diff --git a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/main.tf b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/main.tf
index 6957d137e33f01cd9fca16121c4e82d0f1f7ab3c..18abd0e288ffcddb10be57cb5485d927e1033c31 100644
--- a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/main.tf
+++ b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/main.tf
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ module "service_principal" {
 
 
 module "ad_application" {
+  count  = var.enable_bring_your_own_ad_app ? 0 : 1
   source = "../../../modules/providers/azure/ad-application"
 
   name                       = local.ad_app_name
diff --git a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/secrets.tf b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/secrets.tf
index d400d69a9a3fb057340bb23b2864fdd1bf882980..9c5b4d5d8108c45e6ec4fe557bd9acf19f907567 100644
--- a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/secrets.tf
+++ b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/secrets.tf
@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ resource "azurerm_key_vault_secret" "principal_object_id" {
 
 // Add Application Information to KV
 resource "azurerm_key_vault_secret" "application_id" {
+  count = var.enable_bring_your_own_ad_app ? 0 : 1
+
   name         = "aad-client-id"
-  value        = module.ad_application.id
+  value        = var.enable_bring_your_own_ad_app ? "" : module.ad_application.id
   key_vault_id = module.keyvault.keyvault_id
 }
 
diff --git a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/tests/unit/unit_test.go b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/tests/unit/unit_test.go
index c89d74055340330d9f9da626a85a1689fd8d5364..93e09535b7962055d21d97d09b3ed38212631c8c 100644
--- a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/tests/unit/unit_test.go
+++ b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/tests/unit/unit_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		TfOptions:                       tfOptions,
 		Workspace:                       workspace,
 		PlanAssertions:                  nil,
-		ExpectedResourceCount:           58,
+		ExpectedResourceCount:           54,
 		ExpectedResourceAttributeValues: resourceDescription,
 	}
 
diff --git a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/variables.tf b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/variables.tf
index f700c0f504ea0fc9bfc1defac051b8c40590d3c4..ce27c62034ba4c75eef4f6f506055ab5d5f9f448 100644
--- a/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/variables.tf
+++ b/infra/templates/osdu-r3-mvp/central_resources/variables.tf
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ variable "feature_flag" {
   }
 }
 
+variable "enable_bring_your_own_ad_app" {
+  description = "Feature flag for BYOA"
+  default     = true
+  type        = bool
+}
+
 variable "randomization_level" {
   description = "Number of additional random characters to include in resource names to insulate against unexpected resource name collisions."
   type        = number