diff --git a/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/controller-hpa.yaml b/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
index 971aca90d3..7982cdbe5b 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-ingress/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if and .Values.controller.autoscaling.enabled (eq .Values.controller.kind "deployment") (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2") -}}
+{{- if and .Values.controller.autoscaling.enabled .Values.controller.autoscaling.create (eq .Values.controller.kind "deployment") (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2") -}}
 apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
index 82b3cad0e2..03ac475150 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@
           "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 30,
           "autoscaling": {
             "enabled": false,
+            "create": true,
             "annotations": {},
             "minReplicas": 1,
             "maxReplicas": 3,
@@ -2733,6 +2734,7 @@
         "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 30,
         "autoscaling": {
           "enabled": false,
+          "create": true,
           "annotations": {},
           "minReplicas": 1,
           "maxReplicas": 3,
diff --git a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
index 95d6f7b508..9ee9454c5d 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-ingress/values.yaml
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ controller:
   autoscaling:
     ## Enables HorizontalPodAutoscaling.
     enabled: false
+    ## Create the HorizontalPodAutoscaler resource.  This can be set to false to manage the HPA externally.
+    create: true
     ## The annotations of the Ingress Controller HorizontalPodAutoscaler.
     annotations: {}
     ## Minimum number of replicas for the HPA.
diff --git a/charts/tests/__snapshots__/helmunit_test.snap b/charts/tests/__snapshots__/helmunit_test.snap
index 4a6ebaecd3..9ea1b34bbc 100755
--- a/charts/tests/__snapshots__/helmunit_test.snap
+++ b/charts/tests/__snapshots__/helmunit_test.snap
@@ -4368,6 +4368,925 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
 ---
 
+[TestHelmNICTemplate/deployment-hpa - 1]
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-serviceaccount.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+data:
+  {}
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-leader-election-configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  - namespaces
+  - pods
+  - secrets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - patch
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - services
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - create
+  - update
+  - patch
+  - delete
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - discovery.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - endpointslices
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - ingresses
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - nodes
+  verbs:
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - "apps"
+  resources:
+  - replicasets
+  - daemonsets
+  - statefulsets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - ingressclasses
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - ingresses/status
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - k8s.nginx.org
+  resources:
+  - virtualservers
+  - virtualserverroutes
+  - globalconfigurations
+  - transportservers
+  - policies
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - k8s.nginx.org
+  resources:
+  - virtualservers/status
+  - virtualserverroutes/status
+  - policies/status
+  - transportservers/status
+  verbs:
+  - update
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-role.yaml
+kind: Role
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+  namespace: default
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  - pods
+  - secrets
+  - services
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+    - ""
+  resources:
+    - namespaces
+  verbs:
+    - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - patch
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  resourceNames:
+  - deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  verbs:
+  - create
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-rolebinding.yaml
+kind: RoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+  namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-service.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-controller
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    targetPort: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: http
+    nodePort: 
+  - port: 443
+    targetPort: 443
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: https
+    nodePort: 
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-controller
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "9113"
+        prometheus.io/scheme: "http"
+    spec:      
+      volumes: []
+      serviceAccountName: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+      automountServiceAccountToken: true
+      securityContext:
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      hostNetwork: false
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx/nginx-ingress:5.3.0
+        name: nginx-ingress
+        imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 80
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: https
+          containerPort: 443
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: prometheus
+          containerPort: 9113
+        - name: readiness-port
+          containerPort: 8081
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /nginx-ready
+            port: readiness-port
+          periodSeconds: 1
+          initialDelaySeconds: 0
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 128Mi
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+          runAsUser: 101 #nginx
+          runAsNonRoot: true
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+            add:
+            - NET_BIND_SERVICE        
+        volumeMounts: []
+        env:
+        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+        args:
+          
+          - -nginx-plus=false
+          - -nginx-reload-timeout=60000
+          - -enable-app-protect=false
+          - -enable-app-protect-dos=false
+          - -nginx-configmaps=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress
+          - -ingress-class=nginx
