diff --git a/cmd/ipam-node/main.go b/cmd/ipam-node/main.go
index b187e6f..1a000e9 100644
--- a/cmd/ipam-node/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ipam-node/main.go
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ import (
 
 // Options stores command line options
 type Options struct {
+	CNIBinDir                string
+	NvIpamCNIBinFile         string
+	SkipNvIpamCNIBinaryCopy  bool
 	NvIpamCNIDataDir         string
 	NvIpamCNIDataDirHost     string
 	CNIConfDir               string
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@ func (o *Options) addFlags() {
 	// suppress error message for help
 	pflag.ErrHelp = nil //nolint:golint,reassign
 	fs := pflag.CommandLine
+	fs.StringVar(&o.CNIBinDir,
+		"cni-bin-dir", "/host/opt/cni/bin", "CNI binary directory")
+	fs.StringVar(&o.NvIpamCNIBinFile,
+		"nv-ipam-bin-file", "/nv-ipam", "nv-ipam binary file path")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.NvIpamCNIDataDir,
 		"nv-ipam-cni-data-dir", "/host/var/lib/cni/nv-ipam", "nv-ipam CNI data directory")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.NvIpamCNIDataDirHost,
@@ -73,6 +80,11 @@ func (o *Options) addFlags() {
 }
 
 func (o *Options) verifyFileExists() error {
+	// CNIBinDir
+	if _, err := os.Stat(o.CNIBinDir); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cni-bin-dir is not found: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// CNIConfDir
 	if _, err := os.Stat(o.CNIConfDir); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cni-conf-dir is not found: %v", err)
@@ -285,6 +297,15 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// copy nv-ipam binary
+	if !opt.SkipNvIpamCNIBinaryCopy {
+		// Copy
+		if err = cmdutils.CopyFileAtomic(opt.NvIpamCNIBinFile, opt.CNIBinDir, "_nv-ipam", "nv-ipam"); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("failed at nv-ipam copy: %v\n", err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// copy host-local binary
 	if !opt.SkipHostLocalBinaryCopy {
 		// Copy
diff --git a/deploy/nv-ipam-node.yaml b/deploy/nv-ipam-node.yaml
index 194ceb4..8de5129 100644
--- a/deploy/nv-ipam-node.yaml
+++ b/deploy/nv-ipam-node.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ spec:
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
         volumeMounts:
+        - name: cnibin
+          mountPath: /host/opt/cni/bin          
         - name: cni
           mountPath: /host/etc/cni/net.d
         - name: hostlocalcnibin
@@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /host/var/lib/cni/nv-ipam/state/host-local
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
+        - name: cnibin
+          hostPath:
+            path: /opt/cni/bin
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate        
         - name: cni
           hostPath:
             path: /etc/cni/net.d