diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
index 629e155517fc2e4708da6affa455ad54f2c891c9..59d98a21680d154c37ae9c7c819256df8297b9b8 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 812de3172b9f169f7cdc6c810e58a64ba5e29212..9206095ce2ceb5deb2ed7aced91ed92c23f40713 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 b2b4858cfc0003c4adf5285d4e261e2c5adfdc50..08b0fc3fa187efc96ae92fdeaa8587015ab2c1b1 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
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ 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 }}
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ 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: