diff --git a/CloudWatchAutoAlarms.yaml b/CloudWatchAutoAlarms.yaml
index 9f011d3..879e686 100755
--- a/CloudWatchAutoAlarms.yaml
+++ b/CloudWatchAutoAlarms.yaml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Resources:
         Variables:
           ALARM_TAG: Create_Auto_Alarms
           CREATE_DEFAULT_ALARMS: true
+          SKIP_DEFAULT_ALARMS_TAG: Skip_Default_Alarms
           LOCAL_ACCOUNT_ID: !Ref AWS::AccountId
           CLOUDWATCH_NAMESPACE: CWAgent
           ALARM_CPU_HIGH_THRESHOLD: 75
diff --git a/src/actions.py b/src/actions.py
index ca1e730..12edc0f 100755
--- a/src/actions.py
+++ b/src/actions.py
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ def delete_alarms(name, alarm_identifier, alarm_separator, region, account_id=No
             'Error deleting alarms for {}!: {}'.format(name, e))
 
 
-def scan_and_process_alarm_tags(create_alarm_tag, default_alarms, metric_dimensions_map, sns_topic_arn, cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag, alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region, account_id=None):
+def scan_and_process_alarm_tags(create_alarm_tag, default_alarms, metric_dimensions_map, sns_topic_arn, cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag, skip_default_alarms_tag, alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region, account_id=None):
     """
     Scans EC2 instances and processes alarm tags. If an account ID is provided,
     assumes a cross-account role to access the EC2 client.
@@ -752,10 +752,19 @@ def scan_and_process_alarm_tags(create_alarm_tag, default_alarms, metric_dimensi
                 if instance["State"]["Code"] > 16:
                     continue
 
-                if check_alarm_tag(instance["InstanceId"], create_alarm_tag, region, account_id):
+                has_create_alarm_tag = check_alarm_tag(instance["InstanceId"], create_alarm_tag, region, account_id)
+                create_instance_default_alarms_flag = create_default_alarms_flag
+
+                if has_create_alarm_tag:
+                    if create_instance_default_alarms_flag:                    
+                        has_skip_default_alarms_tag = check_alarm_tag(instance["InstanceId"], skip_default_alarms_tag, region, account_id)
+                    
+                        if has_skip_default_alarms_tag:
+                            create_instance_default_alarms_flag = False
+                        
                     process_alarm_tags(instance["InstanceId"], instance, default_filtered_alarms, wildcard_alarms,
-                                       metric_dimensions_map, sns_topic_arn, cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag,
-                                       alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region, account_id)
+                                       metric_dimensions_map, sns_topic_arn, cw_namespace, create_instance_default_alarms_flag,
+                                       alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region)
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error('Failure describing reservations: {}'.format(e))
diff --git a/src/cw_auto_alarms.py b/src/cw_auto_alarms.py
index 4180285..0dca2fe 100755
--- a/src/cw_auto_alarms.py
+++ b/src/cw_auto_alarms.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
     cw_namespace = getenv("CLOUDWATCH_NAMESPACE", "CWAgent")
 
     create_default_alarms_flag = getenv("CREATE_DEFAULT_ALARMS", "true").lower()
+    skip_default_alarms_tag = getenv("SKIP_DEFAULT_ALARMS_TAG", "Skip_Default_Alarms").lower()
 
     append_dimensions = getenv("CLOUDWATCH_APPEND_DIMENSIONS", 'InstanceId, ImageId, InstanceType')
     append_dimensions = [dimension.strip() for dimension in append_dimensions.split(',')]
@@ -294,14 +295,14 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
                             logger.info(f"Processing region {region}")
                             # Call scan_and_process_alarm_tags for the account and region
                             scan_and_process_alarm_tags(create_alarm_tag, default_alarms, metric_dimensions_map, sns_topic_arn,
-                                                        cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag, alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region, account_id)
+                                                        cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag, skip_default_alarms_tag, alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region, account_id)
             else:
                 # Call scan_and_process_alarm_tags for single account
                 for region in target_regions:
                     logger.info(f"Processing region {region}")
                     # Call scan_and_process_alarm_tags for the account and region
                     scan_and_process_alarm_tags(create_alarm_tag, default_alarms, metric_dimensions_map, sns_topic_arn,
-                                                cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag, alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region)
+                                                cw_namespace, create_default_alarms_flag, skip_default_alarms_tag, alarm_separator, alarm_identifier, region)
 
     except Exception as e:
         # If any other exceptions which we didn't expect are raised