diff --git a/config/crd/bases/psmdb.percona.com_perconaservermongodbs.yaml b/config/crd/bases/psmdb.percona.com_perconaservermongodbs.yaml
index 2bc2c8fa1..be73530a1 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/psmdb.percona.com_perconaservermongodbs.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/psmdb.percona.com_perconaservermongodbs.yaml
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ spec:
                 type: string
               enableVolumeExpansion:
                 type: boolean
+              externalVolumeAutoscaling:
+                type: boolean
               ignoreAnnotations:
                 items:
                   type: string
diff --git a/pkg/apis/psmdb/v1/psmdb_types.go b/pkg/apis/psmdb/v1/psmdb_types.go
index 40374a811..6c92fec05 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/psmdb/v1/psmdb_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/psmdb/v1/psmdb_types.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ type PerconaServerMongoDBSpec struct {
 	Users                        []User                               `json:"users,omitempty"`
 	Roles                        []Role                               `json:"roles,omitempty"`
 	VolumeExpansionEnabled       bool                                 `json:"enableVolumeExpansion,omitempty"`
+	ExternalVolumeAutoscaling    bool                                 `json:"externalVolumeAutoscaling,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type UserRole struct {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/volumes.go b/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/volumes.go
index c2e41fbb7..1da25ccda 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/volumes.go
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func validatePVCName(pvc corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim, sts *appsv1.StatefulSet)
 }
 
 func (r *ReconcilePerconaServerMongoDB) resizeVolumesIfNeeded(ctx context.Context, cr *psmdbv1.PerconaServerMongoDB, sts *appsv1.StatefulSet, ls map[string]string, volumeSpec *api.VolumeSpec) error {
+	if cr.Spec.ExternalVolumeAutoscaling {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	log := logf.FromContext(ctx).WithName("PVCResize").WithValues("sts", sts.Name)
 
 	pvcSpec := volumeSpec.PersistentVolumeClaim