diff --git a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
index 95ade9a87d..26ae25ec20 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
@@ -424,9 +424,13 @@ fn start_postgres(
         "running compute with features: {:?}",
         state.pspec.as_ref().unwrap().spec.features
     );
-    // before we release the mutex, fetch the swap size (if any) for later.
-    let swap_size_bytes = state.pspec.as_ref().unwrap().spec.swap_size_bytes;
-    let disk_quota_bytes = state.pspec.as_ref().unwrap().spec.disk_quota_bytes;
+    // before we release the mutex, fetch some parameters for later.
+    let &ComputeSpec {
+        swap_size_bytes,
+        disk_quota_bytes,
+        disable_lfc_resizing,
+        ..
+    } = &state.pspec.as_ref().unwrap().spec;
     drop(state);
 
     // Launch remaining service threads
@@ -531,11 +535,18 @@ fn start_postgres(
             // This token is used internally by the monitor to clean up all threads
             let token = CancellationToken::new();
 
+            // don't pass postgres connection string to vm-monitor if we don't want it to resize LFC
+            let pgconnstr = if disable_lfc_resizing.unwrap_or(false) {
+                None
+            } else {
+                file_cache_connstr.cloned()
+            };
+
             let vm_monitor = rt.as_ref().map(|rt| {
                 rt.spawn(vm_monitor::start(
                     Box::leak(Box::new(vm_monitor::Args {
                         cgroup: cgroup.cloned(),
-                        pgconnstr: file_cache_connstr.cloned(),
+                        pgconnstr,
                         addr: vm_monitor_addr.clone(),
                     })),
                     token.clone(),
diff --git a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
index 5ebf842813..5e47ec4811 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
             features: self.features.clone(),
             swap_size_bytes: None,
             disk_quota_bytes: None,
+            disable_lfc_resizing: None,
             cluster: Cluster {
                 cluster_id: None, // project ID: not used
                 name: None,       // project name: not used
diff --git a/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs b/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
index 6d9c353cda..54d6a1d38f 100644
--- a/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
+++ b/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ pub struct ComputeSpec {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub disk_quota_bytes: Option<u64>,
 
+    /// Disables the vm-monitor behavior that resizes LFC on upscale/downscale, instead relying on
+    /// the initial size of LFC.
+    ///
+    /// This is intended for use when the LFC size is being overridden from the default but
+    /// autoscaling is still enabled, and we don't want the vm-monitor to interfere with the custom
+    /// LFC sizing.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub disable_lfc_resizing: Option<bool>,
+
     /// Expected cluster state at the end of transition process.
     pub cluster: Cluster,
     pub delta_operations: Option<Vec<DeltaOp>>,