diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml
index b40a2bf114..5e66ff4183 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ spec:
         - name: "NO_PROXY"
           value: "{{ .NO_PROXY}}"
 {{ end }}
+        {{ if .IsLooseUDNIsolationEnabled }}
+        - name: UDN_ISOLATION_MODE
+          value: "loose"
+        {{ end }}
         - name: K8S_NODE
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml
index aae45f8d5a..9e465452c4 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml
@@ -562,6 +562,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OVNKUBE_NODE_MGMT_PORT_DP_RESOURCE_NAME
           value: {{ .MgmtPortResourceName }}
         {{ end }}
+        {{ if .IsLooseUDNIsolationEnabled }}
+        - name: UDN_ISOLATION_MODE
+          value: "loose"
+        {{ end }}
         - name: K8S_NODE
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
diff --git a/pkg/bootstrap/types.go b/pkg/bootstrap/types.go
index 7b6c6cc72f..0c506047bd 100644
--- a/pkg/bootstrap/types.go
+++ b/pkg/bootstrap/types.go
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ type InfraStatus struct {
 
 	// ConsolePluginCRDExists set to true when the consoleplugins.console.openshift.io has been deployed.
 	ConsolePluginCRDExists bool
+
+	// LooseUDNIsolationModeEnabled set to true when loose isolation mode is enabled between two BGP advertised
+	// UDN networks. In loose isolation mode, those network pods can communicate with each other accoding to
+	// provider network configuration.
+	LooseUDNIsolationModeEnabled bool
 }
 
 // APIServer is the hostname & port of a given APIServer. (This is the
diff --git a/pkg/network/ovn_kubernetes.go b/pkg/network/ovn_kubernetes.go
index f1da1d850f..261f5347c6 100644
--- a/pkg/network/ovn_kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/network/ovn_kubernetes.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func renderOVNKubernetes(conf *operv1.NetworkSpec, bootstrapResult *bootstrap.Bo
 	data.Data["NETWORK_NODE_IDENTITY_ENABLE"] = bootstrapResult.Infra.NetworkNodeIdentityEnabled
 	data.Data["NodeIdentityCertDuration"] = OVN_NODE_IDENTITY_CERT_DURATION
 	data.Data["IsNetworkTypeLiveMigration"] = false
+	data.Data["IsLooseUDNIsolationEnabled"] = bootstrapResult.Infra.LooseUDNIsolationModeEnabled
 
 	if conf.Migration != nil {
 		if conf.Migration.MTU != nil && conf.Migration.Mode != operv1.LiveNetworkMigrationMode {
diff --git a/pkg/platform/platform.go b/pkg/platform/platform.go
index b49a97dcb3..3ee824562a 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/platform.go
@@ -62,6 +62,22 @@ func isNetworkNodeIdentityEnabled(client cnoclient.Client, infra *bootstrap.Infr
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+// isLooseUDNIsolationEnabled determines if loose udn isolation mode should be enabled.
+// It checks the `force-loose-isolation` key in the openshift-network-operator/udn-config-overrides configmap.
+// If the configmap doesn't exist, it returns false (the UDN isolation is protected by default).
+func isLooseUDNIsolationEnabled(client cnoclient.Client) (bool, error) {
+	configMap := &corev1.ConfigMap{}
+	if err := client.ClientFor("").CRClient().Get(context.TODO(),
+		types.NamespacedName{Name: "udn-config-overrides", Namespace: names.APPLIED_NAMESPACE}, configMap); err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("unable to bootstrap OVN, unable to retrieve udn-config-overrides config: %s", err)
+	}
+	isLooseIsolationEnabled := configMap.Data["force-loose-isolation"]
+	return isLooseIsolationEnabled == "true", nil
+}
+
 func InfraStatus(client cnoclient.Client) (*bootstrap.InfraStatus, error) {
 	infraConfig := &configv1.Infrastructure{}
 	if err := client.Default().CRClient().Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: "cluster"}, infraConfig); err != nil {
@@ -148,6 +164,12 @@ func InfraStatus(client cnoclient.Client) (*bootstrap.InfraStatus, error) {
 	}
 	res.NetworkNodeIdentityEnabled = netIDEnabled
 
+	isLooseUDNIsolationEnabled, err := isLooseUDNIsolationEnabled(client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to determine if loose udn isolation should be enabled: %w", err)
+	}
+	res.LooseUDNIsolationModeEnabled = isLooseUDNIsolationEnabled
+
 	res.ConsolePluginCRDExists, err = consolePluginCRDExists(client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err