diff --git a/endpoints/publicProxy/config.go b/endpoints/publicProxy/config.go
index cac3da354..233c1a4ea 100644
--- a/endpoints/publicProxy/config.go
+++ b/endpoints/publicProxy/config.go
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ type Config struct {
 	Identity     string
 	Address      string
 	HostMatch    string
-	Interstitial bool
+	Interstitial *InterstitialConfig
 	Oauth        *OauthConfig
 	Tls          *endpoints.TlsConfig
 }
 
+type InterstitialConfig struct {
+	Enabled           bool
+	UserAgentPrefixes []string
+}
+
 type OauthConfig struct {
 	BindAddress  string
 	RedirectUrl  string
@@ -46,9 +51,8 @@ type OauthProviderConfig struct {
 
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
-		Identity:     "public",
-		Address:      "0.0.0.0:8080",
-		Interstitial: false,
+		Identity: "public",
+		Address:  "0.0.0.0:8080",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/endpoints/publicProxy/http.go b/endpoints/publicProxy/http.go
index 5e3ba4e81..69de6330e 100644
--- a/endpoints/publicProxy/http.go
+++ b/endpoints/publicProxy/http.go
@@ -158,15 +158,31 @@ func shareHandler(handler http.Handler, pcfg *Config, key []byte, ctx ziti.Conte
 		if shrToken != "" {
 			if svc, found := endpoints.GetRefreshedService(shrToken, ctx); found {
 				if cfg, found := svc.Config[sdk.ZrokProxyConfig]; found {
-					if pcfg.Interstitial {
-						if v, istlFound := cfg["interstitial"]; istlFound {
-							if istlEnabled, ok := v.(bool); ok && istlEnabled {
-								skip := r.Header.Get("skip_zrok_interstitial")
-								_, zrokOkErr := r.Cookie("zrok_interstitial")
-								if skip == "" && zrokOkErr != nil {
-									logrus.Debugf("forcing interstitial for '%v'", r.URL)
-									interstitialUi.WriteInterstitialAnnounce(w)
-									return
+					if pcfg.Interstitial != nil && pcfg.Interstitial.Enabled {
+						sendInterstitial := true
+						if len(pcfg.Interstitial.UserAgentPrefixes) > 0 {
+							ua := r.Header.Get("User-Agent")
+							matched := false
+							for _, prefix := range pcfg.Interstitial.UserAgentPrefixes {
+								if strings.HasPrefix(ua, prefix) {
+									matched = true
+									break
+								}
+							}
+							if !matched {
+								sendInterstitial = false
+							}
+						}
+						if sendInterstitial {
+							if v, istlFound := cfg["interstitial"]; istlFound {
+								if istlEnabled, ok := v.(bool); ok && istlEnabled {
+									skip := r.Header.Get("skip_zrok_interstitial")
+									_, zrokOkErr := r.Cookie("zrok_interstitial")
+									if skip == "" && zrokOkErr != nil {
+										logrus.Debugf("forcing interstitial for '%v'", r.URL)
+										interstitialUi.WriteInterstitialAnnounce(w)
+										return
+									}
 								}
 							}
 						}