diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay.yaml
index 8187fb9..bb5d765 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay.yaml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
             hpet: False
             enable_acpi: true
             use_host_cpu: !os_env DRIVER_USE_HOST_CPU, true
+            use_hugepages: !os_env DRIVER_USE_HUGEPAGES, false
 
         network_pools:
           private: private-pool01