diff --git a/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go b/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go
index 4e13092..5d94332 100644
--- a/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go
@@ -594,6 +594,10 @@ type SoftwareFactorySpec struct {
 	// Whether you need to add extra labels on all managed resources
 	ExtraLabels map[string]string `json:"extraLabels,omitempty"`
 
+	// Set to true to disable deployment of PodMonitors and related Prometheus resource
+	// +kubebuilder:default:=false
+	PrometheusMonitorsDisabled bool `json:"prometheusMonitorsDisabled,omitempty"`
+
 	// Config repository spec
 	ConfigRepositoryLocation ConfigRepositoryLocationSpec `json:"config-location,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml b/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml
index 56cfb92..c6fbe25 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ spec:
                       in the form "host:port"
                     type: string
                 type: object
+              prometheusMonitorsDisabled:
+                default: false
+                description: Set to true to disable deployment of PodMonitors and
+                  related Prometheus resource
+                type: boolean
               storageDefault:
                 description: Default setting to use by Persistent Volume Claims
                 properties:
diff --git a/controllers/logserver.go b/controllers/logserver.go
index 485abfc..e74659f 100644
--- a/controllers/logserver.go
+++ b/controllers/logserver.go
@@ -290,8 +290,10 @@ func (r *SFController) DeployLogserver() bool {
 
 	// TODO(mhu) We may want to open an ingress to port 9100 for an external prometheus instance.
 	// TODO(mhu) we may want to include monitoring objects' status in readiness computation
-	r.ensureLogserverPodMonitor()
-	r.ensureLogserverPromRule()
+	if !r.cr.Spec.PrometheusMonitorsDisabled {
+		r.ensureLogserverPodMonitor()
+		r.ensureLogserverPromRule()
+	}
 
 	isReady := r.IsStatefulSetReady(current) && !stsUpdated && pvcReadiness
 	conds.UpdateConditions(&r.cr.Status.Conditions, logserverIdent, isReady)
diff --git a/controllers/nodepool.go b/controllers/nodepool.go
index 883d278..add4809 100644
--- a/controllers/nodepool.go
+++ b/controllers/nodepool.go
@@ -829,7 +829,9 @@ func (r *SFController) DeployNodepool() map[string]bool {
 	statsdVolume := base.MkVolumeCM("statsd-config", "np-statsd-config-map")
 
 	// Ensure monitoring - TODO add to condition
-	r.ensureNodepoolPromRule(cloudsYaml)
+	if !r.cr.Spec.PrometheusMonitorsDisabled {
+		r.ensureNodepoolPromRule(cloudsYaml)
+	}
 
 	deployments[LauncherIdent] = r.DeployNodepoolLauncher(
 		statsdVolume, nodepoolStatsdMappingConfig, volumeMounts, nodepoolProvidersSecrets, providerSecretsResourceExists)
diff --git a/controllers/softwarefactory_controller.go b/controllers/softwarefactory_controller.go
index 5cfdade..a85e338 100644
--- a/controllers/softwarefactory_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/softwarefactory_controller.go
@@ -281,8 +281,10 @@ func (r *SFController) deploySFStep(services map[string]bool) map[string]bool {
 		},
 	}
 	// TODO? we could add this to the readiness computation.
-	r.EnsureSFPodMonitor(monitoredPorts, podMonitorSelector)
-	r.EnsureDiskUsagePromRule(DURuleGroups)
+	if !r.cr.Spec.PrometheusMonitorsDisabled {
+		r.EnsureSFPodMonitor(monitoredPorts, podMonitorSelector)
+		r.EnsureDiskUsagePromRule(DURuleGroups)
+	}
 
 	return services
 }
diff --git a/controllers/zuul.go b/controllers/zuul.go
index 950aa5b..3ef3b36 100644
--- a/controllers/zuul.go
+++ b/controllers/zuul.go
@@ -774,7 +774,9 @@ func (r *SFController) EnsureZuulComponents() bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	r.ensureZuulPromRule()
+	if !r.cr.Spec.PrometheusMonitorsDisabled {
+		r.ensureZuulPromRule()
+	}
 
 	// Install Services resources
 	r.EnsureZuulComponentsFrontServices()
diff --git a/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md
index a75ddcc..3fb54a2 100644
--- a/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - crd: add capability to set extra labels on all managed resources
 - crd: add capability to set extra annotations on PVC
+- crd: capability disable Prometheus related resources like `PodMonitor` to enable `SoftwareFactory` deployment without
+  Prometheus Operator installed on the cluster.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/api/index.md b/doc/reference/api/index.md
index 24ac628..0b1bb54 100644
--- a/doc/reference/api/index.md
+++ b/doc/reference/api/index.md
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ _Appears in:_
 | `FluentBitLogForwarding` _[FluentBitForwarderSpec](#fluentbitforwarderspec)_ | Enable log forwarding to a [Fluent Bit HTTP input](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/inputs/http) | -|
 | `storageDefault` _[StorageDefaultSpec](#storagedefaultspec)_ | Default setting to use by Persistent Volume Claims | -|
 | `extraLabels` _object (keys:string, values:string)_ | Whether you need to add extra labels on all managed resources | -|
+| `prometheusMonitorsDisabled` _boolean_ | Set to true to disable deployment of PodMonitors and related Prometheus resource | {false}|
 | `config-location` _[ConfigRepositoryLocationSpec](#configrepositorylocationspec)_ | Config repository spec | -|
 | `zuul` _[ZuulSpec](#zuulspec)_ | Zuul service spec | -|
 | `nodepool` _[NodepoolSpec](#nodepoolspec)_ | Nodepool services spec | -|