diff --git a/eventrouter.go b/eventrouter.go
index 0b512ecd..68468f55 100644
--- a/eventrouter.go
+++ b/eventrouter.go
@@ -90,10 +90,13 @@ type EventRouter struct {
 	// event sink
 	// TODO: Determine if we want to support multiple sinks.
 	eSink sinks.EventSinkInterface
+
+	// skipEventUpdates will skip updating events in the sink
+	skipEventUpdates bool
 }
 
 // NewEventRouter will create a new event router using the input params
-func NewEventRouter(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, eventsInformer coreinformers.EventInformer) *EventRouter {
+func NewEventRouter(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, eventsInformer coreinformers.EventInformer, skipEventUpdates bool) *EventRouter {
 	if viper.GetBool("enable-prometheus") {
 		prometheus.MustRegister(kubernetesWarningEventCounterVec)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(kubernetesNormalEventCounterVec)
@@ -102,8 +105,9 @@ func NewEventRouter(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, eventsInformer coreinformer
 	}
 
 	er := &EventRouter{
-		kubeClient: kubeClient,
-		eSink:      sinks.ManufactureSink(),
+		kubeClient:       kubeClient,
+		eSink:            sinks.ManufactureSink(),
+		skipEventUpdates: skipEventUpdates,
 	}
 	_, err := eventsInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc:    er.addEvent,
@@ -145,7 +149,9 @@ func (er *EventRouter) updateEvent(objOld interface{}, objNew interface{}) {
 	eOld := objOld.(*v1.Event)
 	eNew := objNew.(*v1.Event)
 	prometheusEvent(eNew)
-	er.eSink.UpdateEvents(eNew, eOld)
+	if !er.skipEventUpdates {
+		er.eSink.UpdateEvents(eNew, eOld)
+	}
 }
 
 // prometheusEvent is called when an event is added or updated
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d631c980..961756a6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import (
 // addr tells us what address to have the Prometheus metrics listen on.
 var addr = flag.String("listen-address", ":8080", "The address to listen on for HTTP requests.")
 
-// setup a signal hander to gracefully exit
+// setup a signal handler to gracefully exit
 func sigHandler() <-chan struct{} {
 	stop := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func loadConfig() kubernetes.Interface {
 	viper.SetDefault("sink", "glog")
 	viper.SetDefault("resync-interval", time.Minute*30)
 	viper.SetDefault("enable-prometheus", true)
+	viper.SetDefault("skip-event-updates", false)
 	if err = viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -118,8 +119,9 @@ func main() {
 	sharedInformers := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset, viper.GetDuration("resync-interval"))
 	eventsInformer := sharedInformers.Core().V1().Events()
 
+	skipEventUpdates := viper.GetBool("skip-event-updates")
 	// TODO: Support locking for HA https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42666
-	eventRouter := NewEventRouter(clientset, eventsInformer)
+	eventRouter := NewEventRouter(clientset, eventsInformer, skipEventUpdates)
 	stop := sigHandler()
 
 	// Startup the http listener for Prometheus Metrics endpoint.
diff --git a/yaml/eventrouter.yaml b/yaml/eventrouter.yaml
index 762e50be..8250fd7a 100644
--- a/yaml/eventrouter.yaml
+++ b/yaml/eventrouter.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ apiVersion: v1
 data:
   config.json: |-
     {
-      "sink": "stdout"
+      "sink": "stdout",
+      "skip-event-updates": "true"
     }
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1