diff --git a/installer/README.md b/installer/README.md
index 87559aed0e9349..3626c6c406843c 100644
--- a/installer/README.md
+++ b/installer/README.md
@@ -476,6 +476,21 @@ Kubernetes objects, such as your TLS certificate or connection secrets.
 kubectl create namespace gitpod
 ```
 
+# I need to add additional configuration to my load balancer - what do I do?
+
+By default, this will create a `proxy` service with `ServiceType: LoadBalancer`.
+If you want to specify your own ingress, you can do this easily by changing
+your Installer configuration:
+
+```yaml
+components:
+  proxy:
+    serviceType: ClusterIP
+```
+
+This will set the `ServiceType` to `ClusterIP` allowing you to create your own
+ingress controller.
+
 # Todo
 
 PRs/comments welcome
diff --git a/installer/pkg/components/proxy/objects.go b/installer/pkg/components/proxy/objects.go
index e1af4422b4ccb9..1dd49da65c90fc 100644
--- a/installer/pkg/components/proxy/objects.go
+++ b/installer/pkg/components/proxy/objects.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var Objects = common.CompositeRenderFunc(
 				ServicePort:   PrometheusPort,
 			},
 		}, func(service *corev1.Service) {
-			service.Spec.Type = corev1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer
+			service.Spec.Type = cfg.Config.Components.Proxy.ServiceType
 			service.Annotations["external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname"] = fmt.Sprintf("%s,*.%s,*.ws.%s", cfg.Config.Domain, cfg.Config.Domain, cfg.Config.Domain)
 			service.Annotations["cloud.google.com/neg"] = `{"exposed_ports": {"80":{},"443": {}}}`
 		})(cfg)
diff --git a/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go b/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go
index 575b0696e6dd02..c340e4c5cc9a0c 100644
--- a/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go
+++ b/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ func (v version) Factory() interface{} {
 			Enabled:  false,
 			Passlist: []string{},
 		},
+		Components: &Components{
+			Proxy: &ProxyComponent{
+				ServiceType: corev1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 }
 func (v version) Defaults(in interface{}) error {
@@ -79,6 +84,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	ImagePullSecrets []ObjectRef `json:"imagePullSecrets"`
 
+	Components *Components `json:"components,omitempty"`
+
 	Workspace Workspace `json:"workspace" validate:"required"`
 
 	AuthProviders []ObjectRef   `json:"authProviders" validate:"dive"`
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ const (
 type ContainerRegistry struct {
 	InCluster *bool                      `json:"inCluster,omitempty" validate:"required"`
 	External  *ContainerRegistryExternal `json:"external,omitempty" validate:"required_if=InCluster false"`
-	S3Storage *S3Storage                 `json:"s3storage"`
+	S3Storage *S3Storage                 `json:"s3storage,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ContainerRegistryExternal struct {
@@ -222,6 +229,14 @@ type Workspace struct {
 	Templates *WorkspaceTemplates `json:"templates,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Components struct {
+	Proxy *ProxyComponent `json:"proxy,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type ProxyComponent struct {
+	ServiceType corev1.ServiceType `json:"serviceType,omitempty" validate:"k8s_service_type"`
+}
+
 type FSShiftMethod string
 
 const (
diff --git a/installer/pkg/config/v1/validation.go b/installer/pkg/config/v1/validation.go
index 4012f9fea683e6..0629a1ad77bc3b 100644
--- a/installer/pkg/config/v1/validation.go
+++ b/installer/pkg/config/v1/validation.go
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/cluster"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
 	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 var InstallationKindList = map[InstallationKind]struct{}{
@@ -39,6 +38,13 @@ var FSShiftMethodList = map[FSShiftMethod]struct{}{
 	FSShiftShiftFS: {},
 }
 
+var KubernetesServiceTypeList = map[corev1.ServiceType]struct{}{
+	corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP:    {},
+	corev1.ServiceTypeNodePort:     {},
+	corev1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer: {},
+	corev1.ServiceTypeExternalName: {},
+}
+
 // LoadValidationFuncs load custom validation functions for this version of the config API
 func (v version) LoadValidationFuncs(validate *validator.Validate) error {
 	funcs := map[string]validator.Func{
@@ -54,6 +60,10 @@ func (v version) LoadValidationFuncs(validate *validator.Validate) error {
 			_, ok := InstallationKindList[InstallationKind(fl.Field().String())]
 			return ok
 		},
+		"k8s_service_type": func(fl validator.FieldLevel) bool {
+			_, ok := KubernetesServiceTypeList[corev1.ServiceType(fl.Field().String())]
+			return ok
+		},
 		"log_level": func(fl validator.FieldLevel) bool {
 			_, ok := LogLevelList[LogLevel(fl.Field().String())]
 			return ok