diff --git a/charts/fleet/templates/service_gitops_metrics.yaml b/charts/fleet/templates/service_gitops_metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a2ea5cdda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/fleet/templates/service_gitops_metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{{- if .Values.gitops.enabled }}
+{{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+{{ $shards := list "" }}
+{{ if .Values.shards }}
+{{ $shards = concat $shards .Values.shards | uniq }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ range $shards }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+    name: "monitoring-gitops-controller{{if . }}-shard-{{ . }}{{end}}"
+    labels:
+        app: gitjob
+spec:
+    type: ClusterIP
+    ports:
+        - port: 8081
+          targetPort: 8081
+          protocol: TCP
+          name: metrics
+    selector:
+        app: gitjob
+        {{- if empty . }}
+        # fleet.cattle.io/shard-default: "true" 
+        {{- else }}
+        fleet.cattle.io/shard-id: "{{ . }}"
+        {{- end }}
+---
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/operator.go b/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/operator.go
index 0548ea5ae5..b423c9e527 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/operator.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/controller/gitops/operator.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	command "github.com/rancher/fleet/internal/cmd"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ type GitOperator struct {
 	Kubeconfig           string `usage:"Kubeconfig file"`
 	Namespace            string `usage:"namespace to watch" default:"cattle-fleet-system" env:"NAMESPACE"`
 	MetricsAddr          string `name:"metrics-bind-address" default:":8081" usage:"The address the metric endpoint binds to."`
+	DisableMetrics       bool   `name:"disable-metrics" usage:"Disable the metrics server."`
 	EnableLeaderElection bool   `name:"leader-elect" default:"true" usage:"Enable leader election for controller manager. Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager."`
 	Image                string `name:"gitjob-image" default:"rancher/fleet:dev" usage:"The gitjob image that will be used in the generated job."`
 	Listen               string `default:":8080" usage:"The port the webhook listens."`
@@ -79,11 +81,21 @@ func (g *GitOperator) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx := clog.IntoContext(cmd.Context(), ctrl.Log.WithName("gitjob-reconciler"))
 
 	namespace := g.Namespace
+
+	if envMetricsAddr := os.Getenv("GITOPS_METRICS_BIND_ADDRESS"); envMetricsAddr != "" {
+		g.MetricsAddr = envMetricsAddr
+	}
+
+	var metricServerOptions metricsserver.Options
+	if g.DisableMetrics {
+		metricServerOptions = metricsserver.Options{BindAddress: "0"}
+	} else {
+		metricServerOptions = metricsserver.Options{BindAddress: g.MetricsAddr}
+	}
+
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
-		Scheme: scheme,
-		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
-			BindAddress: g.MetricsAddr,
-		},
+		Scheme:                  scheme,
+		Metrics:                 metricServerOptions,
 		LeaderElection:          g.EnableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID:        "gitjob-leader",
 		LeaderElectionNamespace: namespace,