diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServices.java b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServices.java
index 82d5c1db755..2df7bf09ae1 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServices.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServices.java
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ public interface QueryServices extends SQLCloseable {
     public static final String DEFAULT_IMMUTABLE_STORAGE_SCHEME_ATTRIB  = "phoenix.default.immutable.storage.scheme";
     public static final String DEFAULT_MULTITENANT_IMMUTABLE_STORAGE_SCHEME_ATTRIB  = "phoenix.default.multitenant.immutable.storage.scheme";
 
+    public static final String PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED = "phoenix.queryserver.loadbalancer.enabled";
     public static final String PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_CLUSTER_BASE_PATH = "phoenix.queryserver.base.path";
     public static final String PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME = "phoenix.queryserver.service.name";
     public static final String PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_ZK_ACL_USERNAME = "phoenix.queryserver.zookeeper.acl.username";
diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServicesOptions.java b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServicesOptions.java
index 9aafb48917e..80e8674df40 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServicesOptions.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/query/QueryServicesOptions.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.THREAD_TIMEOUT_MS_ATTRIB;
 import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.TRACING_BATCH_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME;
+import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED;
 import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_CLUSTER_BASE_PATH;
 import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_ZK_ACL_PASSWORD;
 import static org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices.PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_ZK_ACL_USERNAME;
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ public class QueryServicesOptions {
     public static final int DEFAULT_COLUMN_ENCODED_BYTES = QualifierEncodingScheme.TWO_BYTE_QUALIFIERS.getSerializedMetadataValue();
     public static final String DEFAULT_IMMUTABLE_STORAGE_SCHEME = ImmutableStorageScheme.SINGLE_CELL_ARRAY_WITH_OFFSETS.toString();
     public static final String DEFAULT_MULTITENANT_IMMUTABLE_STORAGE_SCHEME = ImmutableStorageScheme.ONE_CELL_PER_COLUMN.toString();
+    public static final boolean DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED = false;
     public static final String DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_CLUSTER_BASE_PATH = "/phoenix";
     public static final String DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME = "queryserver";
     public static final String DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_ZK_ACL_USERNAME = "phoenix";
@@ -396,6 +398,7 @@ public static QueryServicesOptions withDefaults() {
             .setIfUnset(IS_SYSTEM_TABLE_MAPPED_TO_NAMESPACE, DEFAULT_IS_SYSTEM_TABLE_MAPPED_TO_NAMESPACE)
             .setIfUnset(LOCAL_INDEX_CLIENT_UPGRADE_ATTRIB, DEFAULT_LOCAL_INDEX_CLIENT_UPGRADE)
             .setIfUnset(AUTO_UPGRADE_ENABLED, DEFAULT_AUTO_UPGRADE_ENABLED)
+            .setIfUnset(PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED, DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED)
             .setIfUnset(PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_CLUSTER_BASE_PATH, DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_CLUSTER_BASE_PATH)
             .setIfUnset(PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME, DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME)
             .setIfUnset(PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_ZK_ACL_USERNAME, DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_ZK_ACL_USERNAME)
diff --git a/phoenix-queryserver/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/queryserver/server/QueryServer.java b/phoenix-queryserver/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/queryserver/server/QueryServer.java
index f23370ff923..21eb2efb74c 100644
--- a/phoenix-queryserver/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/queryserver/server/QueryServer.java
+++ b/phoenix-queryserver/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/queryserver/server/QueryServer.java
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ public void awaitRunning(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedExceptio
   @Override
   public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
     logProcessInfo(getConf());
+    final boolean loadBalancerEnabled = getConf().getBoolean(QueryServices.PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED,
+            QueryServicesOptions.DEFAULT_PHOENIX_QUERY_SERVER_LOADBALANCER_ENABLED);
     try {
       final boolean isKerberos = "kerberos".equalsIgnoreCase(getConf().get(
           QueryServices.QUERY_SERVER_HBASE_SECURITY_CONF_ATTRIB));
@@ -259,7 +261,9 @@ public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
       // Build and start the HttpServer
       server = builder.build();
       server.start();
-      registerToServiceProvider(hostname);
+      if (loadBalancerEnabled) {
+        registerToServiceProvider(hostname);
+      }
       runningLatch.countDown();
       server.join();
       return 0;
@@ -268,7 +272,9 @@ public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
       this.t = t;
       return -1;
     } finally {
-      unRegister();
+      if (loadBalancerEnabled) {
+        unRegister();
+      }
     }
   }