diff --git a/src/components/services/item.jsx b/src/components/services/item.jsx
index 4c48c486d..dda412bd7 100644
--- a/src/components/services/item.jsx
+++ b/src/components/services/item.jsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export default function Item({ service }) {
                   <span className="sr-only">View container stats</span>
                 </button>
               )}
-              {service.app && (
+              {(service.app && !service.external) && (
                 <button
                   type="button"
                   onClick={() => (statsOpen ? closeStats() : setStatsOpen(true))}
diff --git a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
index ddab7fb50..b22e8baed 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ export async function servicesFromKubernetes() {
         weight: ingress.metadata.annotations[`${ANNOTATION_BASE}/weight`] || '0',
         icon: ingress.metadata.annotations[`${ANNOTATION_BASE}/icon`] || '',
         description: ingress.metadata.annotations[`${ANNOTATION_BASE}/description`] || '',
+        external: false,
       };
+      if (ingress.metadata.annotations[`${ANNOTATION_BASE}/external`]) {
+        constructedService.external = String(ingress.metadata.annotations[`${ANNOTATION_BASE}/external`]).toLowerCase() === "true"
+      }
       if (ingress.metadata.annotations[ANNOTATION_POD_SELECTOR]) {
         constructedService.podSelector = ingress.metadata.annotations[ANNOTATION_POD_SELECTOR];
       }