diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml
index 2c0fcb816..8ae747f1b 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 elasticfleet:
   enabled: False
+  enable_manager_output: True
   config:
     server:
       custom_fqdn: []
diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/soc_elasticfleet.yaml b/salt/elasticfleet/soc_elasticfleet.yaml
index 8685a96e5..9a0cd0a91 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/soc_elasticfleet.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/soc_elasticfleet.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ elasticfleet:
     description: You can enable or disable Elastic Fleet.
     advanced: True
     helpLink: elastic-fleet.html
+  enable_manager_output:
+    description: Setting this option to False should only be considered if there is at least one receiver node in the grid. If True, Elastic Agent will send events to the manager and receivers. If False, events will only be send to the receivers.
+    advanced: True
+    global: True
+    forcedType: bool
+    helpLink: elastic-fleet.html
   logging:
     zeek:
       excluded:
         description: This is a list of Zeek logs that are excluded from being shipped through the data processing pipeline. If you remove a log from this list, Elastic Agent will attempt to process it. If an ingest node pipeline is not available to process the logs, you may experience errors.
         forcedType: "[]string"
-        helpLink: zeek.html 
+        helpLink: zeek.html
   config:
     server:
       custom_fqdn:
diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update
index b88b564ed..cd445362f 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ fi
 CURRENT_LIST=$(jq -c -r '.item.hosts' <<<  "$RAW_JSON")
 CURRENT_HASH=$(sha1sum <<< "$CURRENT_LIST" | awk '{print $1}')
 
+{# If we select to not send to manager via SOC, then omit the code that adds manager to NEW_LIST #}
+{% if ELASTICFLEETMERGED.enable_manager_output %}
 # Create array & add initial elements
 if [ "{{ GLOBALS.hostname }}" = "{{ GLOBALS.url_base }}" ]; then
     NEW_LIST=("{{ GLOBALS.url_base }}:5055")
 else
     NEW_LIST=("{{ GLOBALS.url_base }}:5055" "{{ GLOBALS.hostname }}:5055")
 fi
+{% endif %}
 
 # Query for FQDN entries & add them to the list
 {% if ELASTICFLEETMERGED.config.server.custom_fqdn | length > 0 %}