+          - -health-status=false
+          - -health-status-uri=/nginx-health
+          - -nginx-debug=false
+          - -log-level=info
+          - -log-format=glog
+          - -nginx-status=true
+          - -nginx-status-port=8080
+          - -nginx-status-allow-cidrs=127.0.0.1
+          - -report-ingress-status
+          - -external-service=deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-controller
+          - -enable-leader-election=true
+          - -leader-election-lock-name=deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+          - -enable-prometheus-metrics=true
+          - -prometheus-metrics-listen-port=9113
+          - -prometheus-tls-secret=
+          - -enable-service-insight=false
+          - -service-insight-listen-port=9114
+          - -service-insight-tls-secret=
+          - -enable-custom-resources=true
+          - -enable-snippets=false
+          - -disable-ipv6=false
+          - -enable-tls-passthrough=false
+          - -enable-cert-manager=false
+          - -enable-oidc=false
+          - -enable-external-dns=false
+          - -default-http-listener-port=80
+          - -default-https-listener-port=443
+          - -ready-status=true
+          - -ready-status-port=8081
+          - -enable-latency-metrics=false
+          - -ssl-dynamic-reload=true
+          - -enable-telemetry-reporting=true
+          - -weight-changes-dynamic-reload=false
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-hpa.yaml
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-controller
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-controller
+  minReplicas: 1
+  maxReplicas: 3
+  metrics:
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: memory
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: 50
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: cpu
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: 50
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-ingress-class.yaml
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: IngressClass
+metadata:
+  name: nginx
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  controller: nginx.org/ingress-controller
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
+/-/-/-/
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-lease.yaml
+apiVersion: coordination.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Lease
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+---
+
+[TestHelmNICTemplate/deployment-hpa-no-create - 1]
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-serviceaccount.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+data:
+  {}
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-leader-election-configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  - namespaces
+  - pods
+  - secrets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - patch
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - services
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - create
+  - update
+  - patch
+  - delete
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - discovery.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - endpointslices
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - ingresses
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - nodes
+  verbs:
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - "apps"
+  resources:
+  - replicasets
+  - daemonsets
+  - statefulsets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - ingressclasses
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - ingresses/status
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - k8s.nginx.org
+  resources:
+  - virtualservers
+  - virtualserverroutes
+  - globalconfigurations
+  - transportservers
+  - policies
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - k8s.nginx.org
+  resources:
+  - virtualservers/status
+  - virtualserverroutes/status
+  - policies/status
+  - transportservers/status
+  verbs:
+  - update
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-role.yaml
+kind: Role
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+  namespace: default
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  - pods
+  - secrets
+  - services
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+    - ""
+  resources:
+    - namespaces
+  verbs:
+    - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - patch
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  resourceNames:
+  - deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  verbs:
+  - create
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-rolebinding.yaml
+kind: RoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+  namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+  namespace: default
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-service.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-controller
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    targetPort: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: http
+    nodePort: 
+  - port: 443
+    targetPort: 443
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: https
+    nodePort: 
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-controller
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "9113"
+        prometheus.io/scheme: "http"
+    spec:      
+      volumes: []
+      serviceAccountName: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+      automountServiceAccountToken: true
+      securityContext:
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      hostNetwork: false
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx/nginx-ingress:5.3.0
+        name: nginx-ingress
+        imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 80
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: https
+          containerPort: 443
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: prometheus
+          containerPort: 9113
+        - name: readiness-port
+          containerPort: 8081
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /nginx-ready
+            port: readiness-port
+          periodSeconds: 1
+          initialDelaySeconds: 0
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 128Mi
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+          runAsUser: 101 #nginx
+          runAsNonRoot: true
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+            add:
+            - NET_BIND_SERVICE        
+        volumeMounts: []
+        env:
+        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+        args:
