ability to disable the normal
+isolcpus behaviour.
+
+If the file "/etc/kubernetes/ignore_isolcpus" exists, then kubelet
+will basically forget everything it knows about isolcpus and just
+treat them like regular CPUs.
+
+The admin user can then rely on the fact that CPU allocation is
+deterministic to ensure that the isolcpus they configure end up being
+allocated to the correct pods.
+---
+ pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go   | 9 +++++++++
+ pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go | 8 ++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
+index c682f813..92992991 100644
+--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
++++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cpumanager
+ import (
+ 	"fmt"
+ 	"math"
++	"os"
+ 	"sync"
+ 	"time"
+ 	"strings"
+@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ const cpuManagerStateFileName = "cpu_manager_state"
+ 
+ // get the system-level isolated CPUs
+ func getIsolcpus() cpuset.CPUSet {
++
++	// This is a gross hack to basically turn off awareness of isolcpus to enable
++	// isolated cpus to be allocated to pods the same way as non-isolated CPUs.
++	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/kubernetes/ignore_isolcpus"); err == nil {
++		klog.Infof("[cpumanager] turning off isolcpus awareness")
++		return cpuset.NewCPUSet()
++	}
++
+ 	dat, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/devices/system/cpu/isolated")
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		klog.Errorf("[cpumanager] unable to read sysfs isolcpus subdir")
+diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+index 1913065e..4fb3202f 100644
+--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
++++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cpumanager
+ 
+ import (
+ 	"fmt"
++	"os"
+ 	"strconv"
+ 
+ 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+@@ -510,6 +511,13 @@ func isKubeInfra(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+ 
+ // get the isolated CPUs (if any) from the devices associated with a specific container
+ func (p *staticPolicy) podIsolCPUs(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) cpuset.CPUSet {
++
++	// This is a gross hack to basically turn off awareness of isolcpus to enable
++	// isolated cpus to be allocated to pods the same way as non-isolated CPUs.
++	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/kubernetes/ignore_isolcpus"); err == nil {
++		return cpuset.NewCPUSet()
++	}
++
+ 	// NOTE: This is required for TestStaticPolicyAdd() since makePod() does
+ 	// not create UID. We also need a way to properly stub devicemanager.
+ 	if len(string(pod.UID)) == 0 {
+-- 
+2.16.6
+
diff --git a/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec b/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec
index 0cfb013e4..1e0f4321c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Patch6: kubelet-cpumanager-infrastructure-pods-use-system-re.patch
 Patch7: kubelet-cpumanager-introduce-concept-of-isolated-CPU.patch
 Patch8: Fix-exclusive-CPU-allocations-being-deleted-at-conta.patch
 Patch9: kubeadm-create-platform-pods-with-zero-CPU-resources.patch
+Patch10: add-option-to-disable-isolcpu-awareness.patch
 
 # It obsoletes cadvisor but needs its source code (literally integrated)
 Obsoletes:      cadvisor
@@ -852,6 +853,7 @@ Kubernetes client tools like kubectl
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch9 -p1
+%patch10 -p1
 
 # copy contrib folder
 mkdir contrib