diff --git a/kwok/README.md b/kwok/README.md
index a3166d0bb8..bf168c0a44 100644
--- a/kwok/README.md
+++ b/kwok/README.md
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ After doing this, you can create a deployment to test node scaling with kwok pro
 ## Specifying Instance Types
 
 By default, the KWOK provider will create a hypothetical set of instance types that it uses for node provisioning.  You
-can specify a custom set of instance types by providing a JSON file with the list of supported instance options.  This
-set of instance types is embedded into the binary on creation; if you want to change the instance types that
-Karpenter+KWOK support, you will need to adjust the embedded data and recompile.
+can specify a custom set of instance types by providing a JSON file with the list of supported instance options. To do so,
+set the `--instance-types-file-path` flag or `INSTANCE_TYPES_FILE_PATH` environment variable to your custom file's path.
 
 There is an example instance types file in [examples/instance\_types.json](examples/instance_types.json) that you can
 regenerate with `make gen_instance_types`.
diff --git a/kwok/cloudprovider/helpers.go b/kwok/cloudprovider/helpers.go
index 680e097bde..b93430854b 100644
--- a/kwok/cloudprovider/helpers.go
+++ b/kwok/cloudprovider/helpers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
@@ -61,10 +62,29 @@ type InstanceTypeOptions struct {
 }
 
 //go:embed instance_types.json
-var rawInstanceTypes []byte
+var defaultRawInstanceTypes []byte
+
+type InstanceTypesOptions struct {
+	CustomInstanceTypesFilePath *string
+}
+
+type InstanceTypesOption func(*InstanceTypesOptions)
 
 // ConstructInstanceTypes create many instance types based on the embedded instance type data
-func ConstructInstanceTypes() ([]*cloudprovider.InstanceType, error) {
+func ConstructInstanceTypes(opts ...InstanceTypesOption) ([]*cloudprovider.InstanceType, error) {
+	o := &InstanceTypesOptions{}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(o)
+	}
+	rawInstanceTypes := defaultRawInstanceTypes
+	if o.CustomInstanceTypesFilePath != nil {
+		customRawInstanceTypes, err := os.ReadFile(*o.CustomInstanceTypesFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read custom instance types file: %w", err)
+		}
+		rawInstanceTypes = customRawInstanceTypes
+	}
+
 	var instanceTypes []*cloudprovider.InstanceType
 	var instanceTypeOptions []InstanceTypeOptions
 
@@ -79,6 +99,13 @@ func ConstructInstanceTypes() ([]*cloudprovider.InstanceType, error) {
 	return instanceTypes, nil
 }
 
+// WithInstanceTypesFromFile constructs instance types from a custom file.
+func WithInstanceTypesFromFile(path string) InstanceTypesOption {
+	return func(o *InstanceTypesOptions) {
+		o.CustomInstanceTypesFilePath = &path
+	}
+}
+
 // parseSizeFromType will attempt to discover the instance size if it matches a special AWS format.
 // If not, fall back to the cpu value.  This works for both Azure and GCP (and the "generic" instances
 // generated by tools/gen_instances.go)
diff --git a/kwok/main.go b/kwok/main.go
index a84c6e0a0f..f09c332c01 100644
--- a/kwok/main.go
+++ b/kwok/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	ctx, op := operator.NewOperator()
-	instanceTypes, err := kwok.ConstructInstanceTypes()
+
+	options := kwok.GetOptionsOrDie()
+
+	var instanceTypesOptions []kwok.InstanceTypesOption
+	if options.InstanceTypesFilePath != "" {
+		instanceTypesOptions = append(instanceTypesOptions, kwok.WithInstanceTypesFromFile(options.InstanceTypesFilePath))
+	}
+	instanceTypes, err := kwok.ConstructInstanceTypes(instanceTypesOptions...)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.FromContext(ctx).Error(err, "failed constructing instance types")
 	}
diff --git a/kwok/options/options.go b/kwok/options/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1799b61e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kwok/options/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package options
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/operator/options"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/utils/env"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	options.Injectables = append(options.Injectables, &Options{})
+}
+
+type optionsKey struct{}
+
+// Options contains all CLI flags / env vars for the KWOK cloudprovider.
+type Options struct {
+	InstanceTypesFilePath string
+}
+
+func (o *Options) AddFlags(fs *options.FlagSet) {
+	fs.StringVar(&o.InstanceTypesFilePath, "instance-types-file-path", env.WithDefaultString("INSTANCE_TYPES_FILE_PATH", ""), "Path to a custom instance-types file")
+}
+
+func (o *Options) Parse(fs *options.FlagSet, args ...string) error {
+	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, flag.ErrHelp) {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("parsing flags, %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (o *Options) ToContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	return ToContext(ctx, o)
+}
+
+func ToContext(ctx context.Context, opts *Options) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, optionsKey{}, opts)
+}
+
+func FromContext(ctx context.Context) *Options {
+	retval := ctx.Value(optionsKey{})
+	if retval == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return retval.(*Options)
+}