diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_tpl.go b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_tpl.go
index b6476589..cb01e262 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_tpl.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_tpl.go
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ const bootstrapTemplate = `{
         }
       }
     }
+  },
+  "cluster_manager": {
+	"enable_deferred_cluster_creation": true
   }
 }
 `