diff --git a/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/README.md b/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/README.md
index 181ae3a91e..8a08efd40f 100644
--- a/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/README.md
+++ b/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/README.md
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 | <a name="input_central_manager_ips"></a> [central\_manager\_ips](#input\_central\_manager\_ips) | List of IP addresses of HTCondor Central Managers | `list(string)` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_deployment_name"></a> [deployment\_name](#input\_deployment\_name) | HPC Toolkit deployment name. HTCondor cloud resource names will include this value. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_disk_size_gb"></a> [disk\_size\_gb](#input\_disk\_size\_gb) | Boot disk size in GB | `number` | `100` | no |
+| <a name="input_disk_type"></a> [disk\_type](#input\_disk\_type) | Disk type for template | `string` | `"pd-balanced"` | no |
 | <a name="input_distribution_policy_target_shape"></a> [distribution\_policy\_target\_shape](#input\_distribution\_policy\_target\_shape) | Target shape across zones for instance group managing execute points | `string` | `"ANY"` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_oslogin"></a> [enable\_oslogin](#input\_enable\_oslogin) | Enable or Disable OS Login with "ENABLE" or "DISABLE". Set to "INHERIT" to inherit project OS Login setting. | `string` | `"ENABLE"` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_shielded_vm"></a> [enable\_shielded\_vm](#input\_enable\_shielded\_vm) | Enable the Shielded VM configuration (var.shielded\_instance\_config). | `bool` | `false` | no |
diff --git a/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/main.tf b/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/main.tf
index 35740ac547..0810cdbe50 100644
--- a/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/main.tf
+++ b/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/main.tf
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ module "execute_point_instance_template" {
 
   machine_type   = var.machine_type
   disk_size_gb   = var.disk_size_gb
+  disk_type      = var.disk_type
   gpu            = one(local.guest_accelerator)
   preemptible    = var.spot
   startup_script = local.is_windows_image ? null : module.startup_script.startup_script
diff --git a/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/variables.tf b/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/variables.tf
index 75fde2b84c..e6607ef76f 100644
--- a/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/variables.tf
+++ b/community/modules/compute/htcondor-execute-point/variables.tf
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ variable "disk_size_gb" {
   default     = 100
 }
 
+variable "disk_type" {
+  description = "Disk type for template"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "pd-balanced"
+}
+
 variable "windows_startup_ps1" {
   description = "Startup script to run at boot-time for Windows-based HTCondor execute points"
   type        = list(string)