diff --git a/pkg/cnidel/cniconfs.go b/pkg/cnidel/cniconfs.go
index 4b8fa561..ee1b8302 100644
--- a/pkg/cnidel/cniconfs.go
+++ b/pkg/cnidel/cniconfs.go
@@ -33,12 +33,25 @@ var (
 
 //This function creates CNI configuration for all static-level backends
 //The CNI binary matching with NetowrkType is invoked with the CNI config file matching with NetworkID parameter
-func readCniConfigFile(cniconfDir string, netInfo *danmtypes.DanmNet) ([]byte, error) {
+func readCniConfigFile(cniconfDir string, netInfo *danmtypes.DanmNet, ipamOptions datastructs.IpamConfig) ([]byte, error) {
   cniConfig := netInfo.Spec.NetworkID
   rawConfig, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cniconfDir + "/" + cniConfig + ".conf")
   if err != nil {
     return nil, errors.New("Could not load CNI config file: " + cniConfig +".conf for plugin:" + netInfo.Spec.NetworkType + " from directory:" + cniconfDir)
   }
+  //Only overwrite "ipam" of the static CNI config if user wants
+  if len(ipamOptions.Ips) > 0 {
+    genericCniConf := map[string]interface{}{}
+    err = json.Unmarshal(rawConfig, &genericCniConf)
+    if err != nil {
+      return nil, errors.New("could not Unmarshal CNI config file:" + cniConfig + ".conf for plugin: " + netInfo.Spec.NetworkType + ", because:" + err.Error())
+    }
+    ipamRaw,_ := json.Marshal(ipamOptions)
+    ipamInGenericFormat := map[string]interface{}{}
+    json.Unmarshal(ipamRaw, &ipamInGenericFormat)
+    genericCniConf["ipam"] = ipamInGenericFormat
+    rawConfig,_ = json.Marshal(genericCniConf)
+  }
   return rawConfig, nil
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +91,9 @@ func getMacvlanCniConfig(netInfo *danmtypes.DanmNet, ipamOptions datastructs.Ipa
   macvlanConfig.Master = danmep.DetermineHostDeviceName(netInfo)
   macvlanConfig.Mode   = "bridge" //TODO: make these params configurable if required
   macvlanConfig.MTU    = 1500
-  macvlanConfig.Ipam   = ipamOptions
+  if len(ipamOptions.Ips) > 0 {
+    macvlanConfig.Ipam   = ipamOptions
+  }
   rawConfig, err := json.Marshal(macvlanConfig)
   if err != nil {
     return nil, errors.New("Error putting together CNI config for MACVLAN plugin: " + err.Error())
diff --git a/pkg/cnidel/cnidel.go b/pkg/cnidel/cnidel.go
index 56ee41bf..4d8849d0 100644
--- a/pkg/cnidel/cnidel.go
+++ b/pkg/cnidel/cnidel.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cnidel
 import (
   "errors"
   "log"
+  "net"
   "os"
   "strconv"
   "strings"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func DelegateInterfaceSetup(netConf *datastructs.NetConf, danmClient danmclients
     err error
     ipamOptions datastructs.IpamConfig
   )
-  if isIpamNeeded(netInfo.Spec.NetworkType) {
+  if isIpamNeeded(netInfo, ep) {
    ep.Spec.Iface.Address, ep.Spec.Iface.AddressIPv6, _, err = ipam.Reserve(danmClient, *netInfo, ep.Spec.Iface.Address, ep.Spec.Iface.AddressIPv6)
     if err != nil {
       return nil, errors.New("IP address reservation failed for network:" + netInfo.ObjectMeta.Name + " with error:" + err.Error())
@@ -83,12 +84,16 @@ func DelegateInterfaceSetup(netConf *datastructs.NetConf, danmClient danmclients
   return cniResult, nil
 }
 
-func isIpamNeeded(cniType string) bool {
-  if cni, ok := SupportedNativeCnis[strings.ToLower(cniType)]; ok {
+func isIpamNeeded(netInfo *danmtypes.DanmNet, ep *danmtypes.DanmEp) bool {
+  if cni, ok := SupportedNativeCnis[strings.ToLower(netInfo.Spec.NetworkType)]; ok {
     return cni.ipamNeeded
-  } else {
-    return false
   }
+  //For static delegates we should only overwrite the original IPAM if both the network is L3, and IP was requested from the Pod
+  if (ep.Spec.Iface.Address     != "" && netInfo.Spec.Options.Cidr != "" ) ||
+     (ep.Spec.Iface.AddressIPv6 != "" && netInfo.Spec.Options.Net6 != "" ) {
+    return true
+  }
+  return false
 }
 
 func IsDeviceNeeded(cniType string) bool {
@@ -101,9 +106,6 @@ func IsDeviceNeeded(cniType string) bool {
 
 func getCniIpamConfig(netinfo *danmtypes.DanmNet, ip4, ip6 string) (datastructs.IpamConfig, error) {
   var ipSlice = []datastructs.IpamIp{}
-  if ip4 == "" && ip6 == "" && netinfo.Spec.NetworkType != "sriov" {
-    return datastructs.IpamConfig{}, errors.New("unfortunetaly 3rd party CNI plugins usually don't support foregoing putting any IPs on an interface, so with heavy hearts but we need to fail this network delegation operation")
-  }
   if ip4 != "" {
     ipSlice = append(ipSlice, datastructs.IpamIp{
                                 IpCidr: ip4,
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ func getCniPluginConfig(netConf *datastructs.NetConf, netInfo *danmtypes.DanmNet
   if cni, ok := SupportedNativeCnis[strings.ToLower(netInfo.Spec.NetworkType)]; ok {
     return cni.readConfig(netInfo, ipamOptions, ep, cni.CNIVersion)
   } else {
-    return readCniConfigFile(netConf.CniConfigDir, netInfo)
+    return readCniConfigFile(netConf.CniConfigDir, netInfo, ipamOptions)
   }
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +214,11 @@ func freeDelegatedIp(danmClient danmclientset.Interface, netInfo *danmtypes.Danm
   if netInfo.Spec.NetworkType == "flannel" && ip != ""{
     flannelIpExhaustionWorkaround(ip)
   }
-  if isIpamNeeded(netInfo.Spec.NetworkType) && ip != "" {
+  _, v4Subnet, _ := net.ParseCIDR(netInfo.Spec.Options.Cidr)
+  _, v6Subnet, _ := net.ParseCIDR(netInfo.Spec.Options.Net6)
+  parsedIp := net.ParseIP(ip)
+  //We only need to Free an IP if it was allocated by DANM IPAM, and it was allocated by DANM only if it falls into any of the defined subnets
+  if parsedIp != nil && ((v4Subnet != nil && v4Subnet.Contains(parsedIp)) || (v6Subnet != nil && v6Subnet.Contains(parsedIp))) {
     err := ipam.Free(danmClient, *netInfo, ip)
     if err != nil {
       return errors.New("cannot give back ip address: " + ip + " for network:" + netInfo.ObjectMeta.Name +
diff --git a/test/uts/cnidel_test/cnidel_test.go b/test/uts/cnidel_test/cnidel_test.go
index cdc6d7d6..d2d92292 100644
--- a/test/uts/cnidel_test/cnidel_test.go
+++ b/test/uts/cnidel_test/cnidel_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ var expectedCniConfigs = []CniConf {
   {"sriov-l3", []byte(`{"cniexp":{"cnitype":"sriov","ip":"192.168.1.65/26","env":{"CNI_COMMAND":"ADD","CNI_IFNAME":"eth0"}},"cniconf":{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"sriov-test","type":"sriov","master":"enp175s0f1","l2enable":false,"vlan":500,"deviceID":"0000:af:06.0","ipam":{"type":"fakeipam","ips":[{"ipcidr":"192.168.1.65/26","version":4}]}}}`)},
   {"sriov-l2", []byte(`{"cniexp":{"cnitype":"sriov","env":{"CNI_COMMAND":"ADD","CNI_IFNAME":"eth0"}},"cniconf":{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"sriov-test","type":"sriov","master":"enp175s0f1","l2enable":true,"vlan":500,"deviceID":"0000:af:06.0"}}`)},
   {"deleteflannel", []byte(`{"cniexp":{"cnitype":"flannel","env":{"CNI_COMMAND":"DEL","CNI_IFNAME":"eth0"}},"cniconf":{"name":"cbr0","type":"flannel","delegate":{"hairpinMode":true,"isDefaultGateway":true}}}`)},
-  {"deletemacvlan", []byte(`{"cniexp":{"cnitype":"macvlan","env":{"CNI_COMMAND":"DEL","CNI_IFNAME":"ens1f0"}},"cniconf":{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","master":"ens1f0","mode":"bridge","mtu":1500,"ipam":{"type":"fakeipam"}}}`)},
+  {"deletemacvlan", []byte(`{"cniexp":{"cnitype":"macvlan","env":{"CNI_COMMAND":"DEL","CNI_IFNAME":"ens1f0"}},"cniconf":{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","master":"ens1f0","mode":"bridge","mtu":1500}}`)},
 }
 
 var testCniConfFiles = []CniConf {