diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/CHANGELOG.md
index 74e3b4b6..69457abf 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+### Added
+
+- Added `recommenderOnly` to allow for deployment of only the [VPA Recommender](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/master/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/README.md).
+
 ## [v1.4.0] - 2023-10-31
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md
index 4f2c86f5..81b195de 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the _Vertical Pod Autos
 | `admissionController.webhook.name`                       | Name of the admission controller webhook.                                                                                                                                                        | `vpa-webhook-config`                     |
 | `admissionController.certManager.enabled`                | If `true`, use _Cert Manager_ to create and manage the certificates for the webhook.                                                                                                             | `false`                                  |
 | `admissionController.certManager.issuerKind`             | The type of issuer that `admissionController.certManager.issuerName` refers to.                                                                                                                  | `Issuer`                                 |
-| `admissionController.certManager.issuerName`             | If set, the _Cert Manager_ certificate will be configued to use this issuer.                                                                                                                     | `null`                                   |
+| `admissionController.certManager.issuerName`             | If set, the _Cert Manager_ certificate will be configured to use this issuer.                                                                                                                    |
+| `recommenderOnly`                                        | If `true`, only deploy the VPA recommender. This is useful if you're only wanting to use VPA for resource recommendations.                                                                       | `false`                                  |
 | `recommender.serviceAccount.create`                      | If `true`, create a new `ServiceAccount` for the recommender pod.                                                                                                                                | `true`                                   |
 | `recommender.serviceAccount.labels`                      | Labels to add to the recommender `ServiceAccount`.                                                                                                                                               | `{}`                                     |
 | `recommender.serviceAccount.annotations`                 | Annotations to add to the recommender `ServiceAccount`.                                                                                                                                          | `{}`                                     |
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/certificate.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/certificate.yaml
index 09c7c4ba..e31d0c12 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/certificate.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/certificate.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.admissionController.certManager.enabled -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.admissionController.certManager.enabled -}}
 {{- if not .Values.admissionController.certManager.issuerName }}
 apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
 kind: Issuer
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/deployment.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/deployment.yaml
index bbbc7145..03a62f84 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if not .Values.recommenderOnly -}}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -109,3 +110,4 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/pdb.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/pdb.yaml
index 609162fa..9ad5b9d0 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/pdb.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/pdb.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.admissionController.podDisruptionBudget.enabled -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.admissionController.podDisruptionBudget.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.pdb.apiVersion" . }}
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/service.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/service.yaml
index dbad67da..0950aa37 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/service.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if not .Values.recommenderOnly -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ spec:
       targetPort: http-metrics
   selector:
     {{- include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.admissionController.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/serviceaccount.yaml
index e84157b0..7324d746 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.admissionController.serviceAccount.create -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.admissionController.serviceAccount.create -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/servicemonitor.yaml
index 48c3dd58..aa2b7b74 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/webhook.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/webhook.yaml
index 691ffbec..cb3522c0 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/webhook.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/admission-controller/webhook.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if not .Values.recommenderOnly -}}
 {{- $tls := fromYaml (include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.admissionController.webhookCert" .) -}}
 {{- if not .Values.admissionController.certManager.enabled }}
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -46,3 +47,4 @@ webhooks:
         apiGroups: ["autoscaling.k8s.io"]
         apiVersions: ["*"]
         resources: ["verticalpodautoscalers"]
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/rbac.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/rbac.yaml
index a8fc2bee..b233723f 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/rbac.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/rbac.yaml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
+{{ if not .Values.recommenderOnly }}
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
+{{ end }}
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
@@ -273,9 +275,11 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.recommender.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  {{- if not .Values.recommenderOnly }}
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.updater.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  {{ end }}
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
@@ -321,12 +325,15 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.recommender.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  {{- if not .Values.recommenderOnly }}
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.admissionController.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.updater.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  {{ end }}
+{{ if not .Values.recommenderOnly }}
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
@@ -342,6 +349,8 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.updater.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ if not .Values.recommenderOnly }}
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
@@ -357,6 +366,8 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.admissionController.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ if not .Values.recommenderOnly }}
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
@@ -372,4 +383,5 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.updater.serviceAccountName" . }}
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{ end }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/deployment.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/deployment.yaml
index 1d4f11a3..1280a6ac 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if not .Values.recommenderOnly -}}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -93,3 +94,4 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/pdb.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/pdb.yaml
index a43bb2f5..93be3fdd 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/pdb.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/pdb.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.updater.podDisruptionBudget.enabled -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.updater.podDisruptionBudget.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: {{ include "vertical-pod-autoscaler.pdb.apiVersion" . }}
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/service.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/service.yaml
index 52289ccc..5ec0366a 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/serviceaccount.yaml
index 5d5f10df..d0bbde7a 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.updater.serviceAccount.create -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.updater.serviceAccount.create -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/servicemonitor.yaml
index c5a109bf..f8e208d9 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/templates/updater/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
+{{- if and (not .Values.recommenderOnly) .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml
index 1839e74c..e6999ad6 100644
--- a/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ serviceMonitor:
 
 logLevel: 4
 
+# Only deploy the recommender
+recommenderOnly: false
+
 admissionController:
   image:
     repository: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-admission-controller