+          
+          - -nginx-plus=false
+          - -nginx-reload-timeout=60000
+          - -enable-app-protect=false
+          - -enable-app-protect-dos=false
+          - -nginx-configmaps=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress
+          - -ingress-class=nginx
+          - -health-status=false
+          - -health-status-uri=/nginx-health
+          - -nginx-debug=false
+          - -log-level=info
+          - -log-format=glog
+          - -nginx-status=true
+          - -nginx-status-port=8080
+          - -nginx-status-allow-cidrs=127.0.0.1
+          - -report-ingress-status
+          - -external-service=deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-controller
+          - -enable-leader-election=true
+          - -leader-election-lock-name=deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+          - -enable-prometheus-metrics=true
+          - -prometheus-metrics-listen-port=9113
+          - -prometheus-tls-secret=
+          - -enable-service-insight=false
+          - -service-insight-listen-port=9114
+          - -service-insight-tls-secret=
+          - -enable-custom-resources=true
+          - -enable-snippets=false
+          - -disable-ipv6=false
+          - -enable-tls-passthrough=false
+          - -enable-cert-manager=false
+          - -enable-oidc=false
+          - -enable-external-dns=false
+          - -default-http-listener-port=80
+          - -default-https-listener-port=443
+          - -ready-status=true
+          - -ready-status-port=8081
+          - -enable-latency-metrics=false
+          - -ssl-dynamic-reload=true
+          - -enable-telemetry-reporting=true
+          - -weight-changes-dynamic-reload=false
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-ingress-class.yaml
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: IngressClass
+metadata:
+  name: nginx
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  controller: nginx.org/ingress-controller
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
+/-/-/-/
+/-/-/-/
+# Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-lease.yaml
+apiVersion: coordination.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Lease
+metadata:
+  name: deployment-hpa-no-create-nginx-ingress-leader-election
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: nginx-ingress-2.4.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: nginx-ingress
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: deployment-hpa-no-create
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "5.3.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+---
+
 [TestHelmNICTemplate/globalConfig - 1]
 /-/-/-/
 # Source: nginx-ingress/templates/controller-serviceaccount.yaml
diff --git a/charts/tests/helmunit_test.go b/charts/tests/helmunit_test.go
index dd459e7820..370df6175f 100644
--- a/charts/tests/helmunit_test.go
+++ b/charts/tests/helmunit_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ func TestHelmNICTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 			releaseName: "default",
 			namespace:   "default",
 		},
+		"deployment-hpa": {
+			valuesFile:  "testdata/deployment-hpa.yaml",
+			releaseName: "deployment-hpa",
+			namespace:   "default",
+		},
+		"deployment-hpa-no-create": {
+			valuesFile:  "testdata/deployment-hpa-no-create.yaml",
+			releaseName: "deployment-hpa-no-create",
+			namespace:   "default",
+		},
 		"daemonset": {
 			valuesFile:  "testdata/daemonset.yaml",
 			releaseName: "daemonset",
diff --git a/charts/tests/testdata/deployment-hpa-no-create.yaml b/charts/tests/testdata/deployment-hpa-no-create.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2736853b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/tests/testdata/deployment-hpa-no-create.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+controller:
+  kind: deployment
+  autoscaling:
+    enabled: true
+    create: false
diff --git a/charts/tests/testdata/deployment-hpa.yaml b/charts/tests/testdata/deployment-hpa.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a10f04403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/tests/testdata/deployment-hpa.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+controller:
+  kind: deployment
+  autoscaling:
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/examples/shared-examples/autoscaling-keda/README.md b/examples/shared-examples/autoscaling-keda/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5da5fc7067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/shared-examples/autoscaling-keda/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Enable Keda scale to 0 in off hours
+
+This example is based on the Keda [example](https://keda.sh/docs/2.18/scalers/cron/#scale-to-0-during-off-hours).
+
+## 1. Deploy the Ingress Controller
+
+1. Follow the [installation](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/installation/installation-with-manifests/)
+   instructions to deploy the Ingress Controller.
+
+## 2. Deploy Keda
+
+1. Follow the [installation](https://keda.sh/docs/2.18/deploy/) instructions to suit your deployment preference.
+
+## 3. Apply the Keda ScaledObject
+
+Adjust the settings to suit your requirements.  See the [ScaledObject](https://keda.sh/docs/2.18/reference/scaledobject-spec/) reference for more details
+
+1. Apply `scaled-object.yaml`
+
+```console
+kubectl apply -f scaled-object.yaml
+```
+
+## 4. Configure deployment replicas
+
+1. Remove the `spec.replicas` from your deployment to allow Keda to autoscale your pods.
+
+2. Once the end time has expired, 5 minutes from then the NGINX Ingress Controller pods should scale to 0.
diff --git a/examples/shared-examples/autoscaling-keda/scaled-object.yaml b/examples/shared-examples/autoscaling-keda/scaled-object.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cc874c48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/shared-examples/autoscaling-keda/scaled-object.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
+kind: ScaledObject
+metadata:
+  name: cron-scaledobject
+  namespace: nginx-ingress
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    name: nginx-ingress
+  minReplicaCount: 0
+  maxReplicaCount: 4
+  cooldownPeriod: 300
+  triggers:
+    - type: cron
+      metadata:
+        timezone: Europe/London
+        start: 0 09 * * *
+        end: 30 17 * * *
+        desiredReplicas: "1"
+    - type: cpu
+      metricType: Utilization
+      metadata:
+        value: "80"