diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
index 6c5ed80cb83..d816bbe786b 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ registry_enabled: false
 
 # Metrics Server deployment
 metrics_server_enabled: false
+# metrics_server_resizer: false
 # metrics_server_kubelet_insecure_tls: true
 # metrics_server_metric_resolution: 15s
 # metrics_server_kubelet_preferred_address_types: "InternalIP"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml
index 812de3172b9..9206095ce2c 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+metrics_server_resizer: false
 metrics_server_kubelet_insecure_tls: true
 metrics_server_kubelet_preferred_address_types: "InternalIP"
 metrics_server_metric_resolution: 15s
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2
index aa70c5caedc..68cf3f357ef 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: {{ metrics_server_requests_cpu }}
             memory: {{ metrics_server_requests_memory }}
+{% if metrics_server_resizer %}
       - name: metrics-server-nanny
         image: {{ addon_resizer_image_repo }}:{{ addon_resizer_image_tag }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ spec:
           # Specifies the smallest cluster (defined in number of nodes)
           # resources will be scaled to.
           - --minClusterSize={{ metrics_server_min_cluster_size }}
+{% endif %}
       volumes:
         - name: metrics-server-config-volume
           configMap: