diff --git a/lib/route-table-bsd.c b/lib/route-table-bsd.c
index 34d42cfab..0967ad224 100644
--- a/lib/route-table-bsd.c
+++ b/lib/route-table-bsd.c
@@ -205,3 +205,8 @@ void
 route_table_wait(void)
 {
 }
+
+void
+disable_notify_on_interfaces(const char *ifaces)
+{
+}
diff --git a/lib/route-table-stub.c b/lib/route-table-stub.c
index dd0b096d4..843ff97f9 100644
--- a/lib/route-table-stub.c
+++ b/lib/route-table-stub.c
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ void
 route_table_wait(void)
 {
 }
+
+void
+disable_notify_on_interfaces(const char *ifaces)
+{
+}
diff --git a/lib/route-table.c b/lib/route-table.c
index f1fe32714..ed234fd87 100644
--- a/lib/route-table.c
+++ b/lib/route-table.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "netlink-notifier.h"
 #include "netlink-socket.h"
 #include "openvswitch/ofpbuf.h"
+#include "lib/sset.h"
 #include "ovs-router.h"
 #include "packets.h"
 #include "rtnetlink.h"
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ static struct nln_notifier *route6_notifier = NULL;
 static struct nln_notifier *name_notifier = NULL;
 
 static bool route_table_valid = false;
+static struct sset disabled_ifaces = SSET_INITIALIZER(&disabled_ifaces);
 
 static void route_table_reset(void);
 static void route_table_handle_msg(const struct route_table_msg *);
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ static void route_map_clear(void);
 static void name_table_init(void);
 static void name_table_change(const struct rtnetlink_change *, void *);
 
+
 uint64_t
 route_table_get_change_seq(void)
 {
@@ -354,13 +357,45 @@ route_table_parse(struct ofpbuf *buf, struct route_table_msg *change)
     return ipv4 ? RTNLGRP_IPV4_ROUTE : RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE;
 }
 
+void
+disable_notify_on_interfaces(const char *ifaces)
+{
+    struct sset tmp_ifaces;
+
+    if (ifaces) {
+        sset_from_delimited_string(&tmp_ifaces, ifaces, ", ");
+    } else {
+        sset_init(&tmp_ifaces);
+    }
+    if (! sset_equals(&disabled_ifaces, &tmp_ifaces)) {
+        const char *iface;
+        struct ds ds = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
+
+        sset_swap(&disabled_ifaces, &tmp_ifaces);
+        SSET_FOR_EACH (iface, &disabled_ifaces) {
+            ds_put_format(&ds, " %s", iface);
+        }
+        VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl, "route notify disabled interfaces: [%s]",
+                    ds_cstr(&ds));
+        ds_destroy(&ds);
+    }
+    sset_destroy(&tmp_ifaces);
+}
+
 static void
 route_table_change(const struct route_table_msg *change OVS_UNUSED,
                    void *aux OVS_UNUSED)
 {
-    if (!change || change->relevant) {
-        route_table_valid = false;
+    if (change) {
+        if (!change->relevant) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (change->rd.ifname[0] != '\0' &&
+            sset_contains(&disabled_ifaces, change->rd.ifname)) {
+            return;
+        }
     }
+    route_table_valid = false;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/lib/route-table.h b/lib/route-table.h
index 3a02d737a..716e5bae0 100644
--- a/lib/route-table.h
+++ b/lib/route-table.h
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ void route_table_wait(void);
 bool route_table_fallback_lookup(const struct in6_addr *ip6_dst,
                                  char name[],
                                  struct in6_addr *gw6);
+void disable_notify_on_interfaces(const char *ifaces);
 #endif /* route-table.h */
diff --git a/tests/system-route.at b/tests/system-route.at
index c0ecad6cf..039255df7 100644
--- a/tests/system-route.at
+++ b/tests/system-route.at
@@ -128,3 +128,54 @@ OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([test $(ovs-appctl ovs/route/show | grep -c 'p1-route') -eq 0 ])
 
 OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
+
+
+dnl Checks that disabled interface doesn't trigger route table refresh.
+AT_SETUP([ovs-route - filter by interface])
+AT_KEYWORDS([route])
+OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_START()
+
+dnl Create tap port.
+on_exit 'ip link del p1-route; ip link del p2-route'
+AT_CHECK([ip tuntap add name p1-route mode tap])
+AT_CHECK([ip tuntap add name p2-route mode tap])
+AT_CHECK([ip link set p1-route up])
+AT_CHECK([ip link set p2-route up])
+
+dnl Add ip address.
+AT_CHECK([ip addr add 10.0.0.17/24 dev p1-route], [0], [stdout])
+AT_CHECK([ip addr add 10.0.1.17/24 dev p2-route], [0], [stdout])
+
+dnl Check that OVS catches route updates.
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL([ovs-appctl ovs/route/show | grep -P 'p(1|2)-route' | sort], [dnl
+Cached: 10.0.0.0/24 dev p1-route SRC 10.0.0.17
+Cached: 10.0.0.17/32 dev p1-route SRC 10.0.0.17 local
+Cached: 10.0.1.0/24 dev p2-route SRC 10.0.1.17
+Cached: 10.0.1.17/32 dev p2-route SRC 10.0.1.17 local])
+
+dnl Set disabled interface
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl vlog/set 'route_table,dbg'])
+get_log_next_line_num
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:route-notify-disabled-interfaces="p2-route"])
+dnl expected log line: "route_table|DBG|route notify disabled interfaces: [ p2-route]"
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL([tail -n +$LINENUM ovs-vswitchd.log | grep -P "notify disabled interfaces: . p2-route"])
+
+dnl Add a route with interface p1-route.
+AT_CHECK([ip route add 10.0.0.18/32 dev p1-route])
+OVS_WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL([ovs-appctl ovs/route/show | grep 'p1-route' | sort], [dnl
+Cached: 10.0.0.0/24 dev p1-route SRC 10.0.0.17
+Cached: 10.0.0.17/32 dev p1-route SRC 10.0.0.17 local
+Cached: 10.0.0.18/32 dev p1-route SRC 10.0.0.17])
+
+dnl Add a route with disabled interface p2-route.
+AT_CHECK([ip route add 10.0.1.18/32 dev p2-route])
+dnl Give the main thread a chance to act.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl revalidator/wait])
+dnl Check that OVS didn't refresh route table.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl ovs/route/show | grep 'p2-route' | sort], [0], [dnl
+Cached: 10.0.1.0/24 dev p2-route SRC 10.0.1.17
+Cached: 10.0.1.17/32 dev p2-route SRC 10.0.1.17 local
+])
+
+OVS_TRAFFIC_VSWITCHD_STOP
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index 95a65fcdc..217f5b3cf 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #include "unixctl.h"
 #include "lib/vswitch-idl.h"
 #include "vlan-bitmap.h"
+#include "route-table.h"
 
 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(bridge);
 
@@ -888,6 +889,8 @@ bridge_reconfigure(const struct ovsrec_open_vswitch *ovs_cfg)
     ofproto_set_threads(
         smap_get_int(&ovs_cfg->other_config, "n-handler-threads", 0),
         smap_get_int(&ovs_cfg->other_config, "n-revalidator-threads", 0));
+    disable_notify_on_interfaces(smap_get(&ovs_cfg->other_config,
+                                 "route-notify-disabled-interfaces"));
 
     /* Destroy "struct bridge"s, "struct port"s, and "struct iface"s according
      * to 'ovs_cfg', with only very minimal configuration otherwise.
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 8a1b607d7..ee2ca05fd 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -869,6 +869,16 @@
           The feature is considered experimental.
         </p>
       </column>
+      <column name="other_config" key="route-notify-disabled-interfaces">
+        <p>
+          Ignore route changes of specified interfaces. One of the usage
+          scenarios is to prevent kubernets from triggering ovs route table
+          refresh on pod create/destroy.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The format is interface names joined by ','. i.e. "eth1,eth2"
+        </p>
+      </column>
     </group>
     <group title="Status">
       <column name="next_cfg